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Facebook’s China venture fails as record of approval for innovation hub vanishes

Mark Zuckerberg may have fallen foul of power struggles between internet regulators and other authorities

Facebook stocks plummet more than 20% amid concerns over growth

Company warns of slowing revenue growth as it invests in security – but it still makes $13.2bn

Facebook’s free food banned as Silicon Valley restaurants hit back

Tech firms are known for their lavish meals, but city says it damages local businesses

A year after Charlottesville, why can’t big tech delete white supremacists?

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and more pledged to take action against hate groups. Why isn’t it working?

Barefaced cheek: Rubens nudes fall foul of Facebook censors

Flanders tourist board chides firm for removing ads featuring the Flemish master’s works

Ctrl Alt Delete: How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy – review

Tom Baldwin’s account of the abusive relationship with the truth in media and politics is lucid, punchy and often funny

Good results offer the tech giants a chance to change the subject

After a torrid period for Silicon Valley’s reputation, strong financial news may help improve investors’ mood

The Observer view on the threat to British democracy

Parliament’s authority is being undermined – from the misuse of voters’ data to broken promises on paired voting

Facebook suspends another analytics firm amid questions over surveillance

Crimson Hexagon suspended as concerns surface over company’s federal contracts and ties to Russia and Turkey

WhatsApp to restrict message forwarding after India mob lynchings

Facebook-owned messaging service wants to crack down on viral spread of hateful misinformation

Facebook to publish data on Irish abortion referendum ads

Social media company to provide details of spending on ads targeting Irish voters

Facebook’s plan to kill dangerous fake news is ambitious – and perhaps impossible

New policy to tackle content that could fuel violence may be well-meaning, but the complexity of the task is mind-boggling

Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on Holocaust denial ‘irresponsible’

Facebook founder had suggested site did not need to remove ‘unintentional’ denial

Zuckerberg defends Facebook users’ right to be wrong – even Holocaust deniers

CEO explains decision not to censor conspiracy theories but says the platform will try to ‘reduce distribution of content’

Facebook protects far-right activists even after rule breaches

C4 Dispatches documentary finds moderators left Britain First’s pages alone as ‘they generate a lot of revenue’

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  • Frequent AI chatbot users more likely to believe 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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