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Piers Morgan plans to expand his Uncensored YouTube channel

Broadcaster wants to branch out with shows covering crime, history and sport and says he has investors lined up

Blanket ban on teen smartphone use ‘potentially detrimental’, says academic

Dr Amy Orben says there are no ‘one-size-fits-all answers’ given importance of access to online information

Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia

Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’

Abbie Chatfield cleared of wrongdoing by AEC after interviewing Anthony Albanese on her podcast

AEC review finds content did not require authorisation statement after Liberal senators raise concerns

The Guardian view on online safety: don’t let Trump dictate the terms of debate

Editorial: The White House and tech oligarchs are using free speech arguments as cover to suffocate any European attempt to regulate digital space

Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok as US ban deadline looms

Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by Saturday

Starmer offers big US tech firms tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs

Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies

Snakes, ‘border madness’ and solo trips: five Nigerian female travellers on their top tips and trickiest moments

Whether it’s driving solo from London to Lagos, a month on a motorbike or vanlife in east Africa, these influencers are sharing their adventures – and helping others to negotiate the difficulties of a ‘weak’ passport

‘Much better vibe’: Manchester’s phone-free nightclub reviving the rave spirit

Inspired by Berlin clubs, the phone ban at Amber’s has been embraced by clubbers seeking deeper connections

Labour group tells MPs they must be on YouTube and TikTok

Group asks influencers and popular figures to help party’s backbenchers engage audiences and challenge narratives

The week in audio: Invisible Hands with David Dimbleby; Artworks: Talk Talk – Living in Another World; White Hot Hate; Luigi – review

David Dimbleby on the fighter pilot who waged war on government policy; Guy Garvey celebrates a misunderstood masterpiece. Plus, confessions of an FBI agent, and divisive US murder suspect Luigi Mangione

Emojis are now everywhere – but using them can be a minefield

Born of our craving for nuance, these ubiquitous little icons are now causing confusion themselves

‘Incel’ accounts using self-improvement language to avoid TikTok bans – study

Misogynist ideas being normalised as accounts rebrand, with focus on ‘Sub5s’ and ‘looksmaxxing’, say researchers

OnlyFans fined £1m over inaccurate information on age checks

Ofcom acts after finding flaws in how subscription platform responded to request for details of ‘challenge age’ process

Banning us from social media is ‘neither practical nor effective’, UK teenagers say

UK youth parliament concludes tech firms should do more to protect users from violent and inappropriate content

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  • Live-action movie version of children’s TV series Mr Benn in the works
  • Protect men and boys from manosphere influencers, Labour MPs tell Ofcom
  • MPs accuse social media firms of spreading Iran misinformation
  • Why is the US so expensive? Everything comes in a ‘premium’ version, from doctors’ appointments to movies
  • Argos faces backlash over ‘influencer kit’ for toddlers
  • Influencers are spruiking these three tests on social media, but they risk doing more harm than good
  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 60: Elizabeth Taylor still crackles with feral energy
  • Divide between Silicon Valley and ordinary people grows ever larger
  • Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story review – fitting tribute to a barnstorming trailblazer
  • ‘We are a very resilient people’: in the face of Trump’s threats, Cuban cinema comes out fighting
  • As the US midterms approach, AI is going to emerge as a key issue concerning voters
  • Abel leaves LA: self-deportation from Trump’s America – documentary
  • Surrender to It review – insufferable bunch of actors reconnect for hiking weekend of pain and comedy
  • Revolut warns it risks backlash over support for energy-intensive AI and crypto
  • The Peaky Blinders film is pandering to these populist times – I should know, the Nazi in it is my father
  • No Ordinary Heist review – Eddie Marsan stars in Belfast true-crime thriller about massive bank robbery
  • Behind the rise of Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxing’ there are insecure young men who feel they don’t measure up
  • Empire of Lies review – far-right conspiracist and YouTuber lock horns in Gloucestershire field
  • Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025
  • Victorian business fined for telling influencers to lie about paid Instagram posts in first of its kind penalty
  • Valerie Perrine, Superman and Lenny actor, dies aged 82
  • MPs urge UK government to halt contract giving Palantir FCA data access
  • AI boom risks widening wealth divide, says BlackRock’s Larry Fink
  • Actor Alan Ritchson filmed allegedly assaulting neighbor in front of his kids
  • Leonid Radvinsky, owner of OnlyFans, dies aged 43
  • ‘The most stunningly awful wonderful record’: how the Shaggs became rock’s most divisive band
  • When your culture becomes a meme: the ‘jarring’ effect of Chinamaxxing
  • Do we have to keep talking about AI? The machines are always one step ahead
  • World’s broadcasters urge EU to tighten rules for big tech in smart TV battle
  • The Mortuary Assistant review – game-inspired horror simulates morgue work with conviction

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