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Facebook releases content moderation guidelines – rules long kept secret

A year after the Guardian revealed Facebook’s secret rules for censorship decisions, the company has released a public version

Is Facebook replaceable? Tech investor launches bid to ‘start the process’

Jason Calacanis, an early investor in Uber, spearheads a contest to find a service ‘that is actually good for society’

Rees-Mogg claims Home Office ‘socialism’ to blame for Windrush injustices – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen

Cambridge Analytica: five key claims by academic at heart of scandal

Aleksandr Kogan made these key assertions during his questioning by MPs on the Commons culture committee

Cambridge University rejected Facebook study over ‘deceptive’ privacy standards

Exclusive: panel told researcher Aleksandr Kogan that Facebook’s approach fell ‘far below ethical expectations’

Facebook in ‘PR crisis mode’ over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Academic behind app that mined data from users tells MPs social network’s outrage was hollow

Tech firms could face new EU regulations over fake news

EU security commissioner says new regulations may have to be brought in if tech firms fail to tackle issues voluntarily

How academic at centre of Facebook scandal tried – and failed – to spin personal data into gold

The story of Aleksandr Kogan’s business ventures reveals a world where companies traded in the currency of personal information

Facebook urged to use face recognition to block scam ads

Media committee chair says Martin Lewis’s case shows yet another failure to protect users

Facebook says its free news feed is helping journalism

Company tells Australian regulator that news makes up just 5% of content shared, and downplays its collection and use of people’s data

The Guardian view on ad tech: a tangled web

Editorial: Martin Lewis is suing Facebook. The question is whether companies can be held responsible for the behaviour of their software

Martin Lewis is right to take on Facebook – it has too much power

As some publishers try to clean up rogue online advertising, the platform has been slow to act. Time for regulation, says freelance journalist Ellie Mae O’Hagan

Martin Lewis sues Facebook over fake adverts with his name

MoneySavingExpert founder says firm failed to stop false adverts luring victims into scams

Proper pubs are all a little bit rightwing, aren’t they?

On the news that pub chain Wetherspoon’s was to close down its social media accounts, I was surprised to find myself rooting for it

What Facebook’s terms and conditions really ought to say

In the wake of Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘grilling’ by Congress, here’s a rewritten user agreement that makes what the social network does painfully clear

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  • OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
  • Birds of War review – war journalists find love among the ruins
  • AI summaries of Tripadvisor hotel reviews downplay serious complaints, investigation finds
  • New Zealand finally gets a Google Maps tool that correctly pronounces Māori placenames
  • Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns
  • People in the US: share your views on Trump’s earnings in his second term
  • Best TV shows and movies streaming in Australia this month
  • No console-flation: how the thirst for AI chips is sending games console prices soaring
  • The Guilty review – Russell Tovey is commanding in cop thriller that fills you with dread
  • Alarm bells over conflict of interest as filing shows Trump raked in $2bn in 2025
  • Anthropic says US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security fears
  • Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is making some wonder: will we have real disclosure soon?
  • Shrinks on the verge of a nervous breakdown: how horror movies came for therapists
  • Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie review – two goofballs in search of a gig roll back the years
  • The best theatre to stream this month: all rise for Rosamund Pike’s Inter Alia
  • ‘Get away from there – run!’ The stunning film about love blossoming amid the carnage of Aleppo
  • 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
  • Minions & Monsters review – a smart premise descends into more of the same
  • 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
  • ‘I’m not a quitter!’ Rubén Blades, the salsa supremo who acted with Jack Nicholson, inspired Bad Bunny – and served as Panama’s tourism minister
  • 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

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