White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s
Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies
Tuesday briefing: Is a social media ban in the UK enough to help protect young people?
In today’s newsletter: With Keir Starmer expected to announce Australia-style restrictions, further problems including AI chatbots are on the horizon
Child sexual abuse victims in England and Wales to get help to remove online images
Echo project will help erase images as part of package of support to end ‘prolonged suffering of survivors’
The Guardian view on children and the internet: rolling back big tech’s untrammelled power
Editorial: A belated change of policy on nude digital images of children must be part of a wider reset
Rushed social media ban for under-16s in UK could ‘unravel’, charity warns
Molly Rose Foundation says government should instead set strict safety standards for apps
Yes, Michelle Obama knows a lot about resilience. She still shouldn’t be lecturing gen Z about it
It’s decades since the former US first lady was an employee, writes Emma Beddington. The world of work she grew up in has long gone
Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones
Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM
The London school that has screen-free days for pupils, teachers – and parents
Holy Family Catholic primary school says enthusiastic response from parents has been biggest surprise
‘Mogging’ is suddenly everywhere. Is that a problem?
This word for outdoing or outshining others originated in the manosphere, but is now thoroughly mainstream. Why is it so popular – and should we be worried about slang that arises from toxic subcultures?
Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall
Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automation
Are You Watching? review – unflinching, fury-filled interrogation of the vile side of the web
Teenage girls discuss the horrors they have seen via their phones as Georgie Dettmer’s reckoning with internet culture is brutally realised by director Jess Edwards
A disease of deforestation: how Ebola is linked to the smartphone in your pocket
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks
Starmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder
PM says Britons are ‘reasonable, tolerant people’ and backs MP’s legal action against Grok firm over fake sexualised images
The Guardian view on NHS records: patients are not raw material for big tech
Editorial: Ministers should end Palantir’s contract before medical confidentiality is sacrificed to Silicon Valley’s appetite for public data
‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?
Some will question its credibility – but the alternative future to the one imagined in the Global Justice Report is far more bleak