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Facebook ad feature claims to predict user’s future behaviour

Social network criticised over feature that targets users who are likely to switch to an advertiser’s rival’s product

How many people had their data harvested by Cambridge Analytica?

Estimates suggest that tens of millions were affected. But this may be a small part of the picture, says Guardian readers’ editor Paul Chadwick

The People vs Tech by Jamie Bartlett review – once more into the digital apocalypse

The latest treatise on technology taking over our lives suggests democratic systems are incompatible with the digital age, but the theory lacks coherence

Facebook paid $7.3m for Mark Zuckerberg’s security last year

The company has spent about $20m on security and private planes for Zuckerberg since 2015, citing ‘specific threats to his safety’

Why the politicians must set their sights on Facebook

The issues to tackle are political persuasion, influence and money. It may be a long wait

‘Was the Brexit poll compromised? We may need a public debate about that’

Damian Collins, chair of the Commons committee looking into data breaches, says we are in the foothills of a global story

How Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony lurched from easy ride to headache

Facebook founder was lost for words as representatives asked questions about user tracking

The Guardian view on Facebook: time to tame the surveillance economy

Editorial: Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress told us little new, but his evasions showed that he knows which questions go to the heart of his business

Revealed: Aleksandr Kogan collected Facebook users’ direct messages

People who logged into This Is Your Digital Life shared their news feed, timeline, posts and messages

Zuckerberg certainly convinced me – to log off Facebook for good, that is

I felt little more than distaste for the tech mogul. Then I saw him before Congress, writes Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Facebook hearings remind us: information warfare is here to stay

As every aspect of our existence moves online, we cede our lives to an environment dominated by a small number of large, unregulated companies

I’m angry at Facebook – but I’m also addicted. How do I break free?

Like you, I have no idea how to wean myself off the platform, but acknowledgement is the first step to recovery

Fact-checking Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony about Facebook privacy

When it came to data collection, the CEO cleverly deflected lawmakers’ scrutiny. Here are the claims that don’t stand up

Zuckerberg put on back foot as House grills Facebook CEO over user tracking

In his second day on Capitol Hill, Zuckerberg faces tougher questioning and says his own data was handed to Cambridge Analytica

Mark Zuckerberg faces tough questions in two-day congressional testimony – as it happened

On second day, Facebook CEO faced a House hearing to address data misuse in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations

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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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