Britain, like other countries, is considering restricting access to social media for children. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion, alleging that the British public broadcaster attempted to “interfere in the presidential election” last year by editing his January ...

Sir Sadiq Khan has warned London is facing a "dark blizzard of disinformation" online, accusing social media companies of ...

Thinktank says algorithms are fuelling isolation and division after analysing posts shown to social media users ...

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Links in tweets are bad for engagement. Over the last few days, sparked by a post from Nate Silver, people have started ...

How a friend request led a beauty queen to uncover Scotland's most prolific catfish ...

In 2021, the Davies-Carr family made headlines again when they sold the original “Charlie Bit My Finger” video as an NFT. Speaking to the BBC, they described it as “a chance to take ownership” of a ...

The kids featured in ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ were shocked to learn of their viral fame following the release of the hilarious ...

Riya Ulan (left) noticed that her video had been manipulated to show an AI-generated digital persona (right) TikTok has banned 20 accounts after the BBC highlighted the use of AI-generated black ...