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Google, OpenAI and Anthropic want technology such as chatbots to learn from a ‘constitution’ to keep them from generating toxic content

Tech group plans a $14 monthly subscription fee for access via mobile

Company scales back space as more employees work from home

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

Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s €345 million fine of TikTok shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulators

Many of its operational cogs and wheels run behind the scenes, meaning you probably didn’t notice anything

Evangelical Christian Mark J Savage accuses Meta of subjecting him to religious discrimination and victimisation

Charity Full Fact finds more than 1,200 false posts on topics from deadly snakes to serial killers at large

Law kicking in on Friday includes new obligations on content moderation, user privacy and transparency

Markets had been carried by a handful of tech giants for first five months of the year but now smaller stocks are showing strong returns

The fediverse has been trumpeted as a way to break the dominance of the social networking giants. Can it succeed?

Seen and Heard: Airbnb listings rise, Meta rent talks, CRH in Ukraine, Google redundancies and Eddie O’Connor buys a vineyard

Facebook-owner expecting quarterly income of up to $34.5bn, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $31.3bn

Oluseye Oladejo, a ranking member of APC political party, and his wife, Dr Oluwatoyin Oladejo, claimed they were defamed in videos posted on Facebook following their wedding

Younger age groups rely instead on social media sources such as TikTok

That so many people are so willing to opt for more Meta says much about how ghastly Twitter has become

And not a tech-exec cage match in sight. Yet.

Warning to Mark Zuckerberg comes as new users top 30m on first day of message service

Global jitters over impact on household finances of hawkish tone of latest Federal Reserve minutes

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to take on Twitter with the launch of a new app this week

Instagram-linked app rolls out in US and UK but is unavailable in EU over regulatory concerns

Tech company is also exploring new territory with the launch of Threads, a rival for Twitter

US department of justice senior trial counsel says in an affidavit that the proceedings are of crucial interest to the US

Riga has become a hub for those trying to report on and into Russia, and for those keeping tabs on Kremlin disinformation. But even these Russia experts were taken by surprise by last weekend’s events

Decision comes in response to law requiring payment to Canadian publishers for links

Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection

Galway-based Diligent employs almost 300 people and targets the growing corporate transparency market

Journalist says biggest platform where fake news spreads is WhatsApp followed by Facebook

Stay will remain in place until end of July

Commissioner asked platforms to report to her about their handling of video shared more than five million times

Former insider at social media giant offers her personal witnessing of its algorithmic workings and the harms knowingly caused to us as people and communities

Facebook’s parent faced severe criticism for similar move in Australia in early 2021

Twitter exchange sees Facebook founder accept challenge from Musk, with Vegas named as location

Stocktake: Market breadth finally appears to be improving

Group complains about social media platforms’ handling of personal data under certain article of the GDPR

Meta says it will lose about €664m in revenue if the decision’s effects are not delayed

Action had been widely expected after last month’s decision on data transfers

Meta targeting Oprah Winfrey and Dalai Lama as potential users of ‘sanely run’ social networking platform

EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalists hear about country’s colonial legacy and the future of AI

Venture makes sense as a place holder ahead of a revolution that could threaten its smartphone empire