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Leaked documents show site struggles with with mammoth task of policing content ranging from nudity to sex abuse
Facebook flooded with 'sextortion' and revenge porn, files revealLeaked documents show site struggles with with mammoth task of policing content ranging from nudity to sex abuse
headlines
Tuesday
23 May 2017
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Former PM says Liberal party has no appetite for leadership changeFormer PM’s intervention in internal party politics comes before speech to celebrate Menzies and follows Tony Abbott opinion piece earlier in the day
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Comedian's 'world collapsed' after Bauer Media painted her as a liar, court toldLawyer for Woman’s Day publisher says Wilson did not grow up ‘in a ghetto’ but attended elite private boarding school
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Commonwealth and NAB join warnings against bank levyStandard & Poor’s lowers credit ratings on dozens of smaller financial institutions as big banks say they cannot ‘absorb’ new tax
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Jury selection begins in sexual assault trialTrial consultant says prosecutors should be ‘worried about fans’ as lawyers pick jurors in Pittsburgh before trial next month in suburban Philadelphia
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spotlight
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We are well-suited to sit beside Saudi Arabia on the United Nations Human Rights CouncilWe proudly punch above our weight when it comes to cliches and gold-standard non-speak about flouting international law
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Leah Purcell wins big at NSW premier's literary awardsThe playwright’s adaptation of The Drover’s Wife will soon tour nationally and abroad, and may become a TV series – with a film already in the works
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Farrell and Kidman slay it in taboo horrorA bizarre, disquieting tale from The Lobster director Yorgos Lanthimos, with Farrell as a heart surgeon who has a baffling friendship with a 16-year-old boy
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Lottery will fund new initiative, says Greg HuntSports minister announces initiative which will be introduced as part of the 2017-2018 budget
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2016-17 review: player of the seasonIn a season in which Chelsea and Tottenham pulled away from the chasing pack it is no surprise their players feature here. Now post your suggestions
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AFL's wildcard round idea is the latest sally in the war on common senseIf there were ever a time where floating the idea of tinkering with the finals system was idiotic, surely it is now while in the middle of an absorbing season
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Thurston in Queensland squad but unlikely to playJohnathan Thurston has been named as the 18th man in Queensland’s State of Origin squad, although the Cowboys star is ‘very unlikely’ to feature
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Stealthing isn’t a ‘sex trend’. It’s sexual assault – and it happened to meDeliberately removing a condom during sex without a partner’s consent is said to be increasingly common – yet unlike elsewhere, it’s not seen as a crime in the UK
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Cassie Sainsbury: another accused drug mule, another Australian soap operaAustralia has a tradition of obsessive media coverage of people, particularly women, accused of dug trafficking abroad. What fuels it?
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video and pictures
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Trent Parke's Magnum seriesIn the latest chapter in our audiovisual series on celebrated Australian photographs, we look at the images of Trent Parke
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The Viennese ballThe Gostiny Dvor shopping and exhibition centre hosts the 15th Viennese Ball charity event in Moscow, which is is reminiscent of a Tsarist era ballroom dancing that was absent from Russian life during the communist Soviet Union
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Sea lion drags girl into the waterA young girl is dragged into the water by a sea lion at Steveston Fisherman’s Wharf in Richmond, western Canada.
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Mehdi Bahmed's identity crisisWith troubling, dreamlike compositions, French photographer Mehdi Bahmed conveys the awkwardness of being caught between western and Arab identity
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Giant animal light sculptures in Taronga zooVivid Sydney comes to Taronga zoo with 15 giant animal light sculptures, including PJ the Port Jackson Shark and the ‘Ray of Light’ floating stingray, made from donated recycled milk bottles
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Lawyer says accused drug smuggler was threatenedThe Colombian lawyer for the accused Australian drug mule says Sainsbury and her family were threatened before she boarded the plane
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James Ashby says 'make some money' quote taken out of contextOne Nation adviser says suggestion One Nation ‘make some money’ from invoices to the electoral commission was him brainstorming
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Adani rail line to Abbot Point not a priority, says Infrastructure AustraliaAgency says it has not received a submission on the rail line from Queensland government and has not conducted any cost-benefit analysis
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Two teachers on 75-day hunger strike detained by policeNuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have been on strike after losing their jobs in purge that followed coup attempt
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Ransomware attack hero condemns 'super-invasive' tabloidsMarcus Hutchins says he will have to move house after newspaper identified him and published his full address
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explore
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Zoë Coombs Marr, Adrienne Truscott and Ursula Martinez eviscerate criticsWild Bore: comedians at the top of their game deliver a meta exploration of criticism and performance
people
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Fargo creator says ‘I'm Stanley Kubrick without the OCD’On the eve of the third season of his freewheeling Coen brothers spin-off, the superstar showrunner talks us through his ‘20-year overnight success’
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Diamond dame on hellish roles, washed-up stars and nipple clamp tweetsFrom Miller’s Crossing to Fifty Shades of Grey, Marcia Gay Harden has always played hard-boiled women. Her UK stage debut, in Sweet Bird of Youth, is no exception
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I was warned off including black characterAuthor of Alex Rider novels was disturbed to be advised against creating a black character because he was white
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A high priestess of fiction who embraces the digital ageThe Handmaid’s Tale’s rapturous reception on the small screen reminds us of its ever-energetic author’s spooky prescience
the big picture
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A circus act and a water fightThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including the farewell presentation of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Facebook generates massive profits – it can afford to protect the public
Facebook generates massive profits – it can afford to protect the public