Social media ban explained: when does it start in Australia, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?
Has the ban started, and how will age verification work? Here’s everything you need to know
‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe
Gen Z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back
Social media use damages children’s ability to focus, say researchers
Study of 8,300 US children suggests social media may be contributing to a rise in ADHD diagnoses
November 2025
European parliament calls for social media ban on under-16s
MEPs pass resolution to help parents tackle growing dangers of addictive internet platforms
Ofcom urges social media platforms to combat abuse and limit online ‘pile-ons’
New guidance from UK regulator aims to combat misogynist abuse and ‘revenge porn’
Pass notes
No-toe area: why a barefoot living group has banned pictures of feet
The UK’s biggest barefoot Facebook group has prohibited closeups after being targeted by foot fetishists
October 2025
The Partiful app is a ‘vibey’ nightmare. Here’s my party-invitation solution
Dave Schilling
This year was the year of Partiful, a purple mess that won’t even let me be passive-aggressive without chastising me
September 2025
Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests
Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow
Reading the post-riot posts: how we traced far-right radicalisation across 51,000 Facebook messages
Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version
Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company
‘Someone must know this guy’: four-year wedding crasher mystery solved
August 2025
Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they’re victims, says Nick Clegg
‘At Meta I found myself wrestling my deputy in an MMA gym’: Nick Clegg on the culture shock of Silicon Valley
‘If the people who ran Facebook were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked there’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, Trump and leaving Silicon Valley
FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children
Can’t Look Away review – a harrowing, heartbreaking indictment of social media’s ruthlessness
Knife throwing and cheeseburger spinning: the agony and ecstasy of being a viral trickshot video star
July 2025
Jeremy Strong eyed to play Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network sequel
The Succession star is reportedly the leading choice to play the controversial tech mogul in Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up
