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Australian election: Facebook restricts foreign ‘political’ ads but resists further transparency

Facebook will not be rolling out transparency features it introduced in the UK, US, EU, India, Israel and Ukraine

Hundreds of millions of Facebook records exposed on public servers – report

Material discovered on Amazon cloud servers in latest example of Facebook letting third parties extract user data

IMF warning might turn government attention to big tech

Threat to innovation could spark action against giants such as Facebook and Google

Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to fix the internet. Don’t take him seriously

The Facebook founder’s proposals for how to regulate the social media platform are self-serving and cynical

Why am I seeing this?: New Facebook tool to demystify news feed

Facebook attempts to assure users it’s not spying on them with their phone’s mic

Facebook considering hiring editors to pick quality news for users

Mark Zuckerberg also said he is weighing up paying publishers for use of their journalism

Government can’t regulate Facebook – it’s up to all of us

Mark Zuckerberg is right to call for government regulation. But social media users and firms also have to police the web, says Carys Afoko, director of Level Up

Facebook finally responds to New Zealand on Christchurch attack

After two weeks of criticism, Sheryl Sandberg published a letter saying the company is exploring live stream video restrictions

Facebook tightens up rules for political advertisers

Verifiable contact details will be required to run campaigns on site ahead of EU elections

Facebook to ban white nationalism and separatism content

Company previously allowed such material even though it has long banned white supremacists

What do major copyright changes mean for internet freedom?

Will we still be able to upload online content and news – and what about memes?

Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords unprotected

Company admits to mistake and says it has no evidence of abuse – but the risk was huge

Instagram users will be able to buy from brands on platform

‘Checkout on Instagram’ is new e-commerce service available to US customers

Mark Zuckerberg, four days on, your silence on Christchurch is deafening

In New Zealand we’re waiting to see if the all-powerful Facebook boss means what he says about ‘moral responsibility’

The Internet’s Dirtiest Secrets review – the human toll of detoxifying social media

A masterful edition of Storyville exposed the awful plight of the moderators tasked with purging tech platforms of violent and sexually abusive images

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  • Lost memoir of Hiroshima survivor found after decades in US archive
  • Met to expand use of live facial recognition into central London by Christmas
  • 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 capable of devastating attacks on 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

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