Social media testing is underway in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they work. Inside L.A.’s Supreme Court, a historic trial is underway. Accusations are mounting that social media companies, like tobacco and cigarettes in the 1980s, are addictive by design. He will face about 22 “bellwether” trials, i.e., test cases, with…
The big news in the tech world is that AI has its own social network. It’s called Moltbuk, and things are getting pretty weird in there. Since its launch last Wednesday by (human) developer and entrepreneur Matt Schlicht, the AI-only site has seen artificial intelligence create its own religion, discuss the creation of its own…
pa media In 2023, two teenagers who viewed violent material online stabbed Brianna Ghee to death. Two bereaved mothers fear that any delay in banning social media for youngsters could mean “more and more children are harmed.” This comes just days after the Lords voted in favour of banning under-16 children from using social media…
getty images The government has launched a consultation on banning social media for under-16s in the UK as part of a series of measures it says are aimed at “protecting the well-being of young people.”. The world’s first social media ban for young people takes effect in Australia in December 2025, prompting other countries, including the…
Conservative government will ban under-16s from using social media Kemi Badenoch said the Conservative government will ban under-16s from using social media to stop them spending hours on “addictive” sites. The Tory leader vowed to introduce age limits on social media apps if his party wins the next general election. He argued that we should…
