All news on the topic: Social Media

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Brazilian court orders suspension of Elon Musk’s X after missed deadline
Social media platform to be blocked by ISPs because it did not appoint legal representative in allotted time
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Deputy PM Angela Rayner filmed dancing in DJ booth at Ibiza nightclub
A clip of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was posted on Instagram showing her jumping, dancing and cheering in Hï Ibiza club as smoke cannons erupt and the huge crowd goes wild
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov to appear in court following arrest in Paris
Russian-born billionaire said to have ‘miscalculated’ by visiting France during inquiry into crime on his platform
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My son is dangerous online incel spewing out misogynistic hate like Andrew Tate
IT is every parent’s worst nightmare that their child will go off the rails in their school years.
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Opponents of Maduro in Venezuela find their houses marked with an X
Residents of a Caracas neighbourhood who found their homes marked with a black "X" last week believe that regime loyalists are behind the overnight operation intended to indicate where opposition supporters live.
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Labour MPs start quitting X over ’hate and disinformation’ concerns
MPs leaving platform or scaling back use over its ‘deterioration’ under Elon Musk’s ownership
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’Match-match’ politicians violated electoral ban
A Facebook page paid millions of pesos to promote content favorable to politicians from the Citizen Movement, including Samuel García, Mariana Rodríguez and Jorge Álvarez Máynez.
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How TikTok bots and AI have powered a resurgence in UK far-right violence
Experts warn growth of extremist influencers and ‘micro-donations’ could create even bigger wave of unrest
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Black woman charged after using n-word on social media
The charge relates to a post on X about Sweden and Newcastle footballer Alexander Isak
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Kyrgyz activist imprisoned for Facebook posts claims she was framed
Kanykei Aranova says someone else created a Facebook profile in her name, and posted the anti-government messages that led to her conviction.
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Meta pulls plug on release of advanced AI model in EU
‘Unpredictable’ privacy regulations prompt Facebook owner to scrap regional plans for multimodal Llama
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Tesco puts booze in high-tech cabinets dubbed ‘Freedom Cases’ with 4-step access process to stop shoplifters
The futuristic tech is yet another supermarket anti-shoplifting ploy
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Youth, TikTok, and the far-right: rising concerns across Europe
Traditionally, the youth have been the most progressive demographic in nearly every society, often pushing the political spectrum to the left, much to the chagrin of their conservative parents.
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X changes porn policy to opt-in system that blocks under-18 users
The social media network’s new rules, announced on Monday, come after regulator pressure around the world to better protect children from inappropriate content
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Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £180,000 after referring to two individuals as ’paedophiles’
The actor-turned-politician has been ordered to pay £180,000 in damages after he called two people "paedophiles" during a row on social media.
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Exploring "Terrorgram," the secretive hate group where plans for deadly attacks are allegedly made
A secretive online network full of white supremacist manifestos and bomb-making tutorials is set to be banned by the government.