Are girls “growing up too fast” online?
Viral videos of pre-teens documenting their skincare regimes and “love lives” have sparked a moral panic.
By
Social Media
Latest in
Social Media
Gaza and the new digital divide
A widening generation gap is polarising online news audiences – and coverage of the Israel-Hamas war has made the rift…
By
The rise of WhatsApp government
How the text message is transforming our democracies.
By
The rise of playlist politics
How digital choice has deepened the crisis of democracy.
By
Inside the fight for smartphone-free childhoods
A rising number of parents want to ban under-16s from owning smartphones: “If it’s impossible for adults to regulate their…
By
The child entertainment reckoning
From family vlogging to kids TV, former child performers are speaking out about toxic workplaces, exploitation and abuse.
By
Kate Middleton and our conspiracy culture
Wild theories about the princess, who has announced she has cancer, are a symptom of a digital world defined by…
By
Banning TikTok won’t save us
The problem with Big Tech runs much, much deeper.
By