Inside Rafah border town desperate Palestinians have nowhere left to turn Tens of thousands who have evacuated to the ‘safe zone’ face lack of food, water and shelter and fear further bomb strikes The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023
WhatsApp just got another free upgrade – and it's a bit Snapchat themed If you use a lot of voice notes, you might love this new feature T3 · Dec 8, 2023
Paedophile who posed as model scout to blackmail girls into sending abuse images jailed Ishmael Duncan contacted more than 10,000 children on Snapchat, investigators believe Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023
Google starts rolling out Photomoji for Google Messages in beta Photomoji, a new Google Messages feature that can turn any image into an emoji, is now rolling out to select beta testers. Android Central · Dec 5, 2023
‘My 13-year-old daughter downloaded TikTok and six months later she was dead’ Bereaved parents hope the Online Safety Bill will go the distance to protect future children from harm, Lydia Parick writes The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2023
What TikTok killing its $2 billion Creator Fund says about the creator economy The ever-changing payment schemes, fickle algorithms, and unpredictable trends may mean that being a full-time content creator is harder than ever. Fortune · Nov 29, 2023
Android 14 users could soon see an odd Snapchat-eqsue feature Developers will soon be able to start adding the new screenshot feature into their apps T3 · Nov 29, 2023
Social media giants face the heat in child safety lawsuits Social media platforms are under scrutiny for their lack of child safety measures after a US district judge dismissed their demand for immunity under section 230. Tom’s Guide · Nov 28, 2023
Casual, distant, aesthetically limited: 5 ways smartphone photography is changing how we see the world Smartphones are a staple of modern life and are changing how we see the world and show it to others. Almost 90% of Aussies own one, and we spend an average of 5.6 hours using them each day. Smartphones are also responsible for more than 90% of all the photographs… The Conversation · Nov 26, 2023
Parents and therapists worried about teen social media addiction say Meta's lifelike, celebrity AI bots are exactly what you would design to keep kids hooked Using the likenesses of Kendall Jenner, Tom Brady and 20-plus other mega-stars, Meta has created an army of AI bots available for friendship on WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. Fortune · Nov 17, 2023
How AI will transform porn and erotica Don’t have a partner? No worries. AI has the solution, writes Flora Gill Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2023
Nohema Graber murder: Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale sentenced Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale have now both been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Spanish teacher Nohema Graber The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023
Stocks Surge as Soft CPI Report Bolsters Speculation Fed Is Done Raising Rates What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed up +1.91%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +1.43%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.13%. Stocks on Tuesday rallied sharply, with the S&P 500... Barchart · Nov 14, 2023
Stocks Soar as Easing U.S. Price Pressures May Keep the Fed Sidelined What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +2.10%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +1.67%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +2.17%. Stocks are sharply higher, with the S&P 500 posting... Barchart · Nov 14, 2023
Barchart · Nov 14, 2023 Markets Today: Stocks Jump and Bond Yields Tumble as U.S. CPI Eases Morning Markets December E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESZ2 3) are up +1.23% at a 1-3/4 month high, and Dec Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ2 3) are up +1.59% at a 3-1/2 month high. Stock index futures this morning jumped, and bond yields tumbled, after U.S. Oct consumer prices rose less...
The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023 Third of teenagers have seen real-life violence on TikTok, research suggests A total of 7,500 teenagers were surveyed for Home Office-backed charity the Youth Endowment Fund
Fortune · Nov 3, 2023 Disappearing messages aren't just for kids A pair of profile legal cases involving Sam Bankman-Fried and Amazon highlight a familiar issue for parents: the use of self-deleting messages.
Tom’s Guide · Nov 3, 2023 Instagram is taking a massive leap into AI — here's what it means for you Instagram is working on a series of AI tools including one that will let you create your own virtual friend.
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023 Armed teen arrested for ‘Lewiston Part 2’ shooting threat Michael Bowden, 18, is accused of taking a picture of himself holding a rifle and ammunition outside a Walmart in Maine
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023 Betfred ads featuring boxer Anthony Joshua banned because of appeal to under-18s The ruling forms part of wider work by the Advertising Standards Authority banning gambling ads which are likely to have a strong appeal to under-18s.
Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2023 Will Twitter/X survive? One year on from Musk's takeover, we look at what's changed Elon Musk remains defiant, insisting the prognosis is rosy as he redesigns the social media platform in his own image
The Conversation · Oct 27, 2023 Why Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most 'authentic' social media platform With X, formerly known as Twitter, hitting the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk’s US$44 billion takeover of the social media platform, it can feel disorienting to try to make sense of all that’s gone down.
Fortune · Oct 27, 2023 The $200 billion playbook that kneecapped Big Tobacco is coming for Mark Zuckerberg and his social media offspring "Substitute algorithms for Joe Camel," says Fordham Law School professor Kenneth Rashbaum.
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023 Teenagers admit assaulting black girl in video which went viral online Video of the incident outside Thomas Knyvett College in Ashford, Surrey, showed a pupil being assaulted while her attackers were egged on by adults.
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023 Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat A former British police officer has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he pleaded guilty to over 100 child sex offenses