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The Molly Russell verdict proves it – social media must be regulated
A ruling has found social media companies played a part in the death of a British teenager. Intervention must be…
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Find here all of the New Statesman’s comment and analysis about social media and the digital age.
A ruling has found social media companies played a part in the death of a British teenager. Intervention must be…
ByMark Zuckerberg’s latest iteration of his virtual world has been derided as aesthetically primitive – but is that the point?
ByThe thrill of the genre is that it lends a factual story a dramatic twist. In fact, it is as…
ByYounger users are using social platforms instead of search engines, but a study suggests a fifth of TikTok results contain…
ByThe concept has gone viral on social media – but that could also undermine its power.
ByImages and videos of girls aged 13 and under make up 95 per cent of self-generated child sexual abuse on…
ByKeily Blair, chief operating and strategy officer of the controversial creator platform, on why she's a big believer in the…
ByWhat does it mean to have grown up alongside an adolescent internet?
ByFacebook, Instagram and TikTok’s move to ban the misogynist was surprisingly swift and decisive.
ByFrom Botox to fillers, every time a new beauty treatment arrives on the market it seems to wash through society.
ByFrom using AI to inform legislature to strengthening online voting, institutions are increasingly looking to tech to help protect civic…
ByI resent the suggestion that a wide friendship circle makes you somehow cheap or insincere.
ByThe former Twitter executive reflects on the social network’s moderation problem and where the self-help industry went wrong.
ByThis narrow binary between glossy, aesthetic photos or TikTok-style video overlooks a crucial, broader change in our digital habits.
ByThe latest Instagram update is a reminder that the online spaces we have come to call home were never ours.
ByThe social media platform is now the fastest growing news source for adults. The potential consequences are disturbing.
ByInstagram taps into our competitive psychology and tendency for girl-on-girl bullying.
ByWe may have opted in to social media but we have not – could never have – agreed to everything…
ByMen don’t swipe for marriage.
ByAs child safety campaigners push for stronger regulation, a growing faction of the Tory party is crying "censorship".
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