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Former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, who is promoting a Rivada Networks plan for the US telecoms sector. Photograph: Michael Kovac/Getty Images

Ganley firm behind US telecoms plan backed by Bush ally

Colm Keena
04:00

Former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove promoting Rivada Networks plan

Huawei said blocking it from doing business in the United States would hamper the introduction of next-generation communications technology. Photograph: Mauritz Antin/EPA

Trump declares national emergency banning technology of ‘foreign adversaries’

08:10

Order is apparently aimed at banning Huawei’s equipment from US networks

France, New Zealand launch call to action on extremist online content

French president Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern launched the Christchurch appeal to tackle violent extremist content online. Photograph: Julien De Rosa/EPA

Lara Marlowe
18:41

Freedom of expression ‘does not include freedom to broadcast mass murder’

Facebook bans number of far-right groups, individuals

Facebook: We ban those who proclaim a violent or hateful mission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

12:58

British National Party, Britain First, English Defence League among organisations targeted for being ‘dangerous’

Phone and internet use making teenagers unhappier than previous generations

Young people who spend more time with friends and family, exercising and sleeping are happier, study argues. Photograph: Getty

Sorcha Pollak
11:37

UN report finds psychological well-being of iGen young people lower than millennials

Myspace loses all content uploaded before 2016

Myspace has accidentally deleted all content uploaded before 2016. Photograph: Martin Keene/PA Wire

Alex Hern
21:31

Social network blames faulty server for loss of text, photos, video and 50 million tracks

Science hack your way to interesting, weird creations this weekend

Participants in the Science Hack Day Dublin 2016.

15:09

Periodic table made of cupcakes and rubber duck Geiger counter among creations in 2018

Law safeguarding children online to be unveiled

The Minister for Communications intends to empower an online safety commissioner with authority to order internet companies to remove content. File photograph: Getty Images

Pat Leahy
00:01

Government initiative to herald end of self-regulation era for social media companies

Instagram bans graphic images of self-harm to curb impact on teenagers

The photo-sharing platform is banning graphic images of self-harm after UK health secretary Matt Hancock said social media companies ‘need to do more’ to curb their impact on teenagers’ mental health Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire

00:08

Head of social network says more needs to be done to protect young peoples’ mental health

FaceTime bug allows callers listen remotely before anyone answers

In certain situations, the bug also broadcast both video and audio from the recipient’s phone. Photographg: iStock

07:47

Apple to issue a software patch to fix bug which appears to rely on video-calling feature

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