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Even as he rocked the world with his tariff announcement, Donald Trump attempted to sell America to rich would-be immigrants with a $US5 million gold for a fast track to citizenship.

Is this the beginning of the end for Trump?

Cracks are appearing in Donald Trump’s armour. Let’s consider his self-inflicted wounds.

  • Bruce Wolpe

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Thumb’s up … to no good.

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

So you’ve never had this condition, “texting thumb”? Keep scrolling – and scrolling – and you’ll get the feel of it.

  • Cherie Gilmour
WA authors Natasha Lester, Holden Sheppard and Rachael Johns. Pictures: Supplied

‘Holding us hostage’: WA authors’ horror as Meta uses their pirated work

Writers across Perth and Australia are reeling at stolen copies of their books being used without permission or compensation. But can they leave this toxic relationship?

  • Emma Young
Barbie Ferreira stars as Lily in Bob Trevino Likes It. 

The woman who mistook a stranger for her dad, and made a film about it

Tracie Laymon ‘liked’ her estranged father on Facebook, and he liked her back. Except it wasn’t her dad. But relax: this story has a happy ending.

  • Karl Quinn

According to these influencers, people like me are the problem with Australia

I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly, I was wrong.

  • Zoya Patel
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and  Careless People author Sarah Wynn-Williams.

How Meta tried to silence a tell-all book and failed

The social media giant has been growing increasingly intolerant of employee critics and leakers. But its attempts to stop the latest whistleblower are not working.

  • Naomi Nix
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Peter Dutton and nuclear.

Activists are spending big on pro-nuclear ads, but it’s Dutton’s silence that has Labor’s attention

An analysis of Meta’s advertising library shows the Liberals last funded a push of its nuclear power policy back in November.

  • Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Elon Musk and Donald Trump in a Tesla at the White House.

Musk and big tech urge Trump to punish Australia

The companies have blamed Australia for “coercing” them into sacrificing their revenue to schemes such as the News Media Bargaining Incentive.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Andrew Forrest’s legal team say Meta’s automated ad systems play an active role in generating and targeting scam ads.

Billionaire lands a punch on Facebook, but can he score a knockout?

Does Facebook owner Meta play a significant role in developing scam ads and targeting vulnerable users? Andrew Forrest is about to find out.

  • Colin Kruger
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In their pursuit of profits, social media platforms have fostered harmful environments where social discord, misinformation and disinformation flourish.

The tell-all memoir Mark Zuckerberg tried to stop you reading

It’s hard to know whether the Facebook boss’s symbolic ways of currying favour with China are more remarkable than Meta’s apparent plan to let the Communist Party snoop on users outside the country.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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