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Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers

Documents alleged to contain revelations on data and privacy controls that led to Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook policy chief admits hiring PR firm to attack George Soros

Communication head takes blame for hiring Definers Public Affairs as Sheryl Sandberg says antisemitism claim ‘abhorrent’

Zuckerberg’s control of Facebook is near absolute – who will hold him accountable?

The Facebook CEO agreed in a CNN interview that his power needs to be checked, but he has no plans to limit it himself

Facebook to lodge appeal against ICO’s £500,000 fine

Company says it disputes penalty for role in Cambridge Analytica scandal on principle

Do you work for Facebook? What is the mood like?

We would like to hear from Facebook workers following allegations published last week in the New York Times

MPs demand Facebook and Twitter remove ‘abhorrent’ far-right video

Yvette Cooper writes to tech giants about illegal video supporting banned National Action group

Break up Facebook (and while we’re at it, Google, Apple and Amazon)

Big tech has ushered in a second Gilded Age. We must relearn the lessons of the first, writes the former US labor secretary

US stock markets drop as tech companies lead losses

China trade war fears rattle investors and downfall of Carlos Ghosn hits Nissan and Renault shares

Facebook gives £4.5m to fund 80 local newspaper jobs in UK

Social media firm to finance trainee ‘community’ journalists scheme

Tim Cook: tech firms should prepare for ‘inevitable’ regulation

Apple CEO predicts Congress will pass laws targeting big US technology firms

Mark Zuckerberg faces more calls to attend misinformation hearing

Brazil, Latvia and Singapore join coalition of parliaments seeking answers from Facebook chief

Zuckerberg: I didn’t know of Facebook ties to firm that attacked George Soros

CEO says he learned about relationship with PR company after it was reported in New York Times

How Republican firm’s plan to defend Facebook by attacking rivals backfired

Revelation that Definers had used George Soros as a target to defend Facebook unleashed an immediate storm of protest

Facebook threatens democracy, says Soros-backed foundation

Open Society Foundations hits out after reports firm tried to discredit critics as agents of philanthropist

Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them to George Soros

Facing a string of crises, Facebook hired a PR firm to push conspiracy theories about the billionaire, the New York Times reports

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  • Not a Pretty Picture review – Martha Coolidge’s recreation of her rape remains shockingly powerful
  • Oura Ring 5 review: a stunning generational leap for smart rings
  • Executioner review – sleazy MP hams it up with sex worker in darkly comic blackmail thriller
  • Ireland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency
  • ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI
  • Crypto firms operating in UK to be subject to sweeping new rules
  • US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
  • Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026
  • Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into separate media business
  • Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths
  • ‘His ability is hard to deny’: is Tom Hardy a secretly good rapper?
  • ‘A very good gadget’: taking delivery from the robots of Milton Keynes
  • Once, cyber-attacks required great skill. AI is changing that
  • Done Quixote? Film archivists on quest to finish Orson Welles passion project
  • Black Box: Flight 298 review – there’s a beastie in the hold in airborne conspiracy horror
  • Keir Starmer’s attempts to placate big tech were a disaster. Andy Burnham must take a stand
  • ‘Genuinely changed my life’: why Groundhog Day is my feelgood movie
  • The Last Assassins review – shades of Blade Runner in dystopian thriller shrouded in silty-green murk
  • Why did the BBC hire Ashley Cain? Because it has a warped idea of what young men want
  • Fragments of Ice review – fascinating chronicle of Soviet collapse through the lens of a Ukrainian ice skater
  • Ring Video Doorbell Pro review: night and day better with new 4K camera
  • 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

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