‘His Facebook was a shrine to my face’: the day I caught my catfish

I stumbled on a profile with my picture as the photo. What was this man doing with my identity? I set out to track him down …

Australian-style social media ban for under-16s ‘a retrograde step’, say UK charities

Child safety experts say similar move in Britain would penalise young people for the failings of tech companies

How Australia’s tough social media ban compares to laws in other countries

Laws will bar under-16s from accessing social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit and X

Mark Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago despite former feud

Meta CEO reportedly wants to support president-elect after previously banning him from Instagram and Facebook

Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK

Discussion platform takes fifth place in rankings and is the fastest growing large social media platform in the UK

When will Democrats finally realize that big tech is not an ally?

Tech titans, and big business in general, are not reliable partners against Trumpism. Progressives need to accept this

If so many experts oppose a social-media age ban, why is the government intent on rushing it through?

Labor has been at pains to say people won’t need digital ID or to hand over their passport – but there’s nothing in legislation preventing it

Violence on social media making teenagers afraid to go out, study finds

Quarter of teens who see violence online are being served clips via algorithms, survey in England and Wales finds

Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’, Canada warns Australia as it braces for early bushfire season

Heritage minister says Facebook made ‘room for misinformation’ after turning news off in 2023 as Australia mulls actions that could lead to Meta doing the same

Instead of banning young people from social media Anthony Albanese needs to listen to them

Labor wants a duty of care bill on tech platforms, yet dismissed young people’s push for a duty of care bill on the climate crisis

First came the bots, then came the bosses – we’re entering Musk and Zuck’s new era of disinformation

Tech leaders’ politics are encoded into their platforms – and with Trump’s ascent, they have direct access to the Oval Office

Australia to ban under-16s from social media – but can’t say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it

Meta says it will comply if required, but the technology is not ready to enforce proposed age limit across up to 40 apps

Watchdog rules Eurostar ads on social media for £39 seats were misleading

Advertising Standards Authority censures posts on Instagram and Facebook for trips from London to Amsterdam and Brussels

Google and Meta could face defamation risks over AI-generated responses, Australian experts warn

Lawyer says tech platforms could be held liable for what their AI ‘spits out’, as Google Maps rolls out new features with Gemini

Meta rides AI boom to stellar quarterly earnings, but slightly less than expected

Company beats financial predictions but does not increase daily users as much as Wall Street thought it might