Tag: Social media

With input from its nine million users, Mumsnet's first ever "manifesto" is demanding clarity on the definition of a "woman" in the Equality Act.

A ban on social media for under-16s is being urged by MPs amid concerns about its detrimental effects on children's well-being.

Does anyone actually read books anymore? With increasing numbers of children and adults eschewing books, Joanna Gray wonders if we have already entered the Dark Ages.

As though LinkedIn wasn't woke enough, the social media site has added a 'Pronoun Button' that will drive normal people away and hasten its descent into Facebook-like irrelevance, says C. J. Strachan.

Pfizer has been fined just £34,800 for promoting its Covid vaccine before authorisation. But this is a criminal offence, say Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson. When will overpaid bosses face real consequences?

The future of X in Brazil is under threat after Elon Musk opposed Brazilian court orders aimed at restricting social media accounts amid a Government crackdown on fake news and hate speech.

In a legal battle over discrimination and free speech rights, a devout Christian social worker is suing an NHS-backed firm after his £25,000 job offer was rescinded due to his views on homosexuality.

Meet Kacper Surdy, a 20 year-old British student whose Twitter/X account @Ringwiss has made him an unlikely go-to resource for Washington's top policymakers.

The BBC faces another antisemitism scandal as two journalists, responsible for accusing Israeli soldiers of abusing Gaza hospital medics, have endorsed videos glorifying Hamas attacks and anti-Israel content online.

The sacking of a BBC employee for spreading Holocaust denial and antisemitic slurs on social media has underscored the urgency for the corporation to combat and denounce antisemitism within its ranks.