Social media

The dark heart of the kidfluencer industry

Fortesa Latifi’s Like, Follow, Subscribe is the first book about the fallout of “family vlogging”

Of course we should ban kids from social media

The opponents of restrictions for under-16s miss the point of health policy

Do not celebrate the social media “addiction” ruling

The court’s decision has significant, and unforeseen, consequences

Elon Musk vs the woke mind virus

The richest man in the world chose a strange time to be terminally online

Parents must also take responsibility for online safety

The picture around social media harm is more nuanced than some campaigners say

Every spring, I break the internet

Four years ago, on a sunny day, I posted about feeling like a big leaf. It’s my most famous work

How Starmer can escape the digital doom loop

Europe needs its own big tech companies

Should Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s tweets have legal consequences?

Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Abd El-Fattah

Kim Kardashian will make you a CEO

A newer model of female celebrity has turned influencers into business moguls

Inside the agency building Keir Starmer a TikTok army

A private firm is finding and training a network of political influencers

Should the UK copy Australia’s social media ban for under 16s?

As the world’s first blanket ban takes effect, the UK’s paralysis looks increasingly dangerous

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it‘s still shaping policy

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The endless voyeurism of lifestreaming

Twitch streamer EmilyCC broadcasts her entire life online. How did we get here?

Douglas Carswell has sunk to the gutter

The former MP is far from the only Brit to be sent into a rage spiral by watching X.

The revolution will be TikTokked

Yvette Cooper is wise to aim her media strategy at the dominant modes of our day.

Who’s afraid of YouTube Man?

Screen culture isn’t dystopia – it’s revelation.

Big Tech is the only winner of the Online Safety Act

Mainstream platforms are consolidating their power as niche sites are forced to close.

Far-right memes are poisoning British politics

Westminster ignores the ugly side of social media at its peril.

Is Thomas Skinner the future of the right?

A Tory MP, a Brexiteer historian, a Reform clown and a reality-TV star walk into an auditorium…