Why ‘grifter’ has become the go-to political insult of 2025
These days it’s not enough to disagree with opponents – it seems we have to accuse them of being con artists too, says Britain editor of the New Statesman, Anoosh Chakelian
‘1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives’ – Mehdi Hasan on why he went on Surrounded
The two-hour debate propelled Jubilee Media into the mainstream and has been viewed 10m times, but some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled content
Eight Postcards from Utopia review – found-footage fever dream of post-Ceauşescu Romania
Diverting mosaic of moments from 1990s TV ads, frantically flogging everything from sausages to laxatives, shows Romania’s newfound passion for capitalism
‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by Israeli missiles in Gaza
Fatma Hassona used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, a film about the journalist
We’re being deafened by digital noise. Pause it and you hear the sound of democracy in crisis
Step offline for just a moment and you see how democratic politics is struggling to cope with the pace of technological change, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
News Corp warns Trump AI is pillaging contents of The Art of the Deal
Company owned by Rupert Murdoch says president’s books are ‘being consumed by AI engines which profit from his thoughts’
Lib Dems call for urgent regulation of YouTube ads after wave of scams
Party wants video platform to face same scrutiny as broadcasters due to deepfake and investment scams
Sydney Sweeney: the Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war
The Euphoria and Anyone But You star has one of the most promising careers within young Hollywood but controversy has stuck to her
Can’t Look Away review – a harrowing, heartbreaking indictment of social media’s ruthlessness
Bloomberg journalist Olivia Carville follows a small legal outfit as it takes Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies to task for endangering young users
Social media images of Gaza cafes can’t hide truth: Israel is starving Palestinians
Pro-Israel posts point to a handful of cafes to claim 2 million people are not suffering hunger – despite Israel’s own data
‘Children are entering a hellscape’: the terrifying film about grieving parents taking on social media giants
Sextortion, suicide scenarios, unwanted sexual advances – all this and more is served up to teens on their phones. Can’t Look Away tells a devastating story of bereft parents trying to hold the likes of Snapchat to account
Social media battles and barbs on both sides of Atlantic over UK Online Safety Act
Farage accuses government of being ‘so below the belt’ as right wing doubles down on censorship claims
‘The BBC feels very samey and boring’: the over-50s who prefer YouTube
More Britons in this age group are switching to the video platform, with its shorter, niche and more personal content
Knife throwing and cheeseburger spinning: the agony and ecstasy of being a viral trickshot video star
Think you could throw a basketball off a 540ft dam, into a hoop – while blindfolded? Meet the talented and ludicrously patient people putting hours into the internet’s most joyful (and pointless) clips
Palestine Action ban coupled with Online Safety Act ‘a threat to public debate’
Rights bodies say new law and proscription of direct action group create risk of censorship of Gaza-related content