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Stephen Fry: Facebook and other platforms should be classed as publishers

Speaking at Hay festival, writer accuses ‘aggregating news agencies’ of not taking responsibility for their content

The story behind the fake Manchester attack victims

After the bombing, several posts of fake victims went viral. We look at the disturbing trend that keeps fooling social media

Ransomware attack hero condemns ‘super-invasive’ tabloids

Marcus Hutchins says he will have to move house after newspaper identified him and published his full address

Are men ‘nicking’ the Today limelight, or is something else afoot?

Speculation is rife about Radio 4 presenter Nick Robinson’s ‘uncollegiate’ behaviour. But tongues will always wag – as the chancellor ought to be aware

Facebook promised to tackle fake news. But the evidence shows it’s not working

Following pressure from users, the social network introduced tools to stem the spread of false information. But the rollout has been rocky at best

Editor George Osborne should beware of boring his readers with Tory battles

Londoners don’t pick up the Evening Standard to read about politics, especially since its new boss has resigned as an MP

JK Rowling’s ego akin to Kim Kardashian’s, says Joanna Trollope

City of Friends author claims Harry Potter creator’s ‘insatiable desire’ to air opinions on Twitter is threat to literary industry

Gwyneth Paltrow launches Goop as glossy Condé Nast magazine

Actor turned wellness guru who introduced world to vaginal steaming is to bring Goop brand to volatile magazine market

Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site

Crowdfunded online publication from Jimmy Wales will pair paid journalists with army of volunteer contributors

Twitter drops ‘egg’ avatar in attempt to break association with internet trolls

The social network says it is introducing a new default profile photo – a gender neutral silhouette – in a bid to ‘prompt more self-expression’

Rock’s the new jazz and vinyl’s so-called revival: what I’ve learned as Guardian music editor

I’m leaving the Guardian after 11 great years covering music – years during which a great deal has changed in the way music is created and sold

French advertising giant pulls out of Google and YouTube

Havas becomes first major global marketing company to pull entire ad spend after talks with tech company break down

Google summoned by ministers as government pulls ads over extremist content

British advertisers urge company overhaul after adverts from several big organisations appear next to inappropriate material

Guardian pulls ads from Google after they were placed next to extremist material

Ads for membership scheme were inadvertently placed by Google next to extremist material

Sienna Miller: ‘I feel relatively immune to bitchy criticism now’

The British actor set out to emulate Meryl Streep but ended up being portrayed as the next Kate Moss. Now with the tabloid assaults behind her, she talks ambition, Leveson and The Lost City of Z

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  • Canadian mother sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT led her daughter to kill herself
  • The Guardian view on the analogue resurgence: the shock of the old
  • Helen Mirren speaks out about being called ‘evil Zionist’ on the street in London
  • Musk’s xAI fired engineer for raising concerns about Grok chatbot, lawsuit claims
  • SpaceX heads for record $1.78tn float amid fears it is overvalued
  • Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange booths have been gamified by fans
  • Cassette tapes were the voice notes of my youth, bringing tales from the diaspora to our living room
  • ‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’: Kathleen Turner’s best films – ranked!
  • AI wealth boom sending San Francisco home prices surging: ‘It’s ridiculous’
  • ‘This is honest art. Like Dostoevsky’: Tim Allen and Tom Hanks on Toy Story 5, tech peril and the joy of rusty nails
  • AI absolutism is breaking our brains. The apocalyptic future we’re being sold isn’t inevitable
  • ‘Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond – twice
  • Who you gonna maul? Why Paul Feig’s derided all-female Ghostbusters dazzles a decade later
  • Stop! That! Train! review – RuPaul-led zany drag comedy is a riot
  • The best robot vacuums in the UK to keep your home clean and dust free, tested
  • Strictly Ballroom review – Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying, dance-tastic swirl of fun is a classic ugly-duckling tale
  • Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’
  • ‘They kissed, and the audience roared’: the new musical about gay activists and striking miners
  • French star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault
  • Labor to set terms for datacentre and AI growth as it vows not to repeat mistakes of resources boom
  • Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
  • Stephen Ogilvie’s family appeal for calm on second night of disorder – as it happened
  • Elon Musk’s X not facing action from UK government over posts inciting violence in Belfast
  • Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
  • The Guardian view on far-right violence: digital radicalisation is threatening democracy
  • Sales of Meta whistleblower’s memoir soar after Hay festival ‘silencing’
  • How to Talk Australians: The Movie review – viral web series lampooning Aussie culture gets big-screen adaptation
  • First trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook sequel The Social Reckoning
  • Actor Tyler Mane reveals he is having treatment for rare male breast cancer
  • Under the Shadow review – Leila Farzad is fantastic in this nerve-shredding tale of 80s Tehran

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