Arresting Telegram’s Pavel Durov could be a smart move. Tech bosses care more about themselves than you

He has been praised for refusing to share data with the Kremlin. But if targeting CEOs worries Musk, Zuckerberg et al, so be it, says tech writer Chris Stokel-Walker

Who is Pavel Durov? Billionaire founder of Telegram remains a mysterious figure

Once nicknamed the ‘Russian Zuckerberg’, Durov has boasted of being the biological father of more than 100 children

Authorities extend detention of Telegram app founder Pavel Durov after Paris arrest

Russian-born billionaire said to have ‘miscalculated’ by visiting France during inquiry into crime on his platform

Neglect of working class has decimated TV industry, says Carol Vorderman

Broadcaster blames television snobbery for shift to social media and says it is partly responsible for UK riots

Spanish judge calls for end to social media anonymity in hate crime cases

Comments come after wave of false claims online about suspect in killing of 11-year-old boy

Podcasts of the week: Get set for the Paris Paralympics with tales of true grit

Olympic hero Michael Johnson and archer Matt Stutzman interview stars including Kadeena Cox in Rising Phoenix. Plus: five of the best podcasts about classic movies

How can children be protected from online sextortion fraud?

Criminals are tricking young people into sending intimate images, then demanding money. Experts explain how to deal with these attacks

‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back

Counsellors are receiving an increasing number of calls from young people being blackmailed over faked indecent images

Just Eat advert that depicted McDonald’s broke junk food code

Advertising Standards Authority bans Facebook ad over lack of care to ensure it was not aimed at under-16s

Scrolling through online videos increases feelings of boredom, study finds

Boredom is linked to attention – so switching content or skipping forwards and backwards feels more tedious than watching one video

‘Threads is just deathly dull’: have Twitter quitters found what they are looking for on other networks?

There’s been an exodus of users from X, propelled by Elon Musk’s lurch to the far right, but the alternatives have drawbacks too

Fortnite is back on mobiles after four years thanks to EU law

Players in EU can access game blocked by Apple and Google by installing it from app store of publisher Epic Games

Prince Harry hits out at spread of disinformation via AI and social media

Duke speaks at summit on digital responsibility while on visit with Duchess of Sussex to Colombia

Cash, cartels and controlling scores in Confessions of a Match Fixer

Moses Swaibu laments about betraying the sport he loved in a news podcast. Plus: five of the best podcasts about great love stories

‘Off-the-scale ignorance’: how Musk-Trump interview on X played out on social media

It started poorly with a 45-minute delay and rolling technical issues – and was lambasted on other platforms