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Scroll Free September: can you ditch social media for a month?

Did a gym visit even happen if you didn’t post a selfie of it? Scroll Free September is urging online addicts to take a break

Family of dead student criticise Facebook over ‘sadist’ troll

Parents of Olivia Burt, who died outside a Durham nightclub, complain of inaction

Logged off: meet the teens who refuse to use social media

Generation Z has grown up online – so why are a surprising number suddenly turning their backs on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat?

War reporters like me will cease to exist if the web giants aren’t stopped

News journalism is being sucked dry by Facebook and Google – the EU must pass a crucial reform on copyright law, says AFP Baghdad bureau chief Sammy Ketz

The Guardian view on atrocities in Myanmar: hold the guilty to account

Editorial: The UN has published a damning report on Myanmar. Who can be held responsible, and how?

Facebook is being eclipsed by its youthful rival Snapchat

Social media giant struggles to stay relevant to a younger generation

Facebook removes accounts associated with Myanmar military

Move follows UN report accusing army of genocide against minority Rohingya

Facebook can’t control its users. And it has no incentive to do so

The site is being used to spread extremism, violence and racism. But cracking down on it would cripple its business

BBC pension fund has stakes in Amazon, Netflix and Facebook

Scheme dependent on US tech giants’ success as corporation loses viewers to new platforms

Facebook removes video game ad showing woman’s torture

Social media giant had indicated that Mafia City content did not breach guidelines

Corbyn proposes ‘public Facebook’ as part of media overhaul

Labour leader tells Edinburgh audience that digital body could empower viewers

Why Jeremy Corbyn’s social media buddies are now in his line of fire

Is honeymoon over for hi-tech giants said to have helped Labour leader at 2017 election?

Facebook removes 652 fake accounts and pages meant to influence world politics

Firm announces removal of pages, groups and accounts linked to Russia and Iran, citing ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’

Can I Breastfeed in It? Why a Facebook group for new mothers is the friendliest place on the internet

From milk-proof vest tops to bridesmaid outfits, members of an online community are helping each other to find clothes that both look great and are easy to feed a baby in

Tech giants warn Coalition bill opens customers up to cyber attack

Law to force companies such as Facebook to assist security services in decryption of private data goes too far, peak body says

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  • Blake Lively files to receive $8m in legal fees from Justin Baldoni and his studio
  • Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive
  • The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan brings genuine thrills – and a massive budget – to a well-trodden tale
  • UK watchdog plans to break Apple and Google’s ‘effective duopoly’ on mobile app stores
  • Spider-Man’s web of lies: what would actually happen if you were bitten by a radioactive spider?
  • Why is Elon Musk boosting an anti-immigrant film loved by the far right?
  • Number of billionaires globally soars by 13% amid AI shares boom
  • Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
  • Supergirl: doggy distress, frontier justice and a new direction for superhero movies – discuss with spoilers
  • UK ‘minded’ to intervene in Paramount’s $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
  • Michael Byrne obituary
  • Elon Musk promotes ‘anti-migrant’ Armie Hammer film with free download on X
  • Doubt that Elon Musk ‘earned’ his trillion? Rightwing media says you’re in an ‘impotent envy cult’
  • The original Moana: did a 1926 documentary give birth to a 21st century Disney blockbuster?
  • The Invite review – Seth Rogen adds zest and bite to fruity dinner party comedy
  • 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

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