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Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to ‘weaponise’ data, court case alleges

Facebook CEO exploited ability to access data from any user’s friend network, US case claims

Should you send Facebook all your nude photos?

The social media company suggests that sending it naked pictures is the best way to protect yourself from revenge porn. But can it be trusted?

These are the questions Brussels should have asked Mark Zuckerberg

The integrity of our future elections depends on structural reforms to how Facebook is allowed to operate, says former Google employee Tristan Harris

‘No free lunch’, Macron tells Zuckerberg and other tech bosses

French president demands commitments from Silicon Valley to give back to society

Five things we learned from Mark Zuckerberg’s European parliament appearance

The format didn’t let MEPs question the Facebook boss too deeply – but there were worries over its monopoly

Complaints that Zuckerberg ‘avoided questions’ at European parliament

Facebook founder spends 30 minutes giving answers to 60 minutes of MEPs’ questions

Mark Zuckerberg appears before European parliament – as it happened

Facebook’s co-founder will be speaking to the ‘conference of presidents’ made up of leaders of the eight major political groupings

European parliament to livestream Mark Zuckerberg appearance

Facebook chief initially agreed to closed-door meeting, but will now speak publicly

Detoxifying social media would be easier than you might think

To find the tools to clamp down on online misogyny, racism and bullying, parliament needs to look to the past, says campigner William Perrin

Tories will struggle to turn desire to regulate internet into policy

Matt Hancock wants to rein in internet excess – just don’t ask him how it will work in reality

As Facebook becomes better policed, bad actors are moving to WhatsApp

The social network has clamped down on fake accounts. But its figures are fudged and say nothing of the rise of its encrypted cousin

Vote Leave faces scrutiny over £50m football contest

Facebook letter to MPs may refer to sports competition data harvested by Vote Leave

Tech firms can’t keep our data forever: we need a Digital Expiry Date

Requiring companies to erase our information quarterly would offer us greater freedom online – without destroying profit margins

‘I felt exposed online’: how to disappear from the internet

Worried about what’s out there about you? You’re not alone. But is it even possible to become a digital ghost?

Ed Sheeran denounces use of song in anti-abortion campaign in Ireland

Days out from Irish referendum, Sheeran says use of Small Bump in anti-abortion campaign ‘does not reflect what the song is about’

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  • Trump raked in more than $1bn from crypto businesses in 2025, filing shows
  • Enola Holmes 3 review – Netflix mystery franchise is starting to lose steam
  • 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?

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