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What would be lost if I deleted Facebook? Gratification

It may be that a diet of distant relatives’ wedding photos and articles about child murders does not make me well informed, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Cambridge Analytica: search of London HQ delayed by wait for warrant

Information commissioner’s office says high court adjourned hearing into request to enter offices over data row

Facebook must be restructured. The FTC should take these nine steps now

If FTC commissioners truly are serious about making Facebook serve the interests of the American public, here is a set of actions they should take

‘They were given an inch and took 100 miles’: readers on Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and privacy

We asked you whether you’re thinking of deleting your Facebook account and to share your thoughts on data privacy

Mozilla ‘presses pause’ on Facebook ads over data-mining claims

Non-profit organisation behind Firefox browser announces move after Cambridge Analytica revelations

Minister forced to change his own app after data-mining complaints

Culture secretary Matt Hancock said app designed to engage with constituents was changed after criticism that it was harvesting data

Mark Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook’s ‘mistakes’ over Cambridge Analytica

Following days of silence, CEO announces Facebook will change how it shares data with third-party apps and admits ‘we made mistakes’

Are Cambridge Analytica’s insights even that insightful?

Facebook thinks I like snow and a small dog I’ve never heard of. What else has the data got wrong?

Why have we given up our privacy to Facebook and other sites so willingly?

Cambridge Analytica’s ransacking of millions of Facebook users’ data has triggered a backlash against the social network – and highlighted how much personal information we share without thinking of the consequences

The Guardian view on big tech: a new era needs new rules

Editorial: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are too big and too powerful. Regulation has to catch up with the changing character of the digital economy

Facebook whistleblower gives evidence to MPs on Cambridge Analytica row – as it happened

Follow Sandy Parakilas’s evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee as it unfolded

How Blockchain could help us take back control of our privacy

The Cambridge Analytica breaches show the dangers of leaking personal, sensitive data online – but there’s a way to avoid this, says writer Josh Hall

Cambridge Analytica sets quandary for right: hate Facebook, love Trump

The scandal of the data mining company produced complicated feelings on the right as hatred of big tech companies vied with sensitivity about Trump’s victory

Facebook, Google and Amazon could pay ‘fair’ tax under EU plans

Tech firms would pay wherever they have digital presence, regardless of staff location

Tory donors among investors in Cambridge Analytica parent firm

SCL Group’s shareholders and officers have included two former Tory ministers

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  • Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her
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  • Can a $290m film studio on a former cow paddock lure Hollywood to Perth?
  • Russia used Israeli firm’s tool to crack phone months after ties severed, report finds
  • Prime Day deals are still on – the 45 best discounts after sifting through hundreds
  • Jackass: Best and Last review – kings of gross-out comedy’s final, funny farewell
  • A Better Tomorrow review – firefights aplenty and unapologetic melodrama in John Woo’s blood-drizzled crime classic
  • Puppy eyes, sad hair and a big boom box: John Cusack films – ranked!
  • Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report finds
  • Chris and Martina: The Final Set review – tennis titans discuss their deep bond and intense rivalry
  • The Furious review – dial-shifting dadsploitation mayhem as father goes in search of kidnapped daughter
  • ‘More relevant than making fires’: Explorer Scouts launch badges for AI and digital age
  • Blue Heron review – sombre and sophisticated portrait of childhood trauma in 1990s Canada
  • Bello! Why gen Alpha subconsciously speaks the language of the Minions
  • Weatherwatch: How UK firm’s low-cost tech can warn of volcanic eruptions
  • World Cup becomes cult of the individual but ignores team complexity
  • What is China’s SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk’s Starlink?
  • Met gets extension to Palantir AI project after Sadiq Khan blocked deal
  • Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows
  • US opens second federal investigation of deadly Tesla crash into Texas home
  • Jacob Elordi, Jenna Ortega and Stephen Fry among new invited Oscar voters
  • ‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools
  • Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX and Tesla stock drops
  • Big tech spent millions on a single US congressional race. It won’t be the last time
  • The Guardian view on Islamophobia: political rhetoric is fuelling hate crime
  • Supergirl review – sprightly and sparkling superhero yarn without the usual baffling DC backstory
  • AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption
  • Dyson HushJet Mini Cool fan review: I’ve never tested a handheld fan this powerful – or this loud
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