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Who will deal with your online presence when you die? How to create a ‘digital will’

Making a plan now can prevent identity theft, save records and stop friends getting painful pop-up reminders when you’re gone

Facebook removes over 16,000 groups trading fake reviews

Firm takes action after criticism by UK competitions regulator for failing to clamp down on illegal trade

Facebook will not notify more than 530m users exposed in 2019 breach

Company spokesperson said Facebook was not confident it had full visibility on which users would need to be alerted

Facebook says a breach that hit 533m is old news. Experts disagree

Regardless of when it was leaked, user data ‘is never really old’ – it’s still valuable to cybercriminals, analysts say

Facebook data leak: Australians urged to check and secure social media accounts

Experts urge users to secure accounts and passwords after breach exposes personal details of more than 500 million people

My charity Easter egg post was dairy shamed: what happened to the milk of human kindness?

As far as I can see, my critics only seem to be solidifying the opinion that we vegans are a humourless bunch of sanctimonious twats

Tech CEOs grilled over role in Capitol attack as protesters mock them with giant cutouts

Protesters outside the Capitol denounced the platforms as Facebook, Twitter and Google heads questioned by Congress

Zuckerberg and tech CEOs challenged over misinformation: ‘You do it because you make money’ – as it happened

Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai called to answer for the role of tech and social media in fueling Capitol violence and extremism

‘Just write STOP’: the teenager helping Polish women flee abuse

Schoolgirl’s fake cosmetics site helps hundreds of women as domestic violence rises during Covid

Facebook guidelines allow users to call for death of public figures

Exclusive: public figures considered to be permissible targets for otherwise-banned abuse, leaked moderator guidelines show

Facebook sued for ‘deceptive practices’ over disinformation on platform

Lawsuit filed by Reporters without Borders says company allows ‘disinformation and hate speech to flourish’

Decoding emojis and defining ‘support’: Facebook’s rules for content revealed

The 300-page document for moderators defines which phrases are ethically unacceptable

Facebook leak underscores strategy to operate in repressive regimes

Exclusive: users are allowed to praise mass killers and ‘violent non-state actors’ in certain situations

Facebook building a version of Instagram for children under 13

Social media giant says it’s exploring introducing a parent-controlled experience that allows kids to ‘safely’ use the photo sharing platform

Facebook’s long-awaited content ‘supreme court’ has arrived. It’s a clever sham

The regulatory body sounds like a positive step. But it’s designed to give political cover while Facebook continues to allow dangerous content

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  • The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’
  • Starmer says he hopes social media ban for under-16s will come into force next spring – UK politics live
  • 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
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure
  • Social media to be banned in UK for under-16s, Starmer announces
  • 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’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?

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