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Meta pushes to label all AI images on Instagram and Facebook in crackdown on deceptive content

Global executive Nick Clegg says users ‘want to know where the boundary lies’ amid rise in AI-generated content

TechScape: Why is the UK so slow to regulate AI?

Britain has announced £10m for regulators but has done very little to mitigate the risks linked with artificial intelligence. Plus, Facebook’s deep-fake Biden conundrum

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg must not be allowed to shape the next era of humanity

As big tech celebrates AI, it’s time to demand accountability for the harms tech has caused before they wreak further havoc

When dead children are just the price of doing business, Zuckerberg’s apology is empty

The Facebook boss faced the parents of victims in Senate hearings, but until legislators finally stand up to social media giants, nothing will change

Mark Zuckerberg to receive $700m from Meta dividends

Facebook’s parent company to pay out to shareholders as it reports $40bn revenues for final quarter

Meta revenue soars as it pivots to AI and announces dividends for investors

Cash flow beat investor expectations and shares rose as the tech giant authorized a $50bn share buyback program

Mark Zuckerberg and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel apologize to families of online harm victims at Senate hearing – as it happened

Meta chief turns to relatives in the room and says ‘I’m sorry for everything you’ve all gone through’; Spiegel apologizes that site couldn’t prevent tragedies

Meta is the world’s ‘single largest marketplace for paedophiles’, says New Mexico attorney general

Raúl Torrez is taking the company to court and expects further details to emerge about its knowledge of child sexual exploitation on its platforms

The Guardian view on online child protection: the web needs more health and safety

Editorial: New evidence of Meta’s failures to prioritise safety should be a wake-up call to policymakers

Instagram to scan under-18s’ messages to protect against ‘inappropriate images’

Feature will work even on encrypted messages, suggesting platform plans to implement client-side scanning

The big idea: should we keep politics out of social media?

Where is the line between raising awareness and feeding polarisation?

Digital afterlife – how to deal with social media accounts when someone dies

Dealing with a departed loved one’s digital life can be complicated and time consuming but there are some shortcuts

‘Very scary’: Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to build advanced AI alarms experts

Meta CEO accused of being ‘irresponsible’ by considering making tools on par with human intelligence open source

Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms

Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit

$2bn woman: how Sheryl Sandberg became one of tech’s most successful bosses

Sandberg was once considered so critical to Facebook’s success that her exit was seen as potential risk to investors’ money

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  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
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  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
  • Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
  • France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
  • Brad Pitt in the frame as older men embrace ‘hot professor’ glasses
  • Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • David Gamble obituary
  • After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
  • They Will Kill You to Aftersun: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • Pokémon Go data trained AI that could assist military drones in war zones

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