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The Guardian view on connective labour: feelings are part of the job description

Editorial: A sociologist has produced a timely warning about the dangers of losing the relational in pursuit of efficiency and profit

‘It’s David v Goliath’: a recovering addict takes on TikTok’s gambling influencers

Rob Minnick uses the platform to detail the dangers of gambling in an effort to tackle content that normalizes it

Broca’s Aphasia review – Taiwanese sex doll service offers eerie insight into male domain

Su Ming-yen’s uncanny delve into the world of artificial women is both fascinatingly mundane and quietly unsettling

‘I wouldn’t wish this on anyone’: the food delivery riders living in ‘caravan shantytowns’ in Bristol

Gig economy workers for Deliveroo and Uber Eats in the city are living in appalling conditions, while putting in long hours, earning low pay and facing mental health problems

How can children be protected from online sextortion fraud?

Criminals are tricking young people into sending intimate images, then demanding money. Experts explain how to deal with these attacks

Sextortion guides and manuals found on Telegram and YouTube

Exclusive: Instructions show how to trick teenagers into sending intimate photos to blackmail them financially

How west Africa’s online fraudsters moved into sextortion

With ‘hustle kingdoms’ teaching young people the tricks of the trade, there has been a surge in blackmailing crimes

‘It looks so real’: amid rise in financial sextortion, Childline is helping teenagers fight back

Counsellors are receiving an increasing number of calls from young people being blackmailed over faked indecent images

The Mountain Within Me review – disabled heroes take on the Himalayas

Documentary traces Ed Jackson’s extraordinary journey from paraplegia to extreme climbing, and follows him through spectacular landscapes

Lollipop review – impassioned, head-butting indictment of the social-care system

Informed by her own experiences, Daisy-May Hudson’s portrait of a woman trying to regain custody of her kids is surprisingly even-handed

Sorry, Blake Lively: using a movie about domestic violence to sell stuff is not a good look

In a car-crash promotional tour for the adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s controversial novel It Ends With Us, the actor has tried to flog not only her husband’s gin brand, but also a haircare line, writes Arwa Mahdawi

AI could help identify toddlers who may be autistic, researchers say

Accuracy of 80% claimed for screening of children aged under two based on machine learning

Scrolling through online videos increases feelings of boredom, study finds

Boredom is linked to attention – so switching content or skipping forwards and backwards feels more tedious than watching one video

An anti-childcare movement is spreading online – it’s both disturbing and regressive

Ignore the trad wife influencers: wanting or needing space from your child is not just normal, but healthy for both of you, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Jay Slater’s mother says internet trolls ‘terrorising’ her after son’s death

Debbie Duncan tells of online harassment she has faced since Slater’s disappearance on holiday in Tenerife

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