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UK minister defends U-turn over removing harmful online content

Michelle Donelan rejects claim by father of Molly Russell that online safety bill has been watered down

Gender diversity in UK tech industry ‘still terrible’, says Martha Lane Fox

Lastminute.com co-founder, now a peer, says little progress has been made in recent decades

Amazon’s UK tax bill could rise by £29m amid business rates overhaul

Hikes set to hit warehouses and online retailers hardest in 2023 as UK government addresses ‘brick v clicks’ tax gap

Meta seeks government protection from Rees-Mogg’s EU law bonfire

Facebook owner seeks assurance that vital directive will not be purged by former business secretary’s bill

Online safety bill will criminalise ‘downblousing’ and ‘deepfake’ porn

Nonconsensual explicit images to be tackled in bill returning to parliament next month

Mobiles are ‘potential goldmines’ for hostile states, MPs warned

Commons speaker suggests phones not be taken into meetings as UK cyber security centre issues 10 ‘top tips’

UK Treasury joins chat app Discord and is met with torrent of abuse

Users on gamer-focused platform manage to respond to posts despite government blocking all comments

‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today

The long read: Idealising the past is nothing new, but there is something peculiarly revealing about the way a certain generation of Facebook users look back fondly on tougher times

Failure of FTX crypto exchange will have huge implications, MPs hear

‘Hard to imagine sector bouncing back quickly from this ordeal,’ committee is told

UK government criticised for failing to protect children from online harm

Organisations representing young people have criticised Tories amid fears that manifesto pledges on internet safety are under threat

Grant Shapps writes to Twitter to ‘remind’ it to comply with UK law

Exclusive: Business secretary acts after Elon Musk announces sudden job cuts including staff at British operations

Labour Facebook ads attack red wall Tory MPs in drive to swing voters

New social media drive targets Conservatives’ failure to ban fracking, rising mortgage costs, and direct action taken by Just Stop Oil protesters

Infosys still operating from Russia eight months after saying it was pulling out

Exclusive: Indian firm from which Rishi Sunak’s wife collects £11.5m in annual dividends retains staffed Moscow officeRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updates

Think lefties should be civil about people like Suella Braverman? I politely refuse

The argument that a ‘woke army’ threatens free speech is baffling, given that the right is eroding basic respect and dignity, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Boris Johnson to be keynote speaker at blockchain conference in Singapore

Former PM will address meeting to discuss global ‘migration to the digital economy’

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  • 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
  • How Refugee Week film festival brings migrants’ experience home
  • The best 4K wireless TV streamers for more choice – with no aerial required
  • The UK’s social media ban for under-16s has just empowered big tech
  • Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership
  • Read a book? Join a club? Stare at a wall? Social media alternatives for under-16s
  • ‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings
  • Bologna’s niche festival of forgotten films captures the streaming generation
  • Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash to Project Hail Mary – the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • You can handle the truth! Why cinema suddenly loves conspiracy theories
  • On the trail of the dotcom queen: how Julie Meyer left a pattern of unpaid bills, missing funds and broken dreams in her wake
  • Telegram questioned by Ofcom after arsonist who targeted Starmer-linked properties recruited on app
  • In the Hand of Dante review – Gerard Butler is jaw-dropping in bizarre Renaissance mafia reverie
  • The Crunch: Climate refugees, visualising Elon Musk’s wealth, and the many ways to analyse the World Cup
  • California ‘billionaire tax’ makes ballot despite opposition from tech moguls
  • Voicemails for Isabelle review – Netflix romcom picks creepy over cute
  • The Guardian view on OnlyFans: revelations of abusive middlemen merit MPs’ attention
  • Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
  • ‘Ordinary people are being erased’: one director’s audacious fightback against AI – featuring Frinton
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  • Aardman exhibition marks animation studio’s half a century in Bristol
  • Post your questions for Minions supremo Pierre Coffin
  • We must be alive to the dangers of a UK social media ban – and the way to really help young people

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