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UK queries Facebook decision to exempt political statements from fact-checking

Commons committee demands explanation ‘given constraints it will place on combatting disinformation’

Little by little, big tech’s veneer of invincibility is starting to crack

Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon are rattled. And two women, one on each side of the Atlantic, are leading the way, says Guardian columnist John Harris

‘Too much power’: it’s Warren v Facebook in a key 2020 battle

The presidential hopeful and Mark Zuckerberg are facing off over big tech and its influence over our lives

How the wheels came off Facebook’s Libra project

Support for Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to reshape global finance is slipping away slowly but surely

Frederick Douglass, MLK and Facebook: Zuckerberg has a bizarre take on history

The CEO argues essentially, that the arc of the moral universe is long, but as long as people have a voice (on Facebook) it bends toward justice

How Facebook shot themselves in the foot in their Elizabeth Warren spat

When Elizabeth Warren criticised Facebook over their decision to let Trump run false ads, Facebook compared itself to a broadcaster. That was a big mistake

Without encryption, we will lose all privacy. This is our new battleground

The US, UK and Australia are taking on Facebook in a bid to undermine the only method that protects our personal information, says US surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden

Elizabeth Warren trolls Facebook with ‘false’ Zuckerberg ad

Ad claims CEO backs Trump – then admits it’s not true – after company admits letting politicians make false statements

Facebook paid just £28m tax after record £1.6bn revenues in UK

Profits on social media app surged by more than 50% to £97m in latest tax year

Facebook’s decision to promote Trump’s lies shows how it’s programmed to protect the powerful

At a time when companies are forced to pick sides, Zuckerberg’s refusal is a choice in itself

Fossil fuel firms’ social media fightback against climate action

Industry funds ‘grassroots’ resistance to tougher rules while touting green credentials, study shows

Children ‘interested in’ gambling and alcohol, according to Facebook

Exclusive: algorithm may expose thousands of under-18s to harmful targeted adverts

Vietnamese activist arrested for criticising Communist government on Facebook

Nguyen Quoc Duc Vuong is being held in conditions ‘conducive to mistreatment or torture’, says Human Rights Watch

PayPal pulls out of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Payments company becomes first to withdraw from controversial digital project

Facebook exempts political ads from ban on making false claims

Firm quietly rescinds policy banning false advertising as UK general election looms

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  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance
  • Jabs, human ash and a tapeworm: behind the appetite for a new kind of disordered eating movie
  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • 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

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