Category: Digital media

X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts

Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed attempts, with Russia being most prolificElon Musk’s X said it has suspended 800m accounts over a 12-month period as it fights the...

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Dubai influencers’ lives of luxury interrupted by Iran strikes: ‘The image of safety has been shattered’

Contradicting images of parties and war-flooded feeds after Iran targeted Gulf states in retaliation for US-Israeli attacksMike Babayan was in a hookah lounge when he heard the explosion on Saturday night. Dubai – a gilded...

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Hundreds of UK teenagers to pilot social media bans and restrictions

Trials to form part of three-month consultation on Keir Starmer’s plans to tackle negative effects of smartphone useHundreds of teenagers will be enlisted to trial social media bans in the coming months with overnight...

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The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream?

With the rise of influencer Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxers’, sexist language from niche memes has infiltrated official government accounts and NYT headlinesA recent tweet from the US Department of Defense boasts about...

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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous

Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I seeIf you’re anything like my parents, you probably wouldn’t even understand most...

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