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Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Simon Parkin
How we lost our taste for the vicious restaurant review

Sat 13 Dec 2025

How we lost our taste for the vicious restaurant review
Hayley Myers
Make Me A Offer: meet the TikTok veterans

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Make Me A Offer: meet the TikTok veterans
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children
Lily Isaacs
Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens
Australia’s social media ban comes into force

7 mins • S1, E1252

Australia’s social media ban comes into force
Jasper Corbett
Australia’s social media experiment will be watched around the world

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Australia’s social media experiment will be watched around the world
Andrew Hankinson
Graham Linehan won’t shut up

Thu 27 Nov 2025

Graham Linehan won’t shut up
John Naughton
Meta fought the law and the law didn’t win

Fri 21 Nov 2025

Meta fought the law and the law didn’t win
Shuab Gamote
‘Andrew Tate is dead’: inside the mind of 16-year-olds

Sun 9 Nov 2025

‘Andrew Tate is dead’: inside the mind of 16-year-olds
James Tapper
Smugglers cash in as dancing parrots go viral

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Smugglers cash in as dancing parrots go viral
Patrick Kidd
Meta makes billions from scam adverts

Sun 9 Nov 2025

Meta makes billions from scam adverts
Xavier Greenwood
Dough not mess with me: how TikTok star Zoë Bread took on Liverpool council

Sat 8 Nov 2025

Dough not mess with me: how TikTok star Zoë Bread took on Liverpool council
John Niven
Nobody knows me like the algorithm – and it costs me

Fri 7 Nov 2025

Nobody knows me like the algorithm – and it costs me
Will Jennings
‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’

Fri 31 Oct 2025

‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’
James Ball
Musk sank Twitter, but his $44bn purchase has fuelled his rise

Mon 27 Oct 2025

Musk sank Twitter, but his $44bn purchase has fuelled his rise
Patricia Clarke
Messageboard 4chan refuses to pay fine over ‘free speech’

Sun 26 Oct 2025

Messageboard 4chan refuses to pay fine over ‘free speech’
John Naughton
Social media is just TV now – and we can’t stop changing the channel

Fri 24 Oct 2025

Social media is just TV now – and we can’t stop changing the channel
Sarah Manavis
MrBeast’s bank is one more step towards an influencer-run dystopia

Thu 23 Oct 2025

MrBeast’s bank is one more step towards an influencer-run dystopia

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