Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’
Moderators accuse social media firm of unfair dismissal after it fired hundreds in UK just before vote to form union
TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU
Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around world
‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand
More than 180,000 people follow the Bush Legend’s accounts across Meta platforms, but its Aboriginal host is a work of digital fiction
Spain’s meteorologists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns
Environment minister says attacks on social media affect perceptions of meteorology and denigrate researchers’ work
Clickbait review – gripping drama about the human cost of moderating the internet
A social media content moderator becomes obsessed with a violent video in this restrained, unsettling workplace thriller starring Lili Reinhart
Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s
Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia
Spanish author lambasts linguistic academy over social media influence
Arturo Pérez-Reverte says ‘an illiterate pundit, YouTuber or influencer’ has more impact than a literary prize winner
Keir Starmer tells MPs he is open to social media ban for young people
PM says he is alarmed at reports about children’s screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policy
The rise of ‘unc’: is this gen Alpha’s way of saying ‘OK boomer’?
Timothée Chalamet celebrated his 30th birthday by embracing his unc status – and Sabrina Carpenter has used the word to describe her record producer. Why is it suddenly everywhere?
UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children
Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifies
Publishers fear AI search summaries and chatbots mean ‘end of traffic era’
Media bosses expect web referrals to plunge and want journalists to emulate content creators, report finds
Pressure grows on No 10 as Burnham backs Tory call for under-16s social media ban
Labour Greater Manchester mayor says he agrees with Kemi Badenoch about need to protect young people
Influencers and OnlyFans models are increasingly requesting O-1 visas: ‘This is the American dream now’
Content creators are leveraging high follower counts to apply for the visa for ‘individuals with extraordinary ability’
Mandelson praises Trump’s ‘graciousness’ and declines to apologise for friendship with Jeffrey Epstein – as it happened
In first TV interview since he was sacked as UK ambassador to US, Mandelson says association with Epstein was ‘terrible mistake’ but adds: ‘I was not culpable’
Grab your fidget spinners! Why gen Z are pining for 2016
As galling as it is to see young people refer to the items I wore 10 years ago as ‘vintage’, surely the real problem is that so many of them believe their best years are behind them, writes Coco Khan