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
Politicians and public should consider quitting X, says Liverpool mayor
Steve Rotheram, whose region covers Southport, said misinformation on platform had contributed to riots
Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief
Bruce Daisley calls for ‘beefed-up’ online safety laws and compares tech billionaires to unaccountable oligarchs
As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk’s attention. If he keeps stirring unrest, get an arrest warrant
It cannot be right that Musk can sow discord without personal risk. Perhaps fear of unexpected detention will concentrate his mind, says Bruce Daisley, former vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Twitter
Greens demand answers after Australians temporarily unable to post news links to Instagram and Threads
Sarah Hanson-Young wrote to Meta demanding to know if social media giant was test-running a news ban
‘It’s OK, everyone else is doing it’: how do we deal with role violence on social media played in UK riots?
It’s easy to blame viral videos – and far harder to change the culture in which they thrive
From brats to tradwives: why do we keep putting women into subcultures?
Trends offering different ideas of femininity are hard to escape online. Are they tongue-in-cheek fun, feminist, or actually doing women more harm than good?