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Online suicide forum investigated under new UK digital safety laws

Ofcom’s first investigation to look into whether site took adequate measures to shield users from illegal content

Meta blocks livestreaming by teenagers on Instagram

Under-16s will be barred from using the app’s Live feature unless they have parental permission

Meta and Pinterest believed to have donated to Molly Russell charity

Anonymous donations made to Molly Rose Foundation, set up after Molly Russell, 14, took her own life after viewing harmful material on social media

Piers Morgan plans to expand his Uncensored YouTube channel

Broadcaster wants to branch out with shows covering crime, history and sport and says he has investors lined up

Steven Soderbergh developing ‘terrifying’ idea for post-Covid Contagion sequel

Director says he fears that a followup to the 2011 film, which gained renewed popularity during the pandemic, could be ‘irresponsible’

The Guardian view on online safety: don’t let Trump dictate the terms of debate

Editorial: The White House and tech oligarchs are using free speech arguments as cover to suffocate any European attempt to regulate digital space

Brad Pitt to star in follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, directed by David Fincher

A ‘derivative’ of Quentin Tarantino’s original, rather than a sequel, will be produced by Netflix, and continues Pitt’s relationship with the director of Seven and Fight Club

Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok as US ban deadline looms

Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by Saturday

AI firms are ‘scraping the value’ from UK’s £125bn creative industries, says Channel 4 boss

Government plan over copyright-protected work would put industries in ‘dangerous position’, Alex Mahon tells MPs

Snakes, ‘border madness’ and solo trips: five Nigerian female travellers on their top tips and trickiest moments

Whether it’s driving solo from London to Lagos, a month on a motorbike or vanlife in east Africa, these influencers are sharing their adventures – and helping others to negotiate the difficulties of a ‘weak’ passport

‘I can’t cope with it any more’: newsrooms scramble to retain audiences amid the big switch-off

In an international survey last year, 39% of respondents said they selectively avoid news to some degree

Outlets seek fresh strategies as UK poll shows ‘news avoidance’ on the rise

Negative content and distrust among reasons given by audiences as industry works on how to keep them engaged

Labour group tells MPs they must be on YouTube and TikTok

Group asks influencers and popular figures to help party’s backbenchers engage audiences and challenge narratives

‘It’s soul-destroying’: actors’ fury over the rise of self-tape auditions

Equity union says filming audition scenes at home amounts to unpaid labour and reinforces elitism

Trump has managed to spin Signalgate as a media lapse, not a major security breach

The US administration believes it can divide public attention until there is a new scandal. It may be a winning strategy, writes Andrew Roth

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  • Angry and lonely after my marriage ended, I came dangerously close to embracing the manosphere
  • Tesla drivers crash into swimming pool and home in separate US incidents
  • Once Upon a Time in Holyhead: Quentin Tarantino and Kylie Minogue shooting film in Porthcawl
  • AI models that can take down governments and business months away, rare Five Eyes statement warns
  • Pitfall review – big-hole survival horror is as if cast of Friends strayed into Deliverance
  • Jabs, human ash and a tapeworm: behind the appetite for a new kind of disordered eating movie
  • Benita review – Alan Berliner puts new spin on late film-maker’s work in entrancing tribute
  • ‘Sheer outrageousness’: writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ movie characters
  • Shadows of Willow Cabin review – secrets fester beneath horny hookup in low budget horror
  • The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine review – scavenger’s story reveals a rich seam to mine
  • The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence
  • Thirsty and power hungry: Australia is in the middle of a datacentre boom – but are they good for the economy?
  • Superfood or sweet treat? 17 delicious ways with popcorn – from snack bars and choux buns to salads and soups
  • Condemned to plutocracy? The relentless rise of US inequality
  • Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
  • Suppliers unable to chase fees after film producer’s 50 companies are struck off
  • To the tablet and beyond: does Toy Story 5 go hard enough on technology?
  • Texas environmentalists lose bid to block Musk’s SpaceX from closing beach
  • ‘Once my tummy stopped shaking, I was absorbed by the scale, spectacle and wonder’: your Steven Spielberg film favourites
  • Key Trump allies and Musk on leaked list for secretive Peter Thiel retreat
  • ‘How do I deal with my rage? I put it in everything I do’: Killing Eve’s Sandra Oh on fury, friendship and hitting her prime in midlife
  • Social media bans are trending. But it’s too late for my son and me
  • Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging
  • A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency
  • Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy
  • From Toy Story 5 to The Bear: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
  • Can we electrify the world? Ambition moves from nerdish backwater to centre stage
  • The Guardian view on John Williams and Steven Spielberg: a partnership that changed cinema
  • The Rev Michael Humphreys obituary

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