Landmark losses for Meta and YouTube as big tech misses the point
Meta claims social media addiction isn’t real. Juries disagree
Why is Labour so unpopular? Just look at the dithering over kids’ screen time
Keir Starmer is running out of patience with the social media platforms, after Meta and Google’s landmark legal defeat in Los Angeles. But this ‘strongest intervention yet’ comes years too late, writes Zoe Williams
College Republicans director made racist and sexist remarks on live streams
Review of Kai Schwemmer’s broadcasts undermines claim ‘process of growth’ had led him to abandon bigoted views
Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media
In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features ‘shouldn’t be permitted’, while education secretary says things ‘are going to change’
The OnlyFans inheritance: how its owner’s death could reshape the porn money-making machine
Leonid Radvinsky’s widow has been left with a crucial role in deciding what happens to the business that made her husband a billionaire
‘The era of invincibility is over’: the week big tech was brought to heel
Ruling that Meta and YouTube deliberately designed addictive products marks possible watershed moment for big tech
At last, David has landed a double punch on the tech Goliaths. Now to hit them even harder
The US court verdicts declaring Meta liable for getting people addicted and ruining lives must be just the start of a global fightback, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
What does new guidance in the UK say about screen time for children?
Experts recommend extremely limited use for children under-two amid ‘mounting evidence’ of harmful impact
It is no fluke that social media platforms are addictive and causing harm. They were designed that way
The findings in two US court cases should embarrass anyone who claimed Australia’s social media ban was ‘boomer’ moralising
Starmer vows to ‘fight’ social media firms to protect children from addiction
Prime minister says government needs to show it is on families’ side as new screen-time guidance launched
Keep under-fives’ screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says
Keir Starmer promises to help parents limit children’s online activity as government issues guidance to families
‘Accountability has arrived’: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co
With two unprecedented trial defeats, big tech firms face crisis akin to that faced by cigarette makers in the 1990s
Starmer vows to tackle social media’s ‘addictive features’ to protect children
Prime minister says UK must do more to regulate against potential harms after landmark ruling in US court
I’m a young woman, and people keep telling me the internet has ruined my brain. Is this helpful?
A new ruling valuably highlights the ways social media can damage very young users. But has it really ruined my whole generation, asks freelance writer Isabel Brooks
Law firms investigate possible Australian cases after US jury finds Meta and YouTube designed addictive products
Courts in Australia may be willing to hold social media companies accountable for real-world harm, lawyers say