The platform has become a swamp of disinformation. Politicians should lead the way out of it
Musk sank Twitter, but his $44bn purchase has fuelled his rise
Three years since the world’s richest man rebranded the social media platform as X, it is awash with racism and conspiracy theories – but remains a powerful tool in his arsenal
Messageboard 4chan refuses to pay fine over ‘free speech’
The US messageboard is openly defying British regulators and refusing to comply with the Online Safety Act
Social media is just TV now – and we can’t stop changing the channel
Big tech’s biggest players are aggressively competing with TikTok’s clip-based offering – and that is cutting the social from social media
MrBeast’s bank is one more step towards an influencer-run dystopia
The world’s most popular YouTuber has plans to create a banking app
Here’s a video I’d like to share: Trump bagging TikTok for his investor pals
By overruling Congress’s ban on the Chinese platform, the US president has richly rewarded his tech and media allies
Tech moguls close to Trump take ownership of TikTok in US
The agreement could deepen conservative control over the US media landscape
Calum Harper lays it all on the table
The British fashion model on how his candid videos of life in the industry made him a social-media favourite
MI6 joins Instagram in hunt for next generation of spies
Secret service embraces social media in recruitment drive to find the next generation of spies
Jesse Jenkins: ‘Aubergine parm has taken me a long way’
The Instagram food influencer talks us through his signature dish
Feeling lonely? Try getting sweaty at a gig
The more we lose touch with everything except our own little gangs, the more everyone outside our narrow frames of reference seems alien and unrelatable
Children can’t be safe online. We will have to carry on policing them
The online safety bill is already restricting liberty – and is unlikely to protect the vulnerable
Social media blocking apps are addicting to us too
The tech originally designed to sever dependency on social media has evolved to be the problem
Musk’s chatbot praises Hitler then says ‘sorry, my bad, I fell for a hoax’
Grok AI had been instructed not to ‘shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect’
I quit Instagram. This is what I lost
Olivia Ovenden broke up with social media after her divorce. She didn’t anticipate the difficulty of splitting from her virtual self
Just like Charlize, I have no-go photos
A-list star Charlize Theron has revealed the photos that make her squirm on Raya, but everyone’s icks are different. Here are mine
The battle of Tattle: gossip victims call for website to shut
Public figures tell of impact on their mental health after being targeted by Tattle Life
Groundhog day: another deadline extension leaves TikTok sale in purgatory
Trump is unwilling to let the app go dark and unable to get a deal done
The dangers of the social media disaster chasers
Strangers spread the news about victims of the Air India crash before their families were notified. What happened to respect for privacy?
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