Dale Vince sues Guido Fawkes owner for libel over Hamas claims
Labour donor and green energy businessman given permission to serve papers to Paul Staines’ home in Ireland
Here’s what you need to know about Nigel Farage’s mastery of TikTok
While most politicians haven’t taken the platform seriously, the Reform UK leader is an astute content creator, says the writer Sophia Smith Galer
TechScape: Here’s four ways a new Labour government could use tech to boost Britain
If Keir Starmer wins on Thursday, he will have the power to free our data, jump-start the NHS and strip friction from our daily lives. Here’s how
British female politicians targeted by fake pornography
Leading politicians victimised by online material including AI deepfakes, investigation finds
Smudgy chins, weird hands, dodgy numbers: seven signs you’re watching a deepfake
Look out for surplus fingers, compare mannerisms with real recordings and apply good old-fashioned common sense and scepticism, experts advise
Mike Leigh: Peterloo protesters would be ‘horrified’ by voter abstention
At the Mediterrane film festival in Malta, the film-maker spoke out against UK citizens ‘seeing justification in not voting’ in the general election
Nigel Farage outperforms all other UK parties and candidates on TikTok
Exclusive: Videos on Reform leader’s account show more engagement and average views than any other candidate
From African stars to British stalwarts, Glastonbury 2024 opens gates to a truly diverse lineup
With the BBC livestreaming globally for the first time, and an especially rich lineup of Black artists, 2024’s festival champions a broad remit – but plays it safe with Coldplay
Crossword roundup: goodbye Rishi and the meaning of ‘X’
Opinion polls, PMs of various kinds and the final few Rishis feature in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
Five hours a day on Facebook: how voters are keeping up with the election
Research agency Revealing Reality monitored the news consumption of six voters and found many were now relying on social media
‘There’s a lot less sharing’: how news consumption has changed since last UK election
Six volunteers shared their phone activity to give a snapshot of how voters keep themselves abreast of current affairs
DWP algorithm wrongly flags 200,000 people for possible fraud and error
Exclusive: Two-thirds of housing benefit claims marked as high risk in last three years were legitimate, figures show
Hip-hop mimes and breast jokes win Farage a valuable gen Z following
Reform leader’s strategy to engage with young voters online pays off as he hits 776,000 TikTok followers
Deepfake video of Nigel Farage playing Minecraft ‘of course’ not real, party says
Deepfake videos have failed to disrupt election campaign as some predicted, instead existing as obviously fake memes
Tory peer Peter Cruddas shared posts supporting Nigel Farage and Reform UK
Exclusive: almost half of billionaire Tory donor’s last 100 reposts were in support of rightwing party