When kids set their parents’ screen time rules: ‘I hit my limit before I even get out of bed’
Would six-year-old Malakhi be strict? Could the grownups give up their phones? Three writers let their children set the rules
EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility
TikToking on heaven’s door: Bob Dylan joins social media app as US ban looms
Songwriter, 83, signs up to TikTok with platform facing Sunday deadline to sell US operation
‘It brought out the most vile side of lad culture’: Unilad founder Alex Partridge on online hate, alcoholism and ADHD
The entrepreneur suffered with anxiety all his life, then a court case fuelled his alcoholism and nearly cost him everything. Now, an ADHD diagnosis has brought him clarity, a podcast and determination to help others
Starmer urged to prioritise child sexual exploitation victims
Charities and experts call for national conversation to move away from sensationalism after Musk criticism
Facebook unchecked: inside the 17 January Guardian Weekly
Zuckerberg’s pivot to Trump. Plus: Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter speaks
Meta to fire thousands of staff as Zuckerberg warns of ‘intense year’
Company reveals plans to cut about 5% of its global workforce days after saying it would get rid of factcheckers
MP launches legal action against Andrew Tate over social media posts
Lawyer for Northern Ireland MP Sorcha Eastwood said posts were made the day after Commons debate on violence against women and girls
Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms
The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Google investigated by UK watchdog over search dominance
CMA to look at impact on consumers, businesses, advertisers and publishers, as well as collection of data
‘Just the start’: X’s new AI software driving online racist abuse, experts warn
Amid reports of creation of fake racist images, Signify warns problem will get ‘so much worse’ over the next year
Fears for UK boomer radicalisation on Facebook after Meta drops factcheckers
For middle-aged users, it will be ‘even harder to discern the truth’ among extremist content, expert says
The internet wants me to spend £500 on a jumper. How can I say no?
I already have too much stuff – and every time I go online I’m being pushed to buy more. Time to channel my inner deinfluencer
UK online safety laws ‘unsatisfactory’ and ‘uneven’, says science minister
Peter Kyle frustrated with act inherited from Tories and says parliament should legislate faster to protect public
Elon Musk and the new world order: the hijacking of the global conversation
How can we publicly debate policy in the face of the rising – and polarising – influence of the X owner and others whose only aim is to serve themselves