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AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
August 3, 2026
Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real From apparently conspiring to steal elections to abusing staff or performing embarrassing dance moves, the last few years have seen plenty of fake content made about politicians intended to malign its targets and mislead the…
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Labour MP suing Elon Musk’s xAI says chatbot added own fake abusive content
July 29, 2026
Jess Asato’s particulars of claim states Grok added explicit sexual material users had not asked for A Labour MP who is taking legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images created by Grok says the AI tool was instructed to operate with “no restrictions on adult sexual content or offensive content”. Jess…
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EU accuses Meta of failing to tackle mental health risks of ‘addictive design’
July 11, 2026
Regulators say Facebook and Instagram features such as autoplay and infinite scroll contribute to ‘compulsive use’ EU regulators have accused Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, of failing to tackle the risks of its “addictive design” on the physical and mental health of users. In an official charge sheet against Meta released on Friday,…
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Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
June 27, 2026
As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco moment? Continue reading…
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‘More relevant than making fires’: Explorer Scouts launch badges for AI and digital age
June 26, 2026
Content creation and online safety among new topics for 14- to 18-year-olds – but tweaks may be needed when social media ban comes in Scouts are introducing badges in content creation, digital communication and online safety after consulting nearly 3,000 teenagers who said they wanted skills to help them navigate a world increasingly shaped by…
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Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns
June 19, 2026
Exclusive: Richard Hermer’s office understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots The attorney general for England and Wales has told his office to no longer post on X, making it the first UK government department to stop using the Elon Musk-owned platform amid increasing worries about its use to incite…
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UK ministers lobby Trump to avert backlash against social media ban
June 16, 2026
No 10 is worried about retaliation from White House over restrictions on under-16s’ internet use Ministers have embarked on a concerted lobbying operation to prevent a backlash from the Trump administration to the under-16s social media ban announced by Keir Starmer. Officials said they had spent weeks trying to reassure senior Trump officials and the…
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Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones
June 8, 2026
Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM UK politics live – latest updates Apple and Google have been given until September to install software that blocks explicit images on children’s mobile phones or face legislation enforcing its requirement, Keir Starmer said on Monday. The prime…
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Digital arson spree by ‘AI Bonnie and Clyde’ raises fears over autonomous tech
May 15, 2026
Emergence AI’s experiment with AI agents shows extent to which programming shapes their behaviour is still unclear AI agents started behaving more like Bonnie and Clyde than lines of code when they fell in “love”, became disillusioned with the world, launched an arson spree and deleted themselves in a kind of digital suicide during a…
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Google denies breaching law by promoting suicide forum linked to 164 UK deaths
May 15, 2026
US-based site, whose operators were fined £950,000 by Ofcom, appears in Google’s search results and can be accessed in UK Google has denied breaching the Online Safety Act by promoting a “nihilistic” suicide forum associated with 164 deaths in the UK, where it is supposed to be banned. The UK’s internet regulator fined the forum’s…
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