BBC could soon make programmes for release first on YouTube under deal Plan follows pressure on broadcaster to put more content on platform, but raises questions about licence fee
Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’ Moderators accuse social media firm of unfair dismissal after it fired hundreds in UK just before vote to form union
TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around world
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons sues over Grok-generated explicit images Ashley St Clair files lawsuit in state of New York over deepfakes that appeared on social media platform X
Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users and UK media watchdog? UK users will no longer be able to create sexualised images of real people using @Grok X account, with Grok app also expected to be restricted
More than 100,000 people urge MPs to ban social media for under-16s in UK Letters sent using campaign group’s template as Keir Starmer indicates Australia-style move being considered
Spain’s meteorologists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns Environment minister says attacks on social media affect perceptions of meteorology and denigrate researchers’ work
Clickbait review – gripping drama about the human cost of moderating the internet A social media content moderator becomes obsessed with a violent video in this restrained, unsettling workplace thriller starring Lili Reinhart
X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual images
Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem Big tech companies cannot be trusted. It is not enough that they remove harm when they find it – the law must make their systems prevent harm, says AI governance expert Nana Nwachukwu
Netflix ‘plans to switch to all-cash offer to seal $83bn Warner Bros deal’ Aim is to speed up acquisition of WBD studio and streaming businesses and hold off rival Paramount bid
Home Office TikTok account posting deportation footage accused of turning ‘brutality into clickbait’ Video of raids and migrant arrests shared by profile with slogan ‘restoring order and control to our borders’
Keir Starmer tells MPs he is open to social media ban for young people PM says he is alarmed at reports about children’s screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policy
Can X be banned under UK law and what are the other options? UK media regulator is investigating whether X has breached the Online Safety Act – what could happen next?