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Allies of president claim company restricted free speechOpponents say suspension was long overdueWoman killed in Capitol riot was devoted conspiracy theoristTwitter’s decision to permanently suspend Donald Trump’s account in the wake of the storming of Capitol Hill on Wednesday continues to stoke fierce debate, supporters and critics split on partisan lines as they contest what the suspension means for a cherished American tradition: freedom...

We asked Guardian readers what kept you giggling through a year unlike any other. Here’s what you told usTodrick Hall’s Covid cover of his own song, Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels comes front of mind. – ChrisR22 Continue reading...

Exclusive: Guardian analysis prompts calls for new drive to combat conspiracy theories Medical experts v anti-vaxxers: the Covid-19 information battle Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageEngagement with anti-vaccine posts on a sample of UK Facebook pages trebled between July and August, analysis by the Guardian has found, triggering calls for a major new push to tackle conspiracy theories.Interactions on posts expressing scepticism...

IICSA report calls for social media firms to be made to act, as police struggle to keep up Social media companies should be forced to pre-screen all uploaded material to help law enforcement agencies cope with the “explosion” in online child sexual abuse in the UK, a critical report says.The UK is identified as the third-biggest consumer in the world of the livestreaming of...

NSW police warn people should report alleged predatory behaviour, not attempt to take law into their own handsSocial networking platform TikTok has removed an Australian account purporting to lure alleged paedophiles to meetings and then capture their confrontation on film, as the NSW police warn people not to take the law into their own hands.In what appears to be a new form of the...

Equalities minister says social networks must act faster in taking down illegal contentFrance’s equalities minister has said social networks must do more to ensure illegal content is immediately taken down, after a video of an alleged rape was shared widely on Twitter.Two 16-year-old boys have been charged with the rape of a teenage girl and remanded in custody outside Paris. Continue reading...

Ameen al-Jaleeli and a team of student translators are working to empower people with knowledgeWhen Islamic State overran the Iraqi city of Mosul, human life was not the only thing in peril. Knowledge was, too.Fortunately, Ameen al-Jaleeli understood this. He used a friend’s wifi to transfer a vast batch of Wikipedia files for offline usage. When the militants cut the cables in July 2016,...

Controversial gaming vlogger, 29, is owner of second most popular channel by subscribersThe gaming vlogger Felix Kjellberg, AKA PewDiePie, has surpassed 100 million subscribers on YouTube.Kjellberg, the owner of the channel with the second highest number of subscribers on the video sharing site, built a legion of young fans with his “let’s play” game commentaries, but he has also attracted controversy. Continue reading...