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Google’s UK boss has warned that a ban on social media for under-16s is not the "right approach" and risks driving children towards "more dangerous and unsupervised corners of the internet."

Meta’s second major trial of 2026 over alleged harms to children begins on Monday.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies allege the leader of a parliamentary faction offered bribes to other MPs for votes for and against laws. Investigators searched the offices of Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party.

An LBC investigation has discovered that horrifying execution videos from Islamist terrorist organizations like the so-called Islamic State are available on Facebook.

Both platforms now have time to respond to the findings or face a penalty of up to 6% of their global annual revenue.

Thousands of people across Europe are being lured into investment scams promoted on social media. Investigate Europe reports that tech companies and public authorities are failing to protect citizens despite the Digital Services Act.

Facebook and Instagram users will soon be able to browse without ads, as Meta unveils a paid subscription service for mobile and desktop

Facebook and Instagram users in the UK will be offered ad-free versions of the social networks for up to £3.99 a month.

The Former Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats became Facebook’s head of global affairs after his frontline political career ended.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley initiated an investigation into the tech giant, which stated that it had eliminated the policy guidelines.

A British woman who died of rabies after contracting the disease by being scratched by a puppy on holiday has been pictured for the first time.

Fraudsters use emotional posts and fake giveaways to steal personal and banking data from Facebook users in Slovenia.

FCA says Instagram and Facebook owner takes up to six weeks to act on warnings about finfluencer posts

A stalker adopted horror film star Kathy Bates as an alias to launch a months-long campaign of harassment against a nurse she met at a psychiatric hospital.

Under-16s will be prohibited from using the app’s Live feature unless they have parental permission.

A major outage has left WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok all out of action.

WhatsApp has crashed just as Brits are making their Friday night and weekend plans.

A primary school has been evacuated after reports of a ‘bomb threat.’

Project Waterworth, which involves a cable longer than the Earth’s circumference, will also reach South Africa and Brazil.

Around 100 women were kept as slaves on a human egg farm in Georgia where they were fed hormones and treated like cattle.

US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m).