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Facebook faces backlash over users’ safety phone numbers

Contact details supplied by users to enable two-factor authentication led to reduced privacy

From self-harm to terrorism, online recommendations cast a deadly shadow

The tragic case of Molly Russell has highlighted their malign influence

Revealed: Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws

Social network targeted legislators around the world, promising or threatening to withhold investment

Facebook and Twitter told us they would tackle ‘fake news’. They failed

Tech giants signed up to our EU code to counter disinformation – but with key elections looming, they are falling short, write Julian King and Mariya Gabriel

How can I set up a small website for a local group?

Robin wants to find a way to create a site that doesn’t require coding experience

Anti-vaxx ‘mobs’: doctors face harassment campaigns on Facebook

Medical experts who counter misinformation are weathering coordinated attacks. Now some are fighting back

Facebook withholding data on its anti-disinformation efforts, EU says

Commissioners demand hard numbers from firm ahead of European parliament elections

The left needs to get radical on big tech – moderate solutions won’t cut it

Radical democratic transformation seeks to empower those that have been excluded from the leading roles in the digital economy

Facebook moderators tell of strict scrutiny and PTSD symptoms

Facebook says it has hotline for whistleblowers after report paints picture of contractors’ working conditions

Tommy Robinson banned from Facebook and Instagram

Far-right founder of English Defence League repeatedly breached hate speech rules

Facebook threatens the economy, health and democracy

Transparency and technocratic reforms will not be a sufficient response to this challenge – at the end of the day, what’s at stake is far more important than a few likes

The Observer view on the robust action needed to curb ‘online gangsters’

The government has failed to tackle overtly political issues such as disinformation on Brexit or interference in polls

Facebook attacked over app that reveals period dates of its users

Sensitive data sent to social media giant from ‘at least 11’ platforms

Confidential emails sent by Facebook executives leaked online

Communications between senior figures, including Mark Zuckerberg, shed new light on data use

Anti-vaxx propaganda has gone viral on Facebook. Pinterest has a cure

As pressure mounts on Facebook to explain its role in promoting anti-vaccine misinformation, Pinterest tries different approach

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  • Australian with retirement savings? You probably own SpaceX
  • ‘Crypto v community’: 4,000 local US lenders join forces to fight ‘stablecoins’ law
  • When it comes to taxing the super rich, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel
  • ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
  • ‘Tech firms are losing the public’: social media age bans near tipping point
  • I’m a psychiatrist who was terrified of horror films – until I learned about ‘cinematic neurosis’
  • Two prime ministerial resignations, 10 years apart: ‘Brexit represents a kind of faultline in British history’
  • Lost your crypto access code? Be wary, there‘s a scam for that too
  • ‘Enforcement mode’: Australia must take fight to tech giants to make social media ban stick, experts warn
  • Still blazing after all these years: Mel Brooks at 100
  • Pro-One Nation Facebook groups appear to be run by foreign ‘meme factories’ that monetise content
  • Abbie Chatfield: ‘Someone told her worst dating story. I lay on the floor of the stage and screamed’
  • The AI bubble has further to run despite the looming crash
  • Tearing up the screen: BFI’s Rip It Up season rebels against tired teen stereotypes
  • Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’
  • Today programme suffers ‘body blow’ as BBC prioritises social and digital content
  • Screen time can damage under-twos’ development, landmark study suggests
  • Brassed Off review – stirring tale of coal and cornets moves Yorkshire audience to tears
  • Watching Brokeback Mountain kept me in the closet
  • Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
  • From Supergirl to Muse: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone
  • How Australian hero Karl Stefanovic took a sharp turn to the right – and fell from TV stardom
  • OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request
  • ‘Fork in the road’: CEO of Amazon-backed Rivian on why carmakers need to invest in EVs
  • Prime Day ends today – here are the 52 best deals to scoop up before they’re gone
  • O what a tangled web: unweaving the weirdest fan rumours surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day
  • The best fans to keep you cool in 2026 – tried and tested
  • Outrage as woman jailed for three years after criticising Somali government online
  • ‘I’m a soldier. I don’t have a gun, but I have a pen and a camera’: Mahnaz Mohammadi on fighting the Iranian regime

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