White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s

Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies

Tuesday briefing: Is a social media ban in the UK enough to help protect young people?

In today’s newsletter: With Keir Starmer expected to announce Australia-style restrictions, further problems including AI chatbots are on the horizon

Child sexual abuse victims in England and Wales to get help to remove online images

Echo project will help erase images as part of package of support to end ‘prolonged suffering of survivors’

Artists are making ‘anti-slop’ to rebel against AI: ‘It’s been rammed down our throats’

In response to AI’s hyperrealism, artists and creatives are gravitating toward the homespun and imperfect

‘Killer of trust’: social media groups fuel misinformation in UK, report finds

Investigation reveals more than 4.4 million people live in ‘news deserts’ that lack dedicated local reporting

Confessions of a political liveblogger: ‘I enjoy it professionally – but, as a citizen, you can think the country’s going to hell in a handcart’

Andrew Sparrow has been writing the Guardian’s daily political live blog for more than 15 years. How does he cope with the relentless psychodrama of British politics?

Ministers may try to curb spread of misinformation during social unrest

Technology secretary says she is ‘very concerned’ about role of social media but will not be ‘bullied off’ X

It’s no surprise that an AI-faked presidential speech condemning foreign exploitation went viral – the world is suffering from a leadership vacuum

Attributed to the president of Namibia, the speech is still being shared as citizens across Africa and the Caribbean cry out for moral leaders willing to speak uncomfortable truths

Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall

Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automation

Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger named UK’s fastest-growing business

Producer of The Rest is … podcasts reports sales of £37.9m, boosted by rise in subscriptions and live events

Why is Hasan Piker ‘not conducive to the public good’? Because on Gaza, we punish the witness, not the crime

The UK has banned Piker and Cenk Uygur from entry – but the objectionable things they’ve said are not more dangerous than Israel itself

My year with the robots: how Joanna Stern let AI into her home, work – and heart

In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook her

What do UK watchdog’s new rules on Google AI results mean for publishers?

Giving publishers power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications