‘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?
May 2026
Meta and Snapchat blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts
US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’
April 2026
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’
What are the UK government’s plans to regulate social media for under-16s?
As Keir Starmer tells tech bosses to make their sites safer, ministers are weighing up what they can do
MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time
Reworked
Snap Inc blames AI as it lays off 1,000 workers
‘Irresponsible failure’: Google, Meta, Snap and Microsoft slam EU over child sexual abuse law lapse
March 2026
Brussels opens investigation into Snapchat amid concern over children’s safety
Snapchat told an Australian mother it would not delete her son’s account because his listed age was 25
