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We all fell for Facebook’s utopianism, but the mask is at last being torn away

Mark Zuckerberg might truly believe that it’s not a normal corporation but emails about its ruthless business practices tell the real story to its users

Zuckerberg must end far right’s fundraising on Facebook – Tom Watson

Labour’s deputy leader demands action after a Guardian investigation revealed the hidden network behind Tommy Robinson

Italian regulator fines Facebook £8.9m for misleading users

Company criticised over data misuse and ordered to issue an apology on its website and app

‘Good for the world’? Facebook emails reveal what really drives the site

Analysis: documents show internal discussions focused on exploiting developers’ hunger for user data to increase revenue

Facebook documents published by UK – the key takeaways

Emails show Zuckerberg targeted Twitter’s Vine and gave some companies special data access, among other revelations

Facebook discussed cashing in on user data, emails suggest

Social network staff apparently conversed about removing data restrictions for big ad spenders

EU raises funds to fight ‘disinformation war’ with Russia

European commission to help member states recognise work of Kremlin ‘troll factories’

Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site ‘failed’ black people

In interview, Mark S Luckie describes irony of letter’s removal for violating ‘community standards’ before it was reinstated

Tumblr’s adult content ban dismays some users: ‘It was a safe space’

Site was platform for some in LGBT community to share their struggles and triumphs

Facebook is huge, it’s monstrous, it’s addictive and it must be stopped

We know that Facebook is terrible and we shouldn’t be on it but that’s how these things work

Sheryl Sandberg saga shows it’s time to lean out of corporate feminism

Capitalism has coopted feminism and become a way for privileged women to advance their careers. We say: enough

California judge condemns startup for giving secret Facebook papers to UK

Parliament seized confidential documents under scrutiny in Six4Three’s lawsuit against social network

Millennial news site Mic sacks most of its staff in New York

Firm sells remaining assets to rival Bustle and partially blames Facebook for collapse

Christopher Wylie: ‘The fashion industry was crucial to the election of Donald Trump’

The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower reveals how certain brands were weaponised during the US election campaign

Facebook to require proof that political ads come from UK

Social network to act against ‘dark adverts’ with compulsory disclaimers saying who paid

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  • Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator
  • Sizzle reels: nine films to watch in a heatwave
  • ‘I’ve had a huge life, so I needed a big budget’: Madonna says biopic was scrapped after ‘falling out’ with studio
  • 500 Miles review – kids hit the road to visit Irish grandad Bill Nighy in YA tearjerker
  • ‘Climate change is a form of oppression’: the voices affected most by environmental crisis
  • The Morrigan review – spirit of pagan demon queen unleashed in Irish burial chamber horror
  • The 31 best Prime Day deals on things our editors actually tested and love
  • The 26 best anti-Prime Day deals for Amazon skeptics – from Best Buy, REI and more
  • Landship review – soldiers yearn for tinned meat in muddy first world war drama that stays inside the tank
  • Self-doubt, burnout … and Taylor Swift: why Toy Story 5 is the ultimate millennial girl movie
  • 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

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