Grant Shapps writes to Twitter to ‘remind’ it to comply with UK law Exclusive: Business secretary acts after Elon Musk announces sudden job cuts including staff at British operations
KFC apologises for Kristallnacht chicken and cheese promotion Firm messaged German customers to suggest they ‘commemorate’ Nazi atrocity by eating its food
It shouldn’t be down to John Lewis’s Christmas ad to stand up for children in care With social service budgets slashed, it’s become normal for charities and retailers to start doing the work of the state, says writer Daniel Lavelle
Elon Musk scraps Twitter’s work from home policy The announcement comes as three top security officials leave the company and employees are asked to ‘self-certify’ compliance
John Lewis’ Christmas ad goes back to basics with foster dad’s story From M&S to Tesco, festive advertisers have plumped for themes echoing strong family or community values
Meta mass sackings show Mark Zuckerberg is rattled Investors only have themselves to blame for not insisting on equal voting rights to rein in tech pioneer
Facebook owner Meta to sack 11,000 workers after revenue collapse Mark Zuckerberg says firm overinvested at start of Covid, adding ‘I got this wrong’
Fifa World Cup fails to score for ITV as fears grow over ads market Broadcaster’s shares fall, with investors worried that cost of living crisis will crash UK advertising
Twitter bans comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating Elon Musk Users adopt Musk’s name after he announces suspension of accounts pretending to be someone else
Facebook’s parent Meta prepares to slash thousands of jobs – reports Layoffs come after $80bn wiped off company’s market value last month amid global economic downturn
Elon Musk defends Twitter layoffs, saying staff given three months’ pay New owner says company is losing $4m a day as he tries to reassure advertisers over content moderation
Celebrations scores PR hit with outrage over Bounty bars – that aren’t being removed Almost all tubs retain the divisive bars, and Richard Osman and Piers Morgan provided free publicity
Twitter layoffs: anger and confusion as multiple teams reportedly decimated – as it happened Thousands have lost their jobs, including the human rights team, according to reports from the media and former employees
Netflix with ads draws some big brands – but others are unimpressed L’Oréal and Budweiser owner advertise on Basic with Ads, but high prices for slots put off some agencies