Social media

How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’
Politics

How social media is changing politics: ‘I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up’

It’s near impossible to check social media without seeing political content, but is nuance being lost in the race for clicks?

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business
Opinion

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business

For the last 25 years US companies have been stealing our most valuable resource – human behaviour 

There’s more to do to protect children from online dangers beyond the social media ban
Elizabeth Anderson

There’s more to do to protect children from online dangers beyond the social media ban

Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of the Digital Poverty Alliance, argues that the social media ban won’t close the digital divide, only widen it

Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good
Letters

Letters: It’s easy to blame social media for our ills. It’s up to us to use it as a force for good

Social media is warping our view of ourselves. Time for some self-reflection
Steven MacKenzie

Social media is warping our view of ourselves. Time for some self-reflection

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Will a social media ban for under-16s make any difference? We must ask young people themselves
Ellen

Will a social media ban for under-16s make any difference? We must ask young people themselves

Big John: Bingo’s Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism
Food

Big John: Bingo’s Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism

Twitter is 20 years old. X’s decline into division is still damaging society
Steven MacKenzie

Twitter is 20 years old. X’s decline into division is still damaging society

I quit my job and gave myself a year to get my band signed. This is how it’s going
Music

I quit my job and gave myself a year to get my band signed. This is how it’s going

‘Television is dead’: Inside the rise and rise of vertical dramas
TV

‘Television is dead’: Inside the rise and rise of vertical dramas

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘I ain’t going to surrender to Elon Musk’
Politics

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘I ain’t going to surrender to Elon Musk’

Banning social media for under-16s is not the answer
Paul McNamee

Banning social media for under-16s is not the answer

The truth behind the 15-minute cities controversy in Oxford, explained
15-minute cities

The truth behind the 15-minute cities controversy in Oxford, explained

Here’s how the UK could actually ban Elon Musk’s Grok and X – and what it would mean
Social media

Here’s how the UK could actually ban Elon Musk’s Grok and X – and what it would mean

In this moment of geopolitical sword-dancing, words matter more than ever
Paul McNamee

In this moment of geopolitical sword-dancing, words matter more than ever

Grok is flooding X with sexualised images. But can the UK fight AI-generated abuse?
Artificial intelligence

Grok is flooding X with sexualised images. But can the UK fight AI-generated abuse?

Menswear expert Jim Chapman: ‘AI lacks the sense of impending doom that keeps me motivated’
My Big Year

Menswear expert Jim Chapman: ‘AI lacks the sense of impending doom that keeps me motivated’

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here’s the proof
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here’s the proof

Is social media finally losing its grip on us?
Paul McNamee

Is social media finally losing its grip on us?

Men are increasingly turning to AI and social media for health advice. The NHS needs to catch up
William Pett

Men are increasingly turning to AI and social media for health advice. The NHS needs to catch up

What Keir Starmer can learn from Ruben Amorim
Paul McNamee

What Keir Starmer can learn from Ruben Amorim

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Viral comedian Hayley Morris: ‘The worst thing happened when everything I’d dreamed of was coming true’
Comedy

Viral comedian Hayley Morris: ‘The worst thing happened when everything I’d dreamed of was coming true’

From Southport to Epping, social media’s failure to act is fuelling racist violence
Naema Malik

From Southport to Epping, social media’s failure to act is fuelling racist violence

The TikTokification of politics: Will it engage young people or does it miss the point entirely?
Politics

The TikTokification of politics: Will it engage young people or does it miss the point entirely?

A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
Social media

A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone