Richard Hartley

Technology, Photography & Film

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • About
    • About Richard Hartley
    • Richard Hartley’s Work
    • Location
  • Film
  • Tech
  • Digital Media
  • Publishing
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Contact

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

The one change that worked: I adopted a one-in, one-out wardrobe policy and rediscovered my love of clothes

Online shopping made buying so easy that every time I picked up my phone I was in danger of adding to my outfits – and shrinking my bank account

The one change that worked: I had terrible insomnia – until I hit upon a gory solution

I had tried elaborate mind games, herbal teas and even a military method. Nothing worked. So I gave in, tuned into some macabre podcasts and had a very surprising reaction

Bereaved families call for inquiry into UK failure to act on pro-suicide forum

Report found coroners raised concerns over suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019

UK MPs warn of repeat of 2024 riots unless online misinformation is tackled

Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at risk

Laurence Fox’s libel claim over racism accusations to go to retrial

Court of appeal rules in former actor’s favour after finding tweets calling him racist did cause harm to his reputation

‘It’s about weaponising opinion’: the power of Topjaw’s online foodie show

Restaurants can see bookings surge by hundreds after a feature by Jesse Burgess. But is it just hype?

‘Gruesome videos’: social media pushes distressing news to children, experts say

Survey by Internet Matters finds children being left worried and upset by content showing shootings, stabbings and war

‘You are constantly told you are evil’: inside the lives of diagnosed narcissists

Few psychiatric conditions are as stigmatised or as misunderstood as narcissistic personality disorder. Here’s how it can damage careers and relationships – even before prejudice takes its toll

‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump

The long read: Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s part professor, part friend

Google won’t reveal if it is lobbying Trump about YouTube’s inclusion in Australia’s under-16s ban

Company tells Senate inquiry ban will be ‘extremely difficult to enforce’, will have ‘unintended consequences’ and won’t make children safer

The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price

The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

Torture, blackmail, extortion: the dangers of queer online dating in Ghana

Homophobic attacks on LGBTQ+ community rising as criminals, using social media to lure victims, are emboldened by political debate

Jennifer Aniston says social media ‘has taken down a huge portion of humanity’

The actor condemns ‘runaway train’ of unregulated slander, baseless claims and deepfakes that have dogged her in recent years

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

Post navigation

← Older posts
Newer posts →

About

  • About Richard Hartley
  • Richard Hartley’s Work
  • Location

Film & Tech News

  • Netflix becomes frontrunner in Warner Bros Discovery streaming and studio sale
  • ‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
  • Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views
  • ‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site
  • Australia social media ban: when does it start, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?
  • Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going?
  • Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals
  • Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds
  • The Guardian view on regulating pornography: a £1m fine does not prove the Online Safety Act is working
  • Steve Cropper obituary
  • Is your relationship solid – or sinking? The bird theory thinks it knows
  • ‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage
  • Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review – inept game-based horror is one of the year’s worst
  • Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
  • HyperVerse promoter ‘Bitcoin Rodney’ accuses Australian Sam Lee in US court of duping him with ‘elaborate deception’
  • Tom Felton: ‘I agree with Barbie – blonds have more fun’
  • Crypto investor gives £9m to Reform UK as donations exceed those to Tories
  • The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
  • ‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn
  • Pornography company fined £1m by Ofcom for not having strong enough age checks
  • TV Tonight: celebrating two of the best Christmas films ever
  • ‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: German sitcom character Stromberg revived for Merz era
  • Instagram and Facebook begin shutting down accounts as Australia’s under-16s social media ban looms
  • Hundreds of Australians complain of wrongful social media account closures but ombudsman can’t help
  • ‘From taboo to tool’: 30% of GPs in UK use AI tools in patient consultations, study finds
  • Doom, gloom … and Belle Gibson? The top Google searches in Australia in 2025
  • Letters. Text messages. Passwords and more passwords. Why can’t the NHS just give me someone to talk to?
  • ‘It was legs out all the time!’ June Squibb on starring in Scarlett Johansson’s directing debut – and Broadway’s original Gypsy
  • Oh. What. Fun. review – Michelle Pfeiffer leads Amazon’s underbaked Christmas turkey

Contact www.richardhartley.com   Terms of Use