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Verizon pulls ads from Facebook over inaction on hate speech

Company is the biggest yet to join growing movement to boycott the social network

Facebook and Google must take stronger action to counter misinformation, Acma says

Bushfires and Covid-19 provided fertile ground for spread of false information and digital platforms should be accountable

Exclusive: Viber severs ties with Facebook in growing boycott

Service adds to firms shunning Facebook over refusal to act against Donald Trump posts

Down the rabbit hole: how QAnon conspiracies thrive on Facebook

Guardian investigation finds more than 3m aggregate followers and members support QAnon on Facebook, and their numbers are growing

Facebook faces advertiser revolt over failure to address hate speech

The North Face, REI and other brands pause advertising on the platform in ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign

Foreign actors targeted Facebook users during Australian 2019 election, thinktank finds

Country’s democracy at risk by actions that can ‘affect electoral outcomes’, says submission to Senate inquiry

Nick Clegg is on the wrong side of history at Facebook

The former deputy PM continued to defend the indefensible as the tech giant went on an election PR blitz

Facebook removes Trump re-election ads that feature a Nazi symbol

The social media giant had been facing increased pressure to take a stronger stance against the president’s hateful rhetoric

Facebook plans voter turnout push – but will not bar false claims from Trump

Firm aims to help 4 million Americans register to vote but calls Trump’s baseless attacks ‘legitimate debate’

Not just nipples: how Facebook’s AI struggles to detect misinformation

Automated moderation can be a blunt instrument – as users trying to post an image of Aboriginal men in chains discovered

The Guardian view on the Philippines and Maria Ressa: an attack on democracy

Editorial: The conviction of the veteran journalist is a frightening indication of the country’s direction under Rodrigo Duterte

Facebook blocks and bans users for sharing Guardian article showing Aboriginal men in chains

Social media site incorrectly removed historical photo on grounds of nudity, then for three days blocked and even banned users who posted link to article

Facebook says it doesn’t need news stories for its business and won’t pay to share them in Australia

Social media giant rejects ACCC proposal, saying it could cut out news completely without any significant impact on its business

Facebook incorrectly removes picture of Aboriginal men in chains because of ‘nudity’

Facebook also blocks users from sharing Guardian Australia’s story based on its use of the image

CMA to look into Facebook’s purchase of gif search engine

Watchdog fears that social media giant’s takeover of Giphy may reduce competition

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  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance
  • Jabs, human ash and a tapeworm: behind the appetite for a new kind of disordered eating movie
  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • 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?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘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
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary
  • 45 Years review – Gabriel Byrne and Geraldine James mark an anniversary for the ages

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