Category: X

‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew

All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed blockSixteen- and 17-year-olds in Britain are to be encouraged to observe a midnight to 6am social media curfew but will be able to...

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Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he...

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Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

Guardian analysis of X feed shows how keen world’s richest person was to air his views and ‘interfere’ in British politics Elon Musk posted about race and immigration in the UK on his social media network X twice as often as he...

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Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours...

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Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours...

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Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and divisionThe UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours...

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UK attorney general tells staff to stop using X amid disinformation concerns

Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s department understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riotsThe attorney general has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop...

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‘Killer of trust’: social media groups fuel misinformation in UK, report finds

Investigation reveals more than 4.4 million people live in ‘news deserts’ that lack dedicated local reportingLocal social media groups are fuelling misinformation in areas with no reliable sources of news, according to an...

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Ministers may try to curb spread of misinformation during social unrest

Technology secretary Liz Kendall says she is ‘very concerned’ about role of social media but will not be ‘bullied off’ XThe government is considering fresh action to halt the spread of misinformation during public crises, Liz...

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