Wikipedia bans AI-generated content in its online encyclopedia
Ban includes two exceptions: AI can still be used for translations, and to make minor copy edits
Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says
Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permission
Labour under pressure to appoint Tory ex-minister as next Ofcom chair
Liz Kendall urged by online safety figures to give job to Jeremy Wright ahead of Labour peer Margaret Hodge
Keep under-fives’ screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says
Keir Starmer promises to help parents limit children’s online activity as government issues guidance to families
Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025
Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category
Leonid Radvinsky, owner of OnlyFans, dies aged 43
Ukrainian-American billionaire who owned subscription service for adult content died of cancer, the company says
What does loneliness smell like? Inside the strangely soothing world of fragrance TikTok
Perfume obsessives are making online fragrance mood boards for everything from ‘having a fight with your parents’ to ‘looking at old photos’. It’s both nostalgic and comforting
Side hustles: what you need to know about paying tax in the UK
Whether it’s buying and selling clothes online or some freelance work on the side, plan ahead for potential tax issues
‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’
Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of platforms and devices
Australia’s pornography age-verification: a victory for advocates or a gateway to ‘darker corners of the internet’?
As users turn to VPNs to access sexual content, experts warn collection of information creates a ‘honeytrap’ for bad actors
Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre
Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashes
Unexplained Moscow internet blackouts spark fears of web censorship plan
Kremlin appearing to ramp up control over online activity, as it tests new ‘whitelist’ system of website restrictions
Ministers must act more quickly on deepfakes to protect women and girls, Kendall says
Exclusive: Technology secretary urges tech companies to do more to tackle online misogyny
X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific
Liverpool and Manchester United complain to X over ‘sickening’ Grok AI posts
AI feature generated offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disasters