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‘Making music is about making assets for social media’: pop stars battle digital burnout

After Charli XCX left social media citing unkindness from fans, musicians are opening up about the pressures of maintaining an online presence

Nick Clegg promoted to top Facebook role

Former Lib Dem leader becomes president of global affairs while Mark Zuckerberg to reduce his own role in policy decisions

Google to limit amount of personal information shared on Android

Shift comes a year after Apple curtailed amount of personal data shared by users of its mobile operating system

‘Live in the future’: Zuckerberg unveils company overhaul amid shift to metaverse

CEO of company formerly called Facebook touts pivot at all-hands meeting as he faces investment concerns

French anti-vaxxers buying fake Covid passes online

Exclusive: fake passes often promoted on mainstream social media platforms, study shows

‘Every move scrutinized’: Facebook’s rocky road to the metaverse

The CEO has changed the world – but he faces regulatory, technological and branding troubles in his push to do it again

Facebook should guard against revealing private addresses, board recommends

Oversight Board of Meta recommends exception to privacy rules should be removed

The Guardian view on social media’s metaverse: it may remain science fiction

Editorial: The online virtual reality experience that almost every tech giant today wishes to commercially exploit may not catch on

George Christensen claims $10,000 a month for ‘e-material’ as he ramps up anti-vaccine mandate Facebook ads

Facebook data shows Nationals MP spent thousands calling for an end to vaccine discrimination and ‘medical apartheid’

Facebook appeal over Cambridge Analytica data rejected by Australian court as ‘divorced from reality’

Full bench of the federal court confirms earlier ruling that tech giant collects personal information in Australia

For the first time in its history, Facebook is in decline. Has the tech giant begun to crumble?

As long as the number of users kept growing, Mark Zuckerberg felt able to ride out scandals and criticism. He can no longer rely on that defence

Sending threatening posts among offences in revised online safety bill

Proposed laws require tech firms to prevent publication of harmful content or face substantial fines

Meta to bring in mandatory distances between virtual reality avatars

Move follows warnings Mark Zuckerberg’s plan for metaverse could lead to increased online harassment

Facebook suffers $230bn wipeout in biggest one-day US stock plunge

Shares in parent company Meta fall 26.4% on Thursday, while Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth reportedly tumbles by $30bn-plus

Why the Facebook owner’s shares are in freefall

Analysis: shares in Meta fell by 25% after latest results revealed first-ever decline in daily users

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  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
  • A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet
  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?
  • Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace
  • ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
  • ‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘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

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