Social networking
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Sugg’s videos dispensing beauty and life advice have 307m views, and now she has the fastest selling debut novel ever
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Ben Goldacre: We all worry about digital spies stealing our data – but now even the things we thought we were happy to share are being used in ways we don’t like. Why aren’t we making more of a fuss?
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Oliver Burkeman column Sit back, relax and ignore your email inbox. Nobody expects you to read it all
Oliver Burkeman: In the future, maybe you’ll be able to respond to everything. For now, tame the information overload by turning off those notifications -
Have your say on $1.2bn funding round as well as Facebook, mobile games v console games, Russian dark web drug lords and more
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The ISC suggests internet companies can detect terrorist behaviour in the same way as search engines detect child abuse images. But these are very different technical undertakings
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Advertising on websites, smartphones, video and social media will see UK operations make £4.1bn in 2015, according to report
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Social network partners with security firm Eset to provide third free anti-malware software that scans computers directly from Facebook
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Have your say on the latest change to social network’s news feed, as well as Kim Dotcom, Stephen Hawking, Stampy and more
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Noe Iniguez sentenced to one year in jail after he was found guilty of posting topless photos of his ex-girlfriend on her employer’s Facebook page
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Social media firm’s chief executives dump millions of shares with CEO Dick Costolo shedding almost 50% of his holdings
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Jonathan Jones: Framing the debate: It’s absurd that a nation’s new, yet old, encounter with its most destructive division can be summed up by this soppy picture of a tearful hug
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Have your say on less trackable social activity, as well as iTunes lawsuit, 3D printing in facial transplants, Flickr controversy and more
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Jessica Valenti: The courts may decide that sending threats over social media isn’t threatening enough to be a crime. Silicon Valley needs to step up or lose customers
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Should courts care what someone really means when he says he wants to make his wife a bloody corpse or is the fear such comments create what is important?
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European data protection watchdogs publish guidance on web tracking using device fingerprinting that could result in more ‘I agree’ forms
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Heather Barmore: I asked my white Facebook friends why they’ve been so afraid to share their feelings on race. The excuses weren’t good enough
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Have your say on the American Civil Liberties Union’s lessons, plus eBay’s magic mirrors, Anita Sarkeesian, and a new way to respond to rape threats on Facebook
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All-party committee demands clearer terms and conditions, and suggests global ‘kitemark’ for responsible services
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After naming of site on which soldier’s killer boasted of his intention, deputy PM echoes comments of former MI6 director
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Social network stresses that its new data collection initiative can be turned off by people who feel uneasy about it
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Bullying the US tech firms could disrupt constructive ways to track terrorism - and force companies to channel requests through lengthy international legal processes, Ross Anderson argues
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Have your say on new research on social networking, plus Google breakup, Sony’s e-paper smartwatch plans, and more
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Letters: With the proposed counter-terrorism and security bill in the news it is surprising that the most effective and obvious way of curbing terrorism is rarely mentioned. That, of course, is to stop killing Muslims
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Richard Barrett: Lee Rigby’s murder was inexcusable, but ultimately unpreventable. The focus has to be as much on what drives such behaviour as looking for new ways to prevent it
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Richard Barrett says it is impractical for social media firms to monitor millions of messages a day for terrorist intent
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Furious reaction greets official report accusing Facebook of failing to prevent jihadi-inspired killing near Woolwich barracks
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Cesc Fàbregas, Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie among top sports stars to join funding round for London based start-up
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Alan Travis: Outrageous claims by the intelligence and security committee threaten goodwill that exists among internet firms and UK police
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Investors hoping for the next WhatsApp are piling in to US startup despite criticism over cyberbullying
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Facebook and other social media are huge deliverers of content and they are also hosting news discussion
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WhatsApp, Snapchat, WeChat and their rivals are placing big bets on what users want – and how to make money from it
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Facebook rejects much-‘liked’ union’s petition detailing feudal treatment of drivers at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California
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Dean Burnett: Given how motivational posters are everywhere these days, you’d assume they work. But science argues otherwise
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Security firm Bitdefender says more than 200,000 people have fallen for the ‘Like-farming’ ploy, complete with malicious videos
King or queen for a day If I were queen for a day I would enforce old-age selfies for children