The ‘fricy’ flavour sensation: why spicy fruit is the sweet hot taste of this summer
We’ve had swicy. We’ve had swavoury. Now a new fusion of flavours is flying off the shelves. So what do these South American-inspired drinks and dishes actually taste like?
‘You can be made a laughing stock to millions’: can gen Z escape the fear of being cringe?
With the constant risk of being recorded, many young people are afraid of showing enthusiasm – let alone doing something so potentially embarrassing as dancing in public. Is there a way to set themselves free?
Hackers trick Meta AI support bot to infiltrate Obama White House Instagram account
Breach of high-profile accounts raises concerns about reliance on AI for security measures such as passwords
May 2026
Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival
‘Instagram truly is the new LinkedIn’: why gen Z is using social media to get hired
The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?
Labour set to announce crackdown on social media for children within weeks
‘We can stitch together our past’: the AI-generated time-travellers vlogging from history
Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts
Parody Cockroach Janta political party’s rise reflects youth anger in India
Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged
‘There are no rules’: spotlight on Gossip Goblin as AI film-making enters new era
Meta profited from illegal scam ads, California county lawsuit alleges
The Audio Long Read
From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan’s politics – podcast
Into the Ronaldo-verse: sludge of content is eating up sport and the adults are to blame
Barney Ronay
New Mexico proposes $3.7bn fine for Meta and sweeping changes to its social platforms
I’m a late arrival to short-form video – its effect on my life has shocked me
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
April 2026
Meta threatens to shut down social networks in New Mexico over child safety court case
Company asserts in court filing that the state’s proposed remedies would be too onerous to comply with
Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms
Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and Instagram
Social media executives deny platforms are inherently addictive to children
UK representatives from Meta, Roblox and TikTok also tell MPs they believe under-16 ban would be ‘unenforceable’
