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John Naughton
‘AI swarms’ are mass-producing misinformation. Democracy may get stung
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Xavier Greenwood
Peeling back 40 years of the Onion’s satirical newsroom
Mon 26 Jan 2026
Patricia Clarke
Young people turning to Childline for help with AI dependency
Mon 19 Jan 2026
Megan Nolan
The lost art of paying attention
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Rachel Sylvester
Fears that algorithms are creating young terrorists shifts mood at No 10 in favour of an Australian-style ban
Sat 17 Jan 2026
Amber Rudd
Children can’t escape the horrors of social media. Ban it for under-16s
Wed 7 Jan 2026
John Naughton
How the media made Nick Fuentes
Fri 19 Dec 2025
The Observer leader
Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Simon Parkin
How we lost our taste for the vicious restaurant review
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Hayley Myers
Make Me A Offer: meet the TikTok veterans
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Lily Isaacs
Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens
Wed 10 Dec 2025
Australia’s social media ban comes into force
7 mins • S1, E1252
Jasper Corbett
Australia’s social media experiment will be watched around the world
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Andrew Hankinson
Graham Linehan won’t shut up
Thu 27 Nov 2025
John Naughton
Meta fought the law and the law didn’t win
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Shuab Gamote
‘Andrew Tate is dead’: inside the mind of 16-year-olds
Sun 9 Nov 2025
James Tapper
Smugglers cash in as dancing parrots go viral
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Patrick Kidd
Meta makes billions from scam adverts
Sun 9 Nov 2025
