UN warns women in public life face increasingly sophisticated online violence
UN Women report says AI, anonymity and lack of effective laws are increasing the risks of engaging in digital spaces
BBC responds to interest in Cornish with new language podcast
Learn Cornish launched few months after language given new level of protection
Lib Dems push for ban on MPs taking money from X, citing Maga threat
Ed Davey attacks Reform calling it ‘Maga franchise’ and says Elon Musk funnels far-right ideas into UK via X
Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms
Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and Instagram
‘They’re supposed to be handmade’: zine creators fight to resist AI influence
Artists and writers argue scrappy nature of self-published booklets is incompatible with artificial intelligence
Ministers open-minded on shape of UK social media limits, Phillipson says
Education secretary says children will face restrictions and government will consider range of views on their form
Tech giants face a new levy to pay for Australian news. What is the proposed model and how will it work?
Replacing the Coalition’s news media bargaining code, the incentive is the latest move to force companies to make deals with publishers and help fund journalism
The one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic books
After Donald Trump’s second election, I realised the insidious hold my phone had over my life. So I turned to something I’d loved in childhood to better occupy my attention
UK government move to delay social media ban faces pushback in Lords
Peers and campaigners say proposal for three-year window to impose controls breaks promise of quick action
Lena Dunham is right that fame is toxic. Unfortunately, we’re all famous now
Our lives are mediated through social media, which gives us twitchy main-character energy. No wonder we’re not enjoying it, writes Emma Beddington
‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big tech
Online exploitation ‘inflicting profound trauma on a staggering number of children’, Democrats say
Marvel looks like it’s about to abolish the Multiverse saga. Isn’t that cheating?
If Avengers: Endgame is being recut to segue neatly into Doomsday, the saga wasn’t a spandex spider web of smartly linked super-stories after all. So why did we watch Loki and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law?
Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance
The merger will still require governmental approval and could be delayed by a lawsuit seeking to block it
Going bald? There’s a subreddit for that – and it’s weirdly wonderful
Being hairless on top has never been in style, but r/bald members encourage one another in the face of insecurity
What have I done? I forced my kid to listen to Usha Vance’s podcast – now she’s a fan
The second lady has launched a serviceable children’s podcast. That seems strategic given JD Vance’s potential presidential run