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Diesel cars could be banned from Bristol city centre
Would you agree to a total ban on all diesel cars in your city centre to bring down air pollution?
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Israeli spacecraft crashes on moon
The first privately-funded mission to the moon has ended rather abruptly.
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NZ gunman live-streamed attacks on Facebook
Are social media firms doing enough to tackle extremism and stop the live-streaming of violence?
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Drones explained: has the technology risen too fast?
Just how dangerous are drones to aircraft? And what can be done to stop them flying in such sensitive airspace and causing such mayhem?
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Facebook fires PR firm accused of smearing rivals
Facebook has fired a PR firm which it allegedly hired to dig up dirt on some of its competitors and critics, following a major investigation in the New York Times.
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Nick Clegg appointed Facebook communications chief
He hasn’t had a proper job since losing his seat as an MP. But now Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister, has landed on his feet in Silicon Valley. He’s off to California in a new, and presumably well-paid, role as global affairs and communications chief at Facebook. Mr Clegg said he was looking forward…
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Interview with Yuval Noah Harari inside a South London school
He’s the Israeli historian best known as the author of “Sapiens”, which looked at the evolution of humankind – and now Yuval Harari has published “21 Lessons for the 21st Century,” a book warning us how to harness the greatest global revolution to date: the rise of artificial intelligence. Cathy Newman went to meet him…
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First anti-fracking protesters jailed
Three anti-fracking activists have been jailed for causing a public nuisance, after they climbed on to lorries outside a fracking site near Blackpool. The judge at Preston crown court said their actions had also significantly disrupted local residents, who depended on using the surrounding main road.
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Time to log off? The young people beginning to question the power of social media
A new play by the National Youth Theatre – ‘F Off’ – examines the complex relationships between young people and social media.
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Facebook fails to remove video of small boy being assaulted by step-father
On Monday the company said it had taken down a series of pages associated with Jones because they glorified violence and used dehumanising language.
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Infowars: Should it have been banned on social media? (Debate)
Jack Dorsey insisted that Jones had not violated their rules, declaring he would not ‘succumb’ or ‘react’ to outside pressure.
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Facebook removes pages linked to new political influence campaign
Facebook says it has identified a co-ordinated attempt to interfere in November’s mid-term elections in the United States. Ed Howker has been going through the details.
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Author Siva Vaidhyanathan: ‘There’s nothing wrong with Facebook as a business’
Siva Vaidhyanathan is the author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy.
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Damian Collins MP: Dominic Cummings ‘completely contemptuous of parliament’
We did ask Facebook for an interview, but no-one was available. Conservative MP Damian Collins chairs the DCMS Select Committee and is leading a parliamentary inquiry into fake news.
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Pro-Brexit Facebook adverts revealed by MPs
Facebook messages used by pro-Brexit campaigners during the 2016 referendum have been published for the first time by a parliamentary committee examining the prevalence of fake news. They provide a real insight into the micro-targeted approach aimed at specific groups of voters.