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The Guardian view on the fight against fake news: neutrality is not an option

Editorial: The culture select committee of MPs has published a report that ought to galvanise the public debate about online giants and their political influence

With more elections looming, fake news must be tackled now

Within 12 months we could have a second referendum, local elections and a general election, says Guardian columnist Matthew d’Ancona

Natural Cycles: ASA investigates marketing for contraception app

Advertising watchdog launches formal investigation over description of product

Has Zuckerberg, like Frankenstein, lost control of the monster he created?

The Facebook CEO holds all the power within his company. His ambivalence about wielding it may point to a worrying malaise

Facebook’s results suggest it is short of new users and goodwill

As more of the world logs on, the company is nearing saturation: so now it is spending on rebuilding its reputation

A withering verdict: MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica

Select committee criticises Facebook response and urges tighter internet regulation

‘Plucky little panel’ that found the truth about fake news, Facebook and Brexit

The doggedness of a Commons select committee has played a major role in one of the great political scandals of our time

Daisie – connecting creatives for collaborative working

Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams is launching a social network app for young artists. Can it compete in a crowded market?

Democracy at risk due to fake news and data misuse, MPs conclude

Parliamentary inquiry to demand urgent action to combat ‘relentless targeting of hyper-partisan views’

Tech firms fear regulation nightmare if MPs get their way

Report into fake news could put legal burden on firms such as Twitter and Facebook to remove harmful and illegal content

Facebook suspends US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

InfoWars owner found to have violated social network’s community standards

Facebook’s share slump is justified – costs are rising faster than revenue

User growth is slowing and profit margins are shrinking - no wonder the share price is diving

The panic over Facebook’s stock is absurd. It’s simply too big to fail

Despite some critics’ glee at the latest earnings report, the planet’s most powerful business remains unstoppable

Does Facebook’s plummeting stock spell disaster for the social network?

The company lost $118bn in market value after news of slowed growth and rising costs. But is it more than a blip?

Over $119bn wiped off Facebook’s market cap after growth shock

Shares crash as social network admits user growth fell after Cambridge Analytica breach

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  • Frequent AI chatbot use linked to belief in anti-vaccine myths, poll finds
  • Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan
  • 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

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