From that bird guy to ‘bus aunty’: the real social media personalities rising above AI slop
Online audiences seeking out authentic and passionate voices as antidote to AI-generated content
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
UK campaigner targeted by Trump accuses tech giants of ‘sociopathic greed’
Exclusive: Imran Ahmed says US companies are ‘corrupting the system’ of politics by seeking to avoid accountability
US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner
Imran Ahmed of Center for Countering Digital Hate files complaint against senior Trump allies
What happened next: The We Do Not Care Club – how a funny, furious feminist movement began
Melani Sanders was frazzled and sleep-deprived, and wondered whether other menopausal women were going through the same thing. So she put her feelings on camera. The answer was immediate ...
More than half a million pounds spent on influencers by UK government since 2024
Figures from FoI request show increase in ministerial use of social media personalities to present campaigns
Visa ban for European critics of online harm is first shot in US free speech war
Legislation that seeks to curb harmful content is viewed as a threat to Silicon Valley by many Maga politicians
No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out
My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrums, says academic Dr Kaitlyn Regehr
‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop
Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreams
Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real?
Comparing the pictures taken with my camera’s automatic software to those taken with a ‘zero-processing’ app, the results are shocking. Is this a good idea, asks writer Isabel Brooks
‘Money mule’ cases surge as criminals target young people on social media
Fake job adverts and promises of quick money are drawing thousands into type of money laundering
Should we turn the internet off?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders whether life would be better in a post-online, analogue world
Can Dan Bongino regain his stature in the conservative media world?
Trump says the former podcaster and radio host ‘wants to go back to his show’ after a brief spell as FBI deputy director
Why is Truth Social owner Trump Media merging with a fusion energy firm?
What we know about the deal with TAE Technologies so far – from why it is happening to what fusion energy is
TikTok signs Trump-backed deal to avoid US ban
Joint venture will take over part of app’s US operations, including data protection, algorithm security and content moderation