This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction […]
Category: Social Media
‘Ineffective and useless’: the UK government is proposing a midnight social media curfew for 16 and 17-year-olds, but there’s an easy loophole
More restrictions are coming in for UK kids (Image credit: Shutterstock) The UK is proposing a social media curfew for […]
‘Our brains were not necessarily meant to be this stimulated first thing in the morning’: psychologists explain why you reach for your phone as soon as you wake up — and what you can do to stop it
(Image credit: Getty Images / Anna Barclay) Whether rain or shine, weekday or weekend, my morning starts with a scroll. […]
Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
The European Union is ramping up pressure on Meta to make big changes to Facebook and Instagram after the European […]
I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write
(Image credit: Getty Images / Bloomberg) Do you remember the metaverse? If you don’t, don’t worry. In 2026, four years […]
TikTok users don’t have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
“We basically work from the assumption that if we want data, then we need to obtain it ourselves,” Sapiezynski said […]
Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com
Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com. The new requirement will take effect “over […]
How will the UK’s social media ban actually work? Here’s the full list of affected apps — and 5 things you need to know
Younger kids are going to find themselves locked out of social media (Image credit: natureaddict / Pixabay) Following on from […]
Brain experts tell the UK government there’s ‘very little’ scientific evidence that phones are harming kids — but a social media ban is going ahead anyway
Some UK teens will soon find themselves shut out from social media (Image credit: Getty Images) Experts say more evidence […]
UK bans social media ban for under-16s — all the latest news live and what it means for Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and more
The UK has become the latest country to ban social media for under-16s, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing today […]