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It’s not enough to break up Big Tech. We need to imagine a better alternative

Presenting tech companies as America’s greatest menace may appeal to voters, but it does little to chart an alternative future

Online abuse of disabled people is getting worse – when will it be taken seriously?

New research shows the extent of this depressing trend. Social media platforms and MPs have to get a grip of it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Facebook cofounder calls for company to break up over ‘unprecedented’ power

Chris Hughes wrote in the New York Times Facebook’s acquisition of rival platforms has given Zuckerberg ‘un-American’ control

My data security is better than yours: tech CEOs throw shade in privacy wars

Apple, Google and Facebook are racing to embrace the latest buzzword, and taking swipes at each other in the process

Mark Zuckerberg has to go. Here are 25 reasons why

It’s time we dethrone Mark Zuckerberg and prove that Silicon Valley kings are not gods

Inside Facebook’s war room: the battle to protect EU elections

The social media firm is deleting billions of fake accounts as it takes on a torrent of fake news, disinformation and hate speech

The Guardian view on extremism online: who will guard the watchdogs?

Editorial: The social media advertising giants of the web have great power. When they admit this, they will come under pressure

The privacy paradox: why do people keep using tech firms that abuse their data?

Despite privacy scandals, Facebook is more profitable than ever

Britons less trusting of social media than other major nations

Majority in UK favour stronger regulation of tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter

Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and other far-right figures

The company has struggled to control far-right hate speech on the platform in recent years

Twitter and Facebook told they must do more to protect female MPs

Parliamentary committee grills company representatives over violent and misogynistic abuse

Will Facebook’s Secret Crush end the unbearable pain of unrequited love?

The social media giant’s latest plan is to use its huge user base to help us find love – and it just might work

Australian election campaign: database of political Facebook advertising

Search and view all the ads from the major parties, independents, politicians and a variety of lobby groups and other third over the course of the election campaign

Facebook’s Zuckerberg announces privacy overhaul: ‘We don’t have the strongest reputation’

At annual F8 developer conference, CEO focuses on ‘sense of intimacy’ and unveils plans for payments tools

Facebook could have 4.9bn dead users by 2100, study finds

Deceased may outnumber the living if current growth rates continue, raising questions about what happens to our data

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  • UK plans to give established media more visibility on YouTube and TikTok
  • HR consultant wins English court case using AI lawyer in apparent legal first
  • Two Britons plead guilty to £39m 2024 cyber-attack on Transport for London
  • The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 11 light therapy devices that are worth the hype
  • Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere
  • 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

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