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Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf say they would find other ways to protect children online but admit they don’t know howReform UK has promised to repeal the Online Safety Act, arguing that measures intended to push social media companies to limit false and p…
Analysis finds swift release of information helps to debunk inflammatory falsehoods on social media“Debunking” efforts involving police forces, community leaders and local councillors should be deployed to counter misinformation in the wake of serious …
Google to host major event featuring popular YouTubers inside Parliament House as PM downplays tech giant’s legal threatGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYouTube is making a last-ditch effort to persuade the government not to i…
Pro-democracy campaigners suggest ‘pre-buttal’ is more powerful than factchecking in fighting falsehoodsTruth, the progressive California politician Hiram Johnson once said, is the first casualty of war. His oft-cited remark was supposedly made in 1918…
As new measures to protect young people online come into force, Peter Kyle says politicians were too slow to actThe technology secretary has apologised to a generation of children who have been let down by governments failing to keep them safe from tox…
From 25 July websites and apps will be required to protect children by filtering out harmful content and verifying agesChildren’s online safety in the UK is having its seatbelt moment. On Friday social media and other internet platforms will be require…
Beeban Kidron says it is not ‘nanny state’ to prevent firms investing billions on making platforms addictive from targeting under-18sA leading online safety campaigner has urged the UK government to “detoxify the dopamine loops” of addictive social med…
Vatican invites 1,000 social media missionaries to digital jubilee conferenceMixing prayer and gospel with poetry, art and bodybuilding, the rising stars in the influencer world are not just those flaunting fashion and travel but also Roman Catholic pr…
High price of Sage handset that doesn’t allow searches, gaming or social media apps beyond means of many parentsA neutered iPhone, stripped of web browsers and social media apps, is going on sale to parents worried about their children’s phone use, but…
Tribunal hearing comes days after Elon Musk’s xAI apologised for antisemitic comments made by its Grok botGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chatbot embedded in Elon Musk’s X that referred to itself as “MechaHitler” and made…