Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from Monday. Here’s what you need to know
Measures could include photo ID, facial age estimation, credit card checks and confirmation of age by a parent
The ‘Jim Carrey is a clone’ theory is absurd. Of course people believe it
Conspiracy claims have erupted over the star’s appearance. These days, I can’t blame people for endless skepticism
Breaking Social review – Rutger Bregman leads an irresistible rallying cry for global activism
Fredrik Gertten travels the world meeting activists who have had enough of corruption, kleptocracy and structural inequality – while Bregman’s nuggets of wisdom are a joy
X to ban users from earning revenue if they post unlabelled AI-generated war videos
Social media feeds have been flooded with fake battle scenes since start of Iran conflict
Three months into Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, has it been a success?
Getting platforms to comply with the restrictions was no small feat. But it’s too early to measure the real-world mental health outcomes
The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all
Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
Hundreds of UK teenagers to pilot social media bans and restrictions
Trials to form part of three-month consultation on Keir Starmer’s plans to tackle negative effects of smartphone use
Suicide forum found to be in breach of Online Safety Act after failing to block UK users
Ofcom says that after provisional ruling it could apply to courts to demand internet providers stop access to site
US news site Politico to launch in Australia, aiming to bring policy focus and ‘new angles’ to Canberra
Australian journalist Ryan Heath, who will lead expansion, says focus will be on journalism that ‘connects the dots globally’
Amused by that AI video of a dancing raccoon? This is how the misery starts …
AI is already coming for our dignity – tricking us with amusing little online scenarios. How long before it comes for everything else, asks Polly Hudson
Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’
Not enough support for freed victims, say aid agencies, with growing numbers sleeping on the streets, unable to travel home without passports or money
The disturbing rise of Clavicular: how a looksmaxxer turned his ‘horror story’ into fame
His gonzo argot of ‘mogging’ and ‘jestermaxxing’ masks a malign chauvinist philosophy, and his audience keeps growing
Police arresting 1,000 paedophile suspects a month across UK
National Crime Agency says rise in child sexual abuse being driven by technology and online forums
Openreach said yes to full fibre broadband, then branded it ‘uneconomical’
Its ‘fibre checker’ tool confirmed I could have a connection, but a month later it changed its mind
Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own
By trusting the US, we handed Trump a kill switch. Yet Europe’s digital sovereignty is an achievable goal, says civil liberties campaigner, Johnny Ryan