Action against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementationMeta has launched a fresh legal challenge against Britain’s media regulator in the latest of a slew of actions by...
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Read MoreHackers include Russia-based actors targeting WhatsApp and Signal accounts, parliamentary authorities warnMPs are facing rising numbers of phishing attacks and Russia-based actors are actively targeting the WhatsApp and Signal...
Read MoreWhen Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?• Read an exclusive extract from...
Read MoreThere is the initial group. Then the side group. Then another splinter group. Suddenly, in your bones, you know the wrong message is going to end up with the wrong person …It’s the new last taboo. Officially added to the list of...
Read MoreChatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helplineThe Meta chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, called it “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use”. But...
Read MoreVicar calls MP’s position untenable after newly revealed messages show him suggesting she be ‘burned on a bonfire’A serving Anglican priest has called for Andrew Gwynne to resign after new WhatsApp messages emerged in which the...
Read MoreRyan is second MP to face sanctions after emergence of details of Trigger Me Timbers groupBurnley MP Oliver Ryan investigated by Labour over ‘unacceptable’ WhatsApp commentsThe Labour MP Oliver Ryan has been suspended by Labour...
Read MoreBurnley MP apologises for messages posted in same group chat Andrew Gwynne was sacked as a minister overThe Burnley MP Oliver Ryan is being investigated by the Labour party over “unacceptable and deeply disappointing” comments...
Read MoreTory leader says comments from ‘likely reputable’ sources such as the BMA were used to support misinformationFamily WhatsApp groups were a greater concern for spreading fake news during the pandemic than social media platforms,...
Read MoreFarage and Reform UK treasurer met Musk at Donald Trump’s Florida home, party saysJonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, has announced that the scope of the compensation programme for victims of the Post Office scandal will...
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