UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14
Adriana Retyte took her own life after viewing ‘high-risk’ material on the video-sharing platform TikTok
Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff
Lula’s supporters suspect tech firm meddling on behalf of US president Donald Trump, who has close ties to Bolsonaro family
Worried about what your phone is doing to your brain? This new fad will make it worse
I have long known that internet detritus is bad for me. But with microdramas – stories told in episodes under two minutes – I can actually feel the damage being done, says writer Imogen West-Knights
New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests
System can estimate a person’s biological age and predict chances of cancer survival from a single photograph
The Canary news website announces closure after ‘vicious campaign against us’
Leftwing outlet said it had faced ‘multiple attacks’ and ‘malicious lies’ which made its situation unsustainable
‘The strategy is to humiliate’: influencers and the ethics of ‘rage-bait machine’ street interviews
Influencers from anti-abortion campaigners to anti-immigration activists are making online content out of interactions with Australians on the street. Experts say the ethics are murky
French minister accuses Elon Musk of ‘online harassment campaigns’ against European leaders
Jean-Noël Barrot criticises X owner in speech attacking foreign efforts to destabilise France before 2027 election
Could I make six figures from my couch? Influencers said yes – so I tried
I was seduced by content creators hawking easy side hustles. Like the language used in MLMs, it seemed too good to be true
‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist
ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army
The Influencer Project review – ick-inducing thriller satirises social media content, and exploits it too
When influencer/singer/content creator Chiara King visits Copenhagen all the trips to trendy shops and fancy restaurants soon take a turn for the worse
‘I’ve become significantly more cautious’: six parents on limiting their kids’ social media and AI use
Quite a few parents aren’t convinced social media and AI are safe, and have been adapting accordingly
‘There is no secret agenda’: Nara Smith on home-making absolutely everything, raising four kids at 25 – and why she’s definitely not a tradwife
The model, actor and influencer is known for making her own frozen yoghurt, bubblegum or even toothpaste while dressed in immaculate haute couture. But she insists she is not who the internet thinks she is
The new Darth Vader: how tech execs became the film villains of our age
Jeremy Strong’s portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning shows how public opinion has changed around billionaire CEOs since The Social Network’s release
‘People are feeling the real impacts’: influencers are targeting private equity with satire and rage
The trillion-dollar industry has taken over social media, inspiring skits and parody raps with millions of views
BBC axes long-running Radio 4 show You and Yours in push towards podcasts
Thinking Allowed, The Artificial Human and Free Thinking among other programmes hit by £500m cuts