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Big tech accused of avoiding $2.8bn in tax to poorest countries

Reform of international corporate taxation could transform health and education, says report

Instagram row over plus-size model forces change to nudity policy

Facebook amends code after deletion of black users’ photos sparks outrage

Why can’t questions be asked of Facebook’s ads?

Researchers have every right to investigate how the company’s data is used by advertisers

Facebook moderators forced to work in Dublin office despite high-tier lockdown

Exclusive: Contract staff deemed essential workers as firm’s own employees work from home

The Hunter Biden story was a test for tech platforms. They barely passed

Facebook and Twitter are trying to avoid repeating the 2016 misinformation disaster, but haven’t totally figured out how

If Facebook and Google limit services in Australia, could the ABC run a social network?

A new paper suggests a publicly funded replacement could be form part of the government’s response if the tech giants limit access

Europe and America are taking on the tech giants. Britain needs to join the fight

The government is a bystander to attempts to break up the Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple monopolies

Instagram to crack down on UK influencers’ ‘hidden advertising’

CMA investigation found Facebook-owned platform was not doing enough to tackle problem

Biden article row shows how US election is testing Facebook and Twitter

Online giants felt forced to take unprecedented action as they struggle with role during divisive presidential battle

Behind Cambridge Analytica lay a bigger threat to our democracy: Facebook

More needs to be done to clamp down on big tech’s nefarious methods of influencing our politics and culture, says technology lecturer Jennifer Cobbe

Facebook and Twitter restrict controversial New York Post story on Joe Biden

Social media platforms move to limit spread of article amid questions over its veracity

Facebook to ban ads discouraging vaccination

Site will still allow ads focused on vaccine policy as it launches campaign to provide flu vaccine information

Facebook greatest source of Covid-19 disinformation, journalists say

International survey nominates social media giant as worst offender, ahead of elected officials

Screen time is as addictive as junk food – how do we wean children off?

Social media addiction isn’t a failure of parenting. It’s a feature of the tech industry, says campaigner Belinda Parmar

The Observer view on the information commissioner’s Cambridge Analytica investigation

This newspaper’s exposé of the exploitation of private data has been vindicated

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  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
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  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
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  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
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  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
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  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
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