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Elon Musk’s pro-Trump Pac pouring millions into Facebook ads instead of X

America Pac is targeting users interested in the Boy Scouts of America, Kelsey Grammer, Kid Rock and Joe Rogan

Labor concerned Meta may ‘sidestep obligations to pay for news’ as media bargaining code fight reignites

Social media company tells parliamentary committee Facebook and Instagram bring value to news outlets

Meta to use facial recognition technology in fight against celebrity investment scam ads

Social media company says it has seen ‘promising results’ in detecting the scam ads, which have included deepfake images of Gina Rinehart and Guy Sebastian

Watchdog opens investigation into anti-immigrant posts on Facebook

Oversight Board says parent company Meta has ‘serious questions’ to answer over two posts allowed to remain online

Meta fires staff for ‘using free meal vouchers to buy household goods’

Facebook and Instagram owner reportedly dismisses about 24 workers for abusing $25 meal credit system

Opt out: how to protect your baby’s photos on the internet

Tech companies aren’t transparent about what they do with our photos – we asked experts about best baby-pic practices

Meta launches its AI chatbot in the UK on Facebook and Instagram

The assistant, which has sparked privacy concerns, can also be accessed on £299 Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses

Australian teens approaching age limit could be spared from social media ban, ACT leader says

Exclusive: Andrew Barr says it ‘doesn’t make sense’ for existing users to be banned for a year or two before regaining access

More than 9,000 scam Facebook pages deleted after Australians lose $43.4m to celebrity deepfakes

Meta’s new Fraud Intelligence Reciprocal Exchange (Fire) tool to work with seven banks in a bid to tackle scams

Mass shootings upended their lives. Now survivors are making the gun industry pay

In the absence of political change, victims and families are coming together to launch multimillion-dollar lawsuits

Zuckerberg Augustus: Meta’s emperor rebrands in new clothes

Mark Zuckerberg’s new revamp is a far cry from the zip-up hoodies and suits emblematic of earlier eras of Facebook

Hail Zuckus Maximus! The master of the metaverse is finally sorry … for being sorry

Mark Zuckerberg is embracing both AI and full-on imperial monomania. As for all the petty gripes, so what? says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Will the ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ message protect users’ posts from being used to train AI?

Though the message has been shared by many users, including celebrities, it offers no copyright or privacy protection

Posting ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ is pointless. But we can stop big tech stealing our Facebook pictures

Sharing these posts may seem harmless, but don’t be drawn in. There are better ways to combat the threats to our data, says technology writer Chris Stokel-Walker

Useless, beneficial, a social-life killer: teens weigh in on Australia’s plan for child age limits on social media

Some see the ban as worthwhile amid online dangers, while others say it would be socially inconvenient – and hard to enforce

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  • ‘They kissed, and the audience roared’: the new musical about gay activists and striking miners
  • French star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault
  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
  • Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened
  • Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
  • Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
  • The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran
  • From An Evening With Gary Lineker to Dear England: what to watch to warm up for the World Cup
  • ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Should you send that midnight text? 11 essential rules for phone etiquette
  • The best films of 2026 so far
  • Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
  • Boogie Nights review – Paul Thomas Anderson’s porn epic is still gaudy, seedy fun
  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds
  • Can a $159 Bluetooth sleep mask help you snooze better? I tested to find out
  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Practice dates: should you swipe right on people you’re not attracted to?
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth
  • UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
  • Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m

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