‘If the people who ran Facebook were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked there’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, Trump and leaving Silicon Valley

When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?

Hundreds of TikTok UK moderator jobs at risk despite new online safety rules

Cuts in trust and safety team part of switch towards artificial intelligence by social media app firm

OnlyFans owner paid $701m in dividends as platform readies for potential sale

Streaming platform known for subscription-based adult content reports $1.4bn revenue and rising usage

‘Proxy war’ – Turkish TikTok makeup row exposes tensions with diaspora in Germany

When an influencer mocked the makeup of Turkish German women, the ensuing debate reopened old wounds

Key stakeholders in Australia’s social media age assurance trial frozen out amid media leaks and resignations

Trial’s advisory board may not see the final report until communications minister releases it in the coming weeks

Social media still pushing suicide-related content to teens despite new UK safety laws

Researchers who set up dummy accounts as 15-year-old girl were bombarded with self-harm and depression posts

How the US army is using influencers to recruit a new generation: ‘Promise them this idea of stability’

In a new initiative, the army is partnering with social media creators to show young adults possibilities of military life

Tottenham ‘disgusted’ by racial abuse of Mathys Tel after Super Cup defeat

Tottenham have condemned ‘abhorrent’ racial abuse of Mathys Tel on social media after he missed a penalty against PSG

Maga star Katie Miller’s new podcast reeks of toxic femininity. I listened so you don’t have to

The ex-Doge staffer and wife of Stephen Miller says she wants to reach conservative women – and her first guest is JD Vance

Russia restricts WhatsApp and Telegram, alleging apps used for fraud and terrorism

Calls via foreign-owned platforms curbed as critics say Kremlin is pushing for greater control over Russia’s internet

British sports teams and bodies ‘failing to safeguard’ women from online abuse

Most of Britain’s leading sports teams and governing bodies ‘still have no specific safeguarding policies’ to protect women from online abuse, research has found

UK traffic to popular porn sites slumps after age checks introduced

Figures from digital data company show effect of strict rules brought in last month under Online Safety Act

Cat soap operas and babies trapped in space: the ‘AI slop’ taking over YouTube

Nearly one in 10 of the fastest growing channels globally consist of mass-produced, surreal AI-generated videos

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combined

Why ‘grifter’ has become the go-to political insult of 2025

These days it’s not enough to disagree with opponents – it seems we have to accuse them of being con artists too, says Britain editor of the New Statesman, Anoosh Chakelian