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‘Give yourself a hand’: Queensland Health encourages masturbation in cheeky social media post

Spokesperson says aim of message was to reduce stigma and normalise healthy conversations especially among young people

Democracy at risk if Facebook does not change, says former Zuckerberg adviser

Roger McNamee, an early investor in Facebook, also calls misuse of user data as unethical as child labour

This thought experiment captures Facebook’s betrayal of users’ privacy

Imagine if the postman read your mail and then sold your information to extremists who want to target you

Why is Facebook shutting down its facial recognition system and deleting ‘faceprints’?

The social media giant is putting a stop to its technology that identifies people in photos. We look at what prompted the move and what it means for users

Facebook to shut facial recognition system and delete 1bn ‘faceprints’

Firm says decision is in response to growing concerns over software that identifies users in photos and videos

Social media companies ‘make money from hate’, says Thierry Henry

Ex-Arsenal star says he will continue boycott of online platforms because they are ‘not really trying’ to tackle online abuse

‘Super polluters’: the top 10 publishers denying the climate crisis on Facebook

Ten US-based and Russian state media outlets responsible for 69% of content on Facebook, finds Center for Countering Digital Hate

Parallel metaverses: Facebook’s name change is challenged by Arizona retailer Meta PCs

A computer company for gamers says it filed to trademark the name a year ago

Facebook failing to protect users from Covid misinformation, says monitor

Twenty accounts and groups tracked by NewsGuard gained more than 370,000 followers over past year

Mark Zuckerberg should quit Facebook, says Frances Haugen

Whistleblower says a new CEO should prioritise online safety over Meta restructure

Sunak isn’t planning for business – he’s budgeting for the next election

The chancellor is politically astute, but there is less substance in his investment plans than it appears

Do the Facebook papers spell doom for Meta – or is it too big to fail?

The explosive documents from Frances Haugen have renewed calls for legislation, but actually passing it is another story

What is the Australian government doing to crack down on big tech, and why?

Three main triggers have spurred the Coalition to show it is actively curbing the power of the giant global tech companies

Metaverse, Mars, meditation retreats: billionaires want to escape the world they ruined

Zuckerberg wants us to all turn our attention to a land of make-believe to distract from his PR disaster while Bezos and Musk are obsessed with leaving the planet

Grave error? Facebook’s new name Meta means dead in Hebrew

Rebrand mocked under hashtag #FacebookDead while Canadian firm’s shares get unexpected boost

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  • Dry Leaf review – three-hour amble around the football pitches of Georgia in search of a daughter
  • ‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist
  • ‘Distressingly beautiful and disorienting’: the Willem Dafoe film that only one person can see at a time
  • Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook
  • 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’

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