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  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    The Henry Mance Interview
    The activist sued by Elon Musk: ‘We have to show we will not be cowed’

    Imran Ahmed uses his Center for Countering Digital Hate to campaign against social media abuses

    Greg Kahn portrait picture of Imran Ahmed
  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Jemima Kelly
    Dividing the world into heroes and villains does us little good

    We need to be able to speak in nuanced terms, including about Russell Brand or Donald Trump

    Illustration of the outline of a person divided down the middle with half in white on a black background and the other half in black on a white background
  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    Media
    UK press slams axing of Facebook News as ‘urgent threat to democracy’

    Newspaper groups warn Meta that decision will hurt both the industry and society

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    X Corp
    Fact-checking some dull bits of Elon Musk’s biography

    Money’s tough

  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    LexJune Yoon
    The Lex Newsletter: TikTok wants to be Amazon for Gen Z Premium content

    Social media group is branching out into ecommerce but the US is not the only country with concerns about the app

    Logo for TikTok and a smartphone screen showing the TikTok Shop app
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    WhatsApp Inc
    WhatsApp launches in-chat payments service for businesses in India

    Parent company Meta seeks to tap its messaging service’s biggest market to boost revenue

    Tourists walk past WhatsApp ads in Mumbai
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    WhatsApp Inc
    Meta mulls putting ads in WhatsApp as it seeks revenue boost

    Talks are at an early stage, sources say, as Facebook parent looks for new ways to increase revenue

  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    How social media killed the protest

    For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance

  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    FT SeriesMen’s fashion special AW23
    Gstaad Guy, the man who turned a lifestyle parody into a luxury brand

    His Insta alter egos lampoon the ultra wealthy. So why are the people he mocks begging him for more?

    Gstaad Guy at The Fumoir, Claridge’s
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Special ReportAccelerating Business
    New AI products focus legal minds on privacy — and costs

    Amid a flurry of launches and upgrades, many law firms remain hesitant about how and when to join in

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  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    TikTok Inc
    Indonesia threatens to curb TikTok’s shopping platform

    Minister accuses Chinese-owned viral video app of ‘monopolistic’ business practices

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  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    EU tech regulation
    Big Tech faces fresh legal obligations as Brussels lists services bound by new rules

    Apple’s App Store and Google’s YouTube among 22 digital services classed as ‘gatekeepers’ as new EU law kicks in

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  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Digital Media
    Meta axes support for news in Europe

    Tech group draws ire of media companies after announcing pullback

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  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    Special ReportUpskilling
    The high costs and slow take-up of virtual reality for employee training

    Many companies are still trying to figure out how VR can contribute to learning and development

    Strivr, a VR training company based in Palo Alto, California
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    Emma Jacobs
    Why companies need to raise their game on skills training

    Jobs are evolving fast — but too many employers are not helping their staff keep up

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  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    EU tech regulation
    Tech giants race to alter online operations as EU digital rules bite

    Social media groups restrict personalised ads in scramble to comply with landmark legislation

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  • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
    Ian Leslie
    A collective action problem is working to X’s benefit

    The challenge to the social media platform launched by Meta’s Threads seems to have stalled largely because of user inertia

    Elon Musk against the backdrop of an X logo and Mark Zuckerberg against a Threads ‘at’ symbol
  • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
    FT MagazineImogen West-Knights
    ‘I’m looking for fewer ways to be traceable, not more’

    Snapchat, Find My Friends and the lost art of disappearing

  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    Visual and data journalism
    Meta’s Twitter rival Threads unravels

    Other charts of the week: Tube ridership, European wolf population, scrutiny of savings and mortgage rates and voters’ opinions on nationalisation

    Montage showing the Twitter and Threads logos with a decreasing line graph
  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    House & Home
    My life on the canal, WiFi-free

    ‘My boat window has usurped my phone. Instead of scrolling I stare at the scenes outside’

    Young man sits inside his narrow boat
  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    X Corp
    X chief Yaccarino revives ‘client council’ in effort to woo advertisers

    Chief executive seeks to mend fences with brands after Elon Musk took over platform formerly known as Twitter

    Linda Yaccarino
  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    Elisabeth Braw
    How tolerance makes nations vulnerable

    The disinformation surrounding Koran burnings in Sweden bear out philosopher Karl Popper’s warnings

    A woman protester wearing sunglasses and a hijab holds a Koran
  • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
    X Corp
    Musk’s X fined after fighting US warrant for Trump’s Twitter records

    Special counsel Jack Smith’s office had served request on social media platform as part of January 6 investigation

    Donald Trump’s Twitter feed with the US flag in the background
  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    News in-depthMeta Platforms
    Meta disbands protein-folding team in shift towards commercial AI

    Move to terminate scientific project comes as Facebook parent prioritises moneymaking AI products over blue-sky research

    Montage with Mark Zuckerberg in the foreground
  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    Jemima Kelly
    Advertising has reached a new low in the age of podcasts

    The line between genuine content and commercial propaganda is being fatally blurred

    Ben Hickey illustration of a person’s profile, with the long nose touching a microphone in front of it
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