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Online video hosting service accuses the nation’s online safety boss Julie Inman Grant of ignoring parents and teachersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYouTube has criticised calls for it to be included in the under-16s social…
Experts find link between compulsive use of social media, phones and video games and mental health problemsTeenagers who show signs of being addicted to social media, mobile phones or video games are at greater risk of suicidal behaviour and emotional …
Sebastian Bond named as publisher of site known as trolls’ paradise, which was ordered to pay out to couple in 2023The previously anonymous operator of an online gossip forum described as a trolls’ paradise has been unmasked after losing a defamation c…
Many who engage are ‘discriminating and value-driven’, with a minority consuming ‘extremely misogynistic content’, study for Ofcom suggestsMen who engage in the online “manosphere” and the content of Andrew Tate are often able to express a “strong comm…
Peter Kyle, understood to be considering two-hour curfews, says he wants to foster healthy relationships with techMinisters are looking at giving children an “app cap” or curfew to prevent them becoming addicted to social media, the technology secretar…
Survey shows correlation between use of Chinese-owned platform and approval of unification with ChinaTaiwanese people who spend large amounts of time on TikTok are more likely to agree with some pro-China narratives, a survey has suggested.The study, c…
Efforts raise questions about the far right’s place in the broader culture wars waged by the Trump administration The far right US publisher Passage Press is now part of Foundation Publishing Group and it is connected via a Foundation director, Daniel …
Podcasts and puzzles get a boost as part of ‘mobile first’ strategy with 1m daily active users of appThe Guardian has relaunched its mobile app to deliver more personalised, visual content and boost the prominence of podcasts, as part of a “mobile firs…
Kaitlyn Regehr says parents worrying about their children need first to look at their own usageSwitching off the colours on your phone and spending half an hour a week pruning your algorithm can help consumers control and improve their online media die…
TV, tablets and smartphones ‘hinder and alter brain development’, open letter saysEurope live – latest updatesChildren under the age of six should not be exposed to screens, including television, to avoid permanent damage to their brain development, Fr…