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Outnumbered: From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles by David Sumpter – review

We are too smart to be manipulated by algorithms, argues a mathematican. But the maths misses the crisis we are facing

Facebook deletes accounts over signs of Russian meddling in US midterms

Company reports ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ as it deletes 32 political pages and accounts

Print advertising in UK national newspapers rises for first time since 2010, study finds

Advertiser backlash against tech companies has been cited as factor in spending reversal

Ignore Zuckerberg. With skill and imagination we can drive the haters offline

The idea that tech giants are too big to control is nonsense, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian view on the fight against fake news: neutrality is not an option

Editorial: The culture select committee of MPs has published a report that ought to galvanise the public debate about online giants and their political influence

With more elections looming, fake news must be tackled now

Within 12 months we could have a second referendum, local elections and a general election, says Guardian columnist Matthew d’Ancona

Facebook’s results suggest it is short of new users and goodwill

As more of the world logs on, the company is nearing saturation: so now it is spending on rebuilding its reputation

Has Zuckerberg, like Frankenstein, lost control of the monster he created?

The Facebook CEO holds all the power within his company. His ambivalence about wielding it may point to a worrying malaise

A withering verdict: MPs report on Zuckerberg, Russia and Cambridge Analytica

Select committee criticises Facebook response and urges tighter internet regulation

‘Plucky little panel’ that found the truth about fake news, Facebook and Brexit

The doggedness of a Commons select committee has played a major role in one of the great political scandals of our time

Daisie – connecting creatives for collaborative working

Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams is launching a social network app for young artists. Can it compete in a crowded market?

Democracy at risk due to fake news and data misuse, MPs conclude

Parliamentary inquiry to demand urgent action to combat ‘relentless targeting of hyper-partisan views’

Tech firms fear regulation nightmare if MPs get their way

Report into fake news could put legal burden on firms such as Twitter and Facebook to remove harmful and illegal content

Facebook suspends US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

InfoWars owner found to have violated social network’s community standards

Facebook’s share slump is justified – costs are rising faster than revenue

User growth is slowing and profit margins are shrinking - no wonder the share price is diving

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  • Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham have met away from No 10 to discuss transition – as it happened
  • Quantum of Solace: a heartbroken James Bond is fuelled by rage in Daniel Craig’s most underrated 007 film
  • US AI stock sell-off shakes markets from Wall Street to Asia
  • You’re only supposed to blow the bloody hooves off: AI Michael Caine narrates Odyssey audiobook
  • Will California’s billionaire tax proposal make it to ballots?
  • AI in the classroom prompts tide of concern from US parents and experts
  • How to Live on Earth review – Benedict Cumberbatch exudes positivity in response to the climate crisis
  • Majority of datacenters are vulnerable to climate threats like floods and fires, study finds
  • 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
  • Rory Kennedy revisits Boeing in new film sparked by whistleblower’s death: ‘We’ve got to stay at this’
  • 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
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  • 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

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