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Silent Men review – man puts himself on the spot as he dives into his big emotions

Film-maker Duncan Cowles braves the discomfort of putting himself in front of the camera to address men’s inability to talk about their problems

Don’t scare us and use our language to discuss sextortion, say teenagers

Awareness campaign partly designed by under-18s will launch on social media to educate adults and children

Roblox to give parents more control over children’s activity after warnings over grooming

Parents will be able to see who children interact with and ensure they cannot play games with graphic violence as report accuses company of lax safety controls

What is Roblox? Everything you need to know about the online game platform

Parents are to get greater oversight of children’s activity on the platform. But what has brought on the changes?

Saoirse Ronan ‘absolutely right’ about women’s safety fears, says Gladiator combat trainer

Paul Biddiss, who trained Paul Mescal and Day of the Jackal star Eddie Redmayne, says streetwise women are more aware of surveillance and harder to follow

Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world

A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started already…

‘I couldn’t tell my parents I loved them’: documentary-maker Duncan Cowles on giving silent men a voice

The Scottish film-maker on bringing humour to his look at male emotional repression, being compared to Louis Theroux, and his problems with reality TV

Steve McQueen reveals he paused Blitz filming for prostate cancer treatment

Film director, who has fully recovered, backs campaign to address disproportionate impact of disease on Black men

India’s 1st Best Trans Model Agency review – rocky and emotional journey for acceptance

Documentary about India’s ‘hijras’ highlights the harmony within the community and prejudice against it, but shies away from anything too political

A stalker posted my photos on porn sites – and the police response was traumatising

They were ordinary selfies Charlotte Hooper had taken from the age of 16, but suddenly they were all over an X-rated chat forum. It was the start of a terrifying period of hypervigilance

Joy review – warm and intensely English portrayal of the birth of IVF

Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie form the unlikely trio who doggedly, quietly and courageously made the discovery that would change lives around the world

Memories of a Burning Body review – tenderly conceived docudrama about the enduring sexuality of women

This well-acted film is distilled from the experiences of three women in their 60s and 70s who speak with wit and warmth

Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds

Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class

The Last Dance review – Chinese funeral business is backdrop for arresting, life-affirming drama

An irascible priest loses his patience with a newcomer to Hong Kong’s funeral traditions in punchy melodrama of a film

Billionaires like Elon Musk don’t just think they’re better than the rest of us – they hate us

The ultra-wealthy talk about solving the climate crisis or ending inequality. But what they’re really interested in is outliving or escaping anyone poorer than them, writes Zoe Williams

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  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
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  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
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  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
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  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
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