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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen calls for urgent external regulation

Ex-employee tells UK MPs Mark Zuckerberg ‘has unilateral control over 3bn people’ due to his position

Frances Haugen to testify to MPs about Facebook and online harm

Whistleblower and critic of Mark Zuckerberg will give evidence to MPs scrutinising online safety bill

Five questions in Westminster for Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen

MPs and peers to pick brain of former Facebook employee in connection with draft online safety bill

Facebook rolls out campaign to fight misinformation before Australian election

Social media giant teams up with newswire AAP to push videos encouraging voters to critically examine facts

Our society is troubled. Beware those who blame it all on big tech

The push for online regulation risks absolving the right of responsibility for the toxicity they continually stoke, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Frances Haugen: ‘I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger’

The woman whose revelations have rocked Facebook tells how spending time with her mother, a priest, motivated her to speak out

Facebook boss ‘not willing to protect public from harm’

Frances Haugen says chief executive has not shown any desire to shield users from the consequences of harmful content

Facebook executive says tech firms need stronger regulation

Vice-president of content policy believes government regulation can ‘establish standards all companies should meet’

Facebook missed weeks of warning signs over Capitol attack, documents suggest

Materials provided by Frances Haugen to media outlets shine light on how company apparently stumbled into 6 January

Taming the tech giants is one thing. Giving free rein to censors quite another

There are plenty of ills for the online safety bill to tackle. But who decides what’s right and wrong?

Whistleblowing requires courage, but don’t expect Facebook to change its ways

Frances Haugen’s ‘testimony tour’ of revelations about the tech company makes good copy, but will its executives listen?

Will Ireland’s corporation tax rise see tech companies leave Dublin?

Analysts question if Dublin’s reputation as a leading tech hub could be undermined by new 15% tax rate

Facebook crisis grows as new whistleblower and leaked documents emerge

Company under fire as news reports detail spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories even as staff raised concerns

Finally, Facebook can say it’s not the most toxic social network

Donald Trump’s plans to launch a platform are good news for Mark Zuckerberg, who’ll be busy prebutting the next damning exposé of his company, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

UK agrees to end tax on US tech giants when global deal takes effect

Deal means US will not retaliate against UK for imposing digital services tax, Treasury says

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  • ‘Loving our country sounds like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser’: Robert De Niro leads crowd in rallying cry against Trump
  • Social media firms hit back as Starmer announces ban for under-16s in UK
  • Starmer says he hopes social media ban for under-16s will come into force next spring – UK politics live
  • The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’
  • Disclosure Day: alien conspiracies, car chases and a jaw-dropping climax – discuss with spoilers
  • Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure
  • The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism
  • 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

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