A day with the Revenge Porn Helpline: ‘You can sense the callers’ desperation’

Intimate image abuse is a crisis in the UK – with a fortyfold increase in calls to this service since it opened in 2015. Thankfully, there are effective ways to help those being victimised

The Guardian view on the carnivore diet: red meat for influencers, but bad news for health

Editorial: A fad for consuming high-protein, high-fat food, while avoiding vegetables, has taken off online. Followers are doing themselves no favours

The Thursday Murder Club review – Richard Osman bestseller provides solid, star-stuffed entertainment

There’s much to enjoy in this adaptation of Osman’s ingenious book, with Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie and Pierce Brosnan as the senior-citizen X-Men

‘Proxy war’ – Turkish TikTok makeup row exposes tensions with diaspora in Germany

When an influencer mocked the makeup of Turkish German women, the ensuing debate reopened old wounds

Met police’s facial recognition plans fall foul of European law, says watchdog

Use of cameras at Notting Hill carnival could have ‘chilling effect’ on people’s rights, says equality regulator

Would an ‘Unsexiest Women Alive’ list be published today? Maybe not – but body-shaming is definitely back

The 90s and 00s were a toxic time to be a woman in the public eye, as Victoria Beckham has recently reminded us. Trouble is, spite and cruelty towards women never went out of fashion, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Social media still pushing suicide-related content to teens despite new UK safety laws

Researchers who set up dummy accounts as 15-year-old girl were bombarded with self-harm and depression posts

Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds

Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises

The Guardian view on Britain’s AI strategy: the risk is that it is dependency dressed up in digital hype

Editorial: The UK’s plans seem to outsource sovereignty for phantom efficiency. Public services provide the data and power while US tech giants reap the rewards

We used AI to analyse three cities. It’s true: we now walk more quickly and socialise less

Social media and the climate crisis present a real challenge to how we socialise outside. AI, however, can help us find a solution, says Carlo Ratti, the director of Venice’s 2025 Biennale Architettura

A new start after 60: I read out my old diaries online – and my youthful secrets went viral

When Betsy Lerner began her unfiltered readings, she found an unexpected following and a new sense of connection

Rayner says Farage ‘failing young women’ with plan to scrap Online Safety Act

Deputy PM says move would cause rise in ‘revenge porn’, as Labour launches attack ads against Reform UK leader

The Memory Blocks review – playful and purposeful exploration of developmental disorders

Andrew Kötting’s complex docu-essay about his daughter Eden, who has Joubert syndrome, refuses conventional grammar

Blockbuster, board games and boredom: why everyone’s parenting like it’s 1999

Nostalgic millennial parents are increasingly keen to replicate their own childhoods. But were the 90s as blissful as we remember?

UK traffic to popular porn sites slumps after age checks introduced

Figures from digital data company show effect of strict rules brought in last month under Online Safety Act