UK Online Safety Act risks ‘seriously infringing’ free speech, says X
Elon Musk’s social media platform says lawmakers made a ‘conscientious decision’ to increase censorship
Digested week: Smirking Gwyneth Paltrow turns Coldplay kiss-cam scandal into a marketing win
Actor’s Astronomer ad pokes fun at canoodling CEO, while Kim Kardashian’s face sling raises eyebrows and jowls
Aamir Khan: India’s movie legend on a cut-price mission to save Bollywood
The superstar actor will release his latest film on YouTube so families who cannot afford cinema trips can watch
UK online safety law leads to 5m extra age checks a day for pornography sites
Huge increase in online age verifications but many users turn to virtual private networks to access pornography sites
YouTube most popular first TV destination for children, Ofcom finds
One in five young viewers go to platform first when they turn on TV, as older people also watch more of its content
CatVideoFest: how clips of cute kitties spawned a million-dollar movie franchise
Every year since 2016, Will Braden has devoted himself to assembling a feature-length film from snippets of moggies doing the darndest things – and it has started to bring in serious money
Reform UK vows to repeal ‘borderline dystopian’ Online Safety Act
Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf say they would find other ways to protect children online but admit they don’t know how
Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think
Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists
Grok’s behavior isn’t surprising – but we needn’t settle for Musk’s vision of the future
We can have social media platforms that are sensibly and systematically moderated – without accepting overt censorship
Community leaders can help curb false claims online after attacks in UK, say researchers
Analysis finds swift release of information helps to debunk inflammatory falsehoods on social media
Beware the blizzard of lies: US advice on how to handle Farage’s Trump tactics
Pro-democracy campaigners suggest ‘pre-buttal’ is more powerful than factchecking in fighting falsehoods
Minister apologises to generation of UK children exposed to toxic online content
As new measures to protect young people online come into force, Peter Kyle says politicians were too slow to act
What are the new UK online safety rules and how will age checks on adult content be enforced?
From 25 July websites and apps will be required to protect children by filtering out harmful content and verifying ages
UK should act to stop children getting hooked on social media ‘dopamine loops’
Beeban Kidron says it is not ‘nanny state’ to prevent firms investing billions on making platforms addictive from targeting under-18s
AI summaries cause ‘devastating’ drop in audiences, online news media told
Exclusive: Study claims sites previously ranked first can lose 79% of traffic if results appear below Google Overview