Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply

Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups

Sky Sports ditches ‘unbelievably sexist’ TikTok channel Halo after three days

Female-targeted account pulled after sports fans criticise posts referencing matcha, Barbie and ‘hot girl walks’

Father of teen whose death was linked to social media has ‘lost faith’ in Ofcom

Ian Russell says watchdog lacks ‘urgency’ and is not willing to use its powers ‘to the extent required’

Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis

Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm

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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage

The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Social media’s beauty filters may look harmless – but they’re quietly affecting Black youths’ mental health

For Black adolescents, a recent study found negative experiences around race in online spaces outweighed the good

Swear, self-promote and pretend you’re on a first date: a celebrities’ guide to Letterboxd’s Four Favourites

From Kristen Stewart to Willem Dafoe, everyone is telling the site their top four movies – but here are unwritten rules that will make sure you stand out

Meta could face millions in fines for not signing content deals in Australia

Labor’s proposed media bargaining incentive to apply to platforms with Australian-derived revenue of at least $250m, according to Treasury

Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy, doctors say

Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone production

Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media

Former footballer guilty over posts directed at football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy Vine

EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others

Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media

Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile

Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

BBC must change or be ‘a Titanic’, says manager of the Sidemen YouTubers

Jordan Schwarzenberger says BBC is becoming irrelevant to gen Z and risks crashing unless it attracts younger viewers

‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet

Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women online