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A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet18:53 Smac McCreanor, a content creator who recreates viral internet trends through dance, gets woken up by bunnies every day Have you seen the video of Smac McCreanor pretending to be a parakeet ? Dressed in green, she gracefully slides and sidesteps, occasionally lifting her arms – or wings? – mimicking the movements of a bird who went viral for his dance moves . McCreanor, 33, translates the interne… X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts9:49 Site takes no action over hate posts against UK politicians including Kemi Badenock, Shabana Mahmood and Zia Yusuf X has refused to take down dozens of social media posts reported as “hate, abuse or harassment” in which prominent UK politicians, including Kemi Badenoch, have been racially abused. In May, researchers from the social inclusion thinktank British Future reported 30 posts from this year in which the Conservative party leader was called the N-word. In each case the researchers used t… UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps12.června Measures to include restrictions on ‘safe’ social media apps, with some fearing banning some platforms and not others will lead to legal challenges Teenagers under the age of 16 are to be banned from accessing “high-risk” social media apps while safer platforms will be subjected to restrictions, under a sweeping government crackdown. Under-18s will also be banned from using romantic or sexual AI … More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture12.června The gunman’s ‘militancy and excitement’ increased as Australian far-right groups grew bolder, a new book suggests Terrified children hid in the corners of their classrooms at the Islamic Center of San Diego , as they had been trained to do, after the shooting began. The center’s longtime security guard, Amin Abdullah, prevented two teenage gunmen from entering the building and reaching the school… Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules10.června Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square A high-profile Chinese activist in the UK who was inundated with deepfake posts on X portraying her as a sexually promiscuous drug addict was told that the abuse did not breach the rules of Elon Musk’s platform. Apple Peiqing Ni, the 27-year-old founder of the UK-based China Dissent… Let this be a warning – if Europe worries about Trump, it has even more reason to fear JD Vance | Gaby Hinsliff9.června His toxic Henry Nowak intervention fits a pattern. Vance has hard-right views, a disdain for European society – and he may yet become president Immigration is falling in Britain . It’s falling so fast and so hard – net migration to the UK nearly halved between 2024 and 2025 – that before long we could conceivably be a shrinking population , with more people leaving the country than coming here. (… Child sexual abuse victims in England and Wales to get help to remove online images9.června Echo project will help erase images as part of package of support to end ‘prolonged suffering of survivors’ Victims of child sexual abuse in England and Wales will be given help to remove online images of their abuse as part of a wider package of support to end the “prolonged suffering of survivors”. The Echo project will help those who have reported their abuse to the police to identify and remo… Starmer says government will legislate if tech companies don’t stop children using phones to take naked images – UK politics li8.června Prime minister makes announcement during speech at the start of London Tech Week In his speech Starmer cited the government’s response to Grok, when its AI tool was being used to allow people to produce non-consensual intimate images, as an example of how the government would stand up to tech companies. He said: Where technology poses a threat to our people, to our children, we will act quickly a… ‘Killer of trust’: social media groups fuel misinformation in UK, report finds8.června Investigation reveals more than 4.4 million people live in ‘news deserts’ that lack dedicated local reporting Local social media groups are fuelling misinformation in areas with no reliable sources of news, according to an investigation that reveals the scale of fake news flowing to vulnerable communities across Britain. Misinformation was nearly three times more common in areas with little or no… Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone PIN really be safer than a password?7.června The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions explores a topical issue of personal cybersecurity Readers reply: If an alien asked you: ‘What is music?’ what would you play for them? I’ve been struggling to get my head around the idea that a passkey, which can be a PIN on your phone, or facial recognition, can be safer than using a complicated password, and two factor au… Ministers may try to curb spread of misinformation during social unrest6.června Technology secretary Liz Kendall says she is ‘very concerned’ about role of social media but will not be ‘bullied off’ X The government is considering fresh action to halt the spread of misinformation during public crises, Liz Kendall has said, insisting she will not be “bullied off” Elon Musk’s X. The technology secretary was speaking after rioting broke out in Southampton over the police respon… Are You Watching? review – unflinching, fury-filled interrogation of the vile side of the web5.června Royal Court, London Teenage girls discuss the horrors they have seen via their phones as Georgie Dettmer’s reckoning with internet culture is brutally realised by director Jess Edwards Georgie Dettmer’s gaze is unflinching. Nothing is held back in Are You Watching?, her fury-filled interrogation of our twisted relationship with sex and violence, and the emotional distance we hide behind when we w… Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s AI company over fake sexualised images3.června Jess Asato was portrayed by AI tool as wearing a bikini after she criticised the creation of such non-consensual pictures A Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Musk’s AI company after saying its Grok tool helped a user produce fake sexualised pictures of her, part of a wave of such images that flooded X earlier this year. Jess Asato, the MP for Lowestoft, said in January that seeing her… |
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