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Tom Toumazis named as Mecom chief

Endemol chief commercial officer expected to start in mid-August at the pan-European newspaper publisher. By Mark Sweney

Twitter’s wild west brings politicians into line

Dan Sabbagh: Amoral and unregulated technology is challenging English law's carefully developed rules for restraining the media

Sunday Herald editor defends picture of injunction row footballer

Richard Walker remains defiant but says Scottish paper will not name people who take out gagging orders every week. By Mark Sweney

Google ditches newspaper archive plan

Search giant to focus on helping publishers make money from the internet instead of digitising print titles. By Josh Halliday

Phone hacking: Sienna Miller accepts £100,000 from News of the World

Actor is first celebrity to settle claim since tabloid admitted hacking several public figures' voicemail messages. By Amelia Hill and James Robinson

Sun ‘worst for digital usability’

Red-top comes bottom in report looking at how user-friendly papers are on platforms including internet, iPad and iPhone. By Mark Sweney

Facebook paid PR firm to smear Google

Leaked emails reveal Burson-Marsteller attempted to get USA Today and other titles to write about Google's privacy policies. By Josh Halliday

Here is the news – online readers like to be surprised by what they read

People are not keen to customise websites that filter editorial input

Why integration can be a barrier to innovation in the digital world

Emily Bell: Although some integrated news rooms and sales forces are effective, progress is often quicker where digital is kept apart

Twitter revelations prove privacy law ‘could not work’, says PCC chair

'Technology is always ahead of the law,' insists press watchdog's Baroness Buscombe. By Mark Sweney

McLuhan’s canny advertising foresight

Roy Greenslade: Before the age of the internet, the Canadian philosopher predicted the reason for the demise of newspapers

Webby awards: Zach Galifianakis and FunnyOrDie lead winners

US site scoops nine awards including four for comedian's interview series, as Guardian wins two for online video. By Josh Halliday

ABCe: Mail Online returns to double-digit growth

DMGT network's daily average browsers rise 16.5% on February, as the Guardian's traffic improves by more than 10%. By Mark Sweney

Brooks launches News International review

Three-year internal 'changing the game' inquiry will consider new ways to compete with rival media

Vatican newspaper goes online – but readers will soon have to pay

Italian edition of L'Osservatore Romano will be available free until September, when a 'very low' charge will come in

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  • Starmer says he hopes social media ban for under-16s will come into force next spring – UK politics live
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • The Toymaker’s Key review – steampunk sci-fi animation is eclectic if overwrought
  • How Australia’s social media ban has affected families six months on
  • ‘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
  • 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
  • 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’

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