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Technology secretary doubles down after Reform UK pledges to scrap Online Safety Act if it wins powerUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK technology secretary, Peter Kyle, has become embroiled in a row with Nigel Farage after saying the Reform leade…
UK also demands Hamas release all hostages, disarm, sign up to a ceasefire and accept that they will play no role in the government of Gaza. This live blog is closedUK to recognise state of Palestine in September unless Israel agrees ceasefireFamine un…
UK PM meets US president at his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, where they discuss energy, Gaza and tradeThis liveblog is now closed. Read our report on today’s developments hereIn a column for the Daily Record, John Swinney, Scotland’s first minis…
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…
Ollie Holman created kits that mimicked charity and bank webpages so criminals could harvest victims’ personal detailsA 21-year-old student who designed and distributed online kits linked to £100m worth of fraud has been jailed for seven years.Ollie Ho…
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…
In today’s newsletter: From mandatory age verification to criminal liability for non-compliant executives, the legislation marks a new era of digital accountability in keeping children safe onlineGood morning. From tomorrow social media companies must…
Spate of incidents in Baltic Sea and around Taiwan are harbinger for further disruptive activity, cybersecurity firm saysThe risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a sp…
Traders affiliated to Iran-backed rebel group found to have been running weapon stores on social media for yearsArms dealers affiliated with Houthi militants in Yemen are using X and Meta platforms to traffic weapons – some US-made – in apparent violat…
Johan Forssell says revelation should be ‘wake-up call’ to parents about what children are doing and seeing onlineSweden’s migration minister has said he is “shocked and horrified” after discovering his teenage son’s involvement in far-right extremist …