Molly Russell’s father to tell UK cinemagoers: ‘Instagram helped kill my daughter’
In ad to be shown before The Social Reckoning, Ian Russell will say ‘too little has changed’ since death of Molly, 14
BBC boss faces barrage of staff criticism over job cuts in junior ranks
Matt Brittin fields questions on whether ‘bloated’ senior ranks are being spared and lays out iPlayer overhaul
‘We’re not going to go away’: the mom fighting for social media reform after her son’s suicide
A new documentary follows Kristin Bride as she takes on Congress after the death of her 16-year-old son who was cyberbullied
Are my gen X peers the influencers the world has been waiting for?
Their careers are peaking, they’re rich in money and time – and young people think they’re cool. But maybe it’s not as simple as that, writes Emma Beddington
‘I was making no money’: Travel agent side hustle promoted by influencers criticised over fees
Would-be marketers enticed by online talk of entering a world of travel and easy cash find that the reality is rather different
Kinky dating app Feeld’s founders share in record £3.8m dividend after sales jump
UK app ‘for the curious’ says users outside the UK account for nearly 90% of its revenues
The cure for doomscrolling? Why Tom Cruise stopped a woman mid-scroll
Viral CCTV footage shows the star checking in on a woman he thought was in distress, but who was only engrossed in social media. Perhaps we could all use some Cruise
High screen time can hurt children’s learning and language skills, study suggests
Effect of elevated screen exposure could be as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, report says
My Instagram reels addiction has ruined my ability to have a conversation. But can I get it back?
As a journalist, I’m endlessly curious about people – or I was until short-form video made real-life interactions feel like a drag, says freelance editor and writer Hannah Ewens
BBC Sport’s digital revamp poses wider questions about purpose of the corporation
Some staff fear digital approach will pull BBC towards commercial model built around football, leaving minority sports and older TV viewers behind
TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform
UK watchdog fined video app in 2023 for failing to enforce minimum age limit and remove underage users
UK politics: PM’s new anti-disinformation unit gets cross-party backing, as Farage declares it an attack on free speech – as it happened
Farage referred to the new unit and said Burnham was setting it up ‘using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections’
These journalists share vital reporting with thousands of US immigrants – all by text and WhatsApp
Independent outlets are leaning on social media, chat and other nontraditional methods to fight disinformation
Babystar review – a new arrival upends camera-ready life in disturbing family influencer satire
Every ethical issue surrounding parents vlogging their kids’ childhoods for money is raised in Joscha Bongard’s debut, but it releases the dysfunctional tension too easily
Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act
Action against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementation