‘There was always a male gaze behind it’: Madrid exhibition rewrites cliches of Latina artists
Show looks beyond tropes of exoticism, hyper-sexuality and diva behaviour to how stars gained control of their own image
Friday briefing: Has the campaign to get smartphones out of schools reached a tipping point?
In today’s newsletter: Momentum is growing for stricter smartphone rules for children, as schools, parents, and the Children’s Commissioner push for bans amid rising concerns
France to tighten mobile phone ban in middle schools
Pupils to be separated from devices for entire school day from September after trial of ‘digital pause’ scheme
More than 90% of schools in England ban mobile phone use, survey shows
Head of National Education Union calls for statutory ban on phones in schools and social media ban for under-16s
Where have all the headphones gone on public transport? The noise is eating into my soul
Just one antisocial fellow traveller can ruin a journey. Is it a giant two-fingered gesture to the rest of the world?
Meta blocks livestreaming by teenagers on Instagram
Under-16s will be barred from using the app’s Live feature unless they have parental permission
The Penguin Lessons is the latest film to teach us animals rescue men from loneliness
The comedy, about a curmudgeon played by Steve Coogan and his waddling new friend, joins a subgenre of movies from King Kong to John Wick – in which men are emotionally and socially rescued by animals
‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams
Exploitation fears as people in extreme poverty perform stunts and beg for virtual gifts
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
‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer
After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated him
Blanket ban on teen smartphone use ‘potentially detrimental’, says academic
Dr Amy Orben says there are no ‘one-size-fits-all answers’ given importance of access to online information
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
Roblox gives parents more power over children’s activity on gaming platform
Parents can block children from talking to certain people and get detailed screen-time insights on site popular with under-13s
What do young people really think about us oldies? I asked a few
Why is the moral panic only ever about younger generations? It’s time we heard what confuses or worries them about us, writes Adrian Chiles
Sebastian review – journalist turned sex-worker aims to turn side-hustle into art
Ruaridh Mollica is very good as Max, a freelance writer with a secret app life in prostitution, but Mikko Mäkelä’s film is not clear enough about his motivations