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Mozilla ‘presses pause’ on Facebook ads over data-mining claims

Non-profit organisation behind Firefox browser announces move after Cambridge Analytica revelations

Minister forced to change his own app after data-mining complaints

Culture secretary Matt Hancock said app designed to engage with constituents was changed after criticism that it was harvesting data

Mark Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook’s ‘mistakes’ over Cambridge Analytica

Following days of silence, CEO announces Facebook will change how it shares data with third-party apps and admits ‘we made mistakes’

Are Cambridge Analytica’s insights even that insightful?

Facebook thinks I like snow and a small dog I’ve never heard of. What else has the data got wrong?

Why have we given up our privacy to Facebook and other sites so willingly?

Cambridge Analytica’s ransacking of millions of Facebook users’ data has triggered a backlash against the social network – and highlighted how much personal information we share without thinking of the consequences

The Guardian view on big tech: a new era needs new rules

Editorial: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are too big and too powerful. Regulation has to catch up with the changing character of the digital economy

Australia’s major parties defend privacy exemption over Cambridge Analytica

Legal experts call for end to use of voters’ personal information, with Privacy Commissioner questioning whether it’s ‘appropriate in the current environment’

Facebook whistleblower gives evidence to MPs on Cambridge Analytica row – as it happened

Follow Sandy Parakilas’s evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee as it unfolded

The evil genius of Cambridge Analytica was to exploit those we trust most

We trust our friends far more than any institution – a vulnerability Cambridge Analytica exploited via Facebook. But we won’t be so trusting again

How Blockchain could help us take back control of our privacy

The Cambridge Analytica breaches show the dangers of leaking personal, sensitive data online – but there’s a way to avoid this, says writer Josh Hall

Cambridge Analytica sets quandary for right: hate Facebook, love Trump

The scandal of the data mining company produced complicated feelings on the right as hatred of big tech companies vied with sensitivity about Trump’s victory

Facebook, Google and Amazon could pay ‘fair’ tax under EU plans

Tech firms would pay wherever they have digital presence, regardless of staff location

Tory donors among investors in Cambridge Analytica parent firm

SCL Group’s shareholders and officers have included two former Tory ministers

Facebook scandal: I am being used as scapegoat – academic who mined data

Cambridge University researcher Aleksandr Kogan says he is being unfairly blamed by Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

The Cambridge Analytica saga is a scandal of Facebook’s own making

Facebook has worked tirelessly to gather as much data on users as it could – and to profit from it, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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  • AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps
  • The Guardian view on how culture is taking on tech: the ultimate handheld device
  • UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears
  • Americans disgusted at Trump earning $1bn from crypto as president: ‘Obviously a grift’
  • Man charged with manslaughter over Tesla crash originally blamed on car’s self-driving mode
  • UK parents: share your views on guidance to not put photos of children on public display
  • Supergirl is a box office catastrophe. How can Marvel and DC save the superhero movie?
  • What would our lives look like if we no longer had to work? As a thought experiment I tried to imagine
  • NSW government ‘absolutely thrilled’ to welcome OpenAI … until someone mentioned the Terminator films
  • Yours for just £228: a Kevin Spacey stainless steel gold-tone Fourth of July ‘adversity ring’
  • ‘If you see one movie this year’: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey set to storm the box office
  • US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials
  • I tested 53 water bottles to find the best for leaks, looks and sustainability: here are my favourites
  • The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’
  • Bugonia to Wicked: For Good – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • ‘I feel both thrilled and ruined by this’: Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton on making sex comedy The Invite
  • 3,000% bonuses but a growing wealth divide: South Korea grapples with its AI chip boom
  • ‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work
  • Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
  • I’d been craving the immediacy of a phone call. So I scrolled through my contacts and started dialling
  • Bitcoin firm advertised by Nigel Farage loses 15% of asset value
  • Social media platforms ‘monetise gore and fringe content’, eSafety regulator tells antisemitism commission
  • ‘A female Minion would be the beginning of the end’: Pierre Coffin on creepy memes, decoding Minionese and farting bananas
  • Calendar Girls: The Musical review – heartfelt and hilarious, with nimbly handled nudity
  • 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

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