Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers
Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp’s ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media
‘If he can be found, every one of the users can be’: unmasking the man behind toxic gossip website Tattle Life
For almost a decade, the site has torn apart the lives of celebrities and ordinary people alike, while its creator’s identity has remained a mystery. Until one couple turned super sleuths …
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
UK Snapchat predator jailed for 14 years for raping girl, 12, and exploiting dozens of others
Stuart Latham admitted 49 offences in one of UK’s biggest online child sexual abuse cases
Memes and nihilistic in-jokes: the online world of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer
A growing number of shooters are in conversation with their digital communities, which are becoming extreme
How memes, gaming and internet culture all relate to the Charlie Kirk shooting
Kirk’s rise to fame was largely bolstered by being extremely online – and it seems the suspect has that in common with him
‘We’re insanely hubristic’: how The Rest Is History became the world’s biggest history podcast
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on storytelling, their strangest interactions with fans and bonding over The Lord of the Rings
Robinson and Farage’s ‘civil war’ narrative is warping voters’ minds. How is any government supposed to counter it?
Whatever the reality of Britain today, our social media feeds are full of anger, violence and disorder – and that’s the reality politicians must confront, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Online misinformation putting women off contraceptive pill, study finds
Researchers say social media myths drive ‘nocebo effect’ of side-effects that are real but psychological in origin
Virulent debater and clickbait savant: how Charlie Kirk pushed a new generation to the right
The far-right activist, who was fatally shot this week in Utah, galvanized young conservatives through online antics and inflammatory views
French lawmaker calls for criminal inquiry into TikTok’s effect on children
Move comes after parliamentary committee finds platform like a ‘slow poison’ to young people
Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study
Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious key usernames such as ‘coke’, ‘weed’ and ‘molly’
Labour comms director helped write manifesto while still working at TikTok
Exclusive: James Lyons rewrote 2024 election pledges ‘over evenings and weekends’ before his exit from social media company
At least 19 killed in ‘gen Z’ protests against Nepal’s social media ban
Many demonstrators say they are also on the streets over corruption and nepotism they allege is rampant
Big tech not stopping online sharing of child abuse images, eSafety commissioner says, amid new online codes
Neasures to protect children from harmful content such as AI chatbots to be implemented at the same time as the under-16s social media ban