Orwell prize nominee Aditya Chakrabortty: ‘Don’t do what everyone else is doing’

The Guardian’s senior economics commentator reflects on challenges as a columnist at the Guardian and what he thinks sets the media organisation and its journalists apart

Facebook policy changes fail to quell advertiser revolt as Coca-Cola pulls ads

Company follows Unilever’s lead after platform announces changes to how it handles hate speech

Verizon pulls ads from Facebook over inaction on hate speech

Company is the biggest yet to join growing movement to boycott the social network

UK Virgin Media users suffer broadband and TV outages

Firm confirms customers across country hit by two separate outages

Exclusive: Viber severs ties with Facebook in growing boycott

Service adds to firms shunning Facebook over refusal to act against Donald Trump posts

Richard Desmond: the former porn baron caught in a Tory scandal

Plans to redevelop printworks in London’s Docklands have put Desmond back in spotlight

Unilever to rename Fair & Lovely skin-lightening cream in India

Company agrees to change branding to promote ‘more inclusive vision of beauty’

The Robert Jenrick planning row explained

Housing secretary’s approval of £1bn development has come under increasing scrutiny

Netflix to resume filming of The Witcher after Covid-19 hiatus

Streaming platform plans to spend £400m to make more than 50 shows and films in UK

From extra to surplus: TV and film ‘supporting artists’ face long wait for work

Filming may be starting up again, but with crowd scenes ruled out because of coronavirus, background actors remain unemployed

Oscars 2021: how shifting the awards later favours the old guard

Embracing streaming was a step in the right direction, but the calendar shift has given distributors an extra two months to get their big-ticket releases into cinemas

Smart speakers risk creating ‘big-tech monopoly’ in homes

BBC radio boss tells MPs regulation could allow other digital assistants to compete

Influential group of MPs calls for total ban on gambling advertising

Exclusive: report proposing far tighter regulation for industry could shape government review

CMA to look into Facebook’s purchase of gif search engine

Watchdog fears that social media giant’s takeover of Giphy may reduce competition

The Sun and Times publisher warns of job cuts due to coronavirus

CEO of News UK, Rebekah Brooks, tells staff pandemic has hammered print sales and advertising revenue