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September 2026

  • Young person in black jumper and hoodie with head in hands sitting against a wire fence.

    Thinktank reports epidemic of loneliness among England’s ‘disconnected’ young

    Youth club closures, unaffordable housing and social media cited as factors contributing to a sharp decline in wellbeing
  • Members of Colorado's trial team celebrate after Meta’s settlement on 26 August 2026 in Oakland, California.

    The Guardian view on regulating big tech: Meta has got off too lightly

  • Rescue work continues in the aftermath of catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet. News sites have been hit by racist comments about missing Australians.

    Australians missing in Nepal targeted by ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘abhorrent’ racist slurs

  • Online child exploitation illustration

    The sadistic online groomers targeting victims around the world – and a mother’s struggle to keep her daughter safe

  • An illustration of a girl sitting in front of a laptop computer

    Sadistic online exploitation: five warning signs for parents – and how to keep young people safe

  • The social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, has told ABC’s Insiders that social media algorithms are deliberately feeding boys and men violent content.

    Australia could make social media algorithms optional and follow UK ban on pornography depicting strangulation

    Social services minister says social media was playing a role in the increase of sexual violence among teenagers
  • Illustration of a person walking past a bookshop while tiny people try to promote the books

    How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade

    From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumn
  • Phoebe Greenwood

    Sunsets, disasters, dinners: we now record them all with our phones. But what is that doing to our souls?

    Phoebe Greenwood
    As a war correspondent, I worked with photographers who said the camera was a buffer between them and reality. It is much the same now as we snap and scroll, says journalist and author Phoebe Greenwood
  • Jonathan Freedland

    An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon

    Jonathan Freedland
    Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
  • A child lies down, reaching a hand toward a smartphone on a textured blanket

    First Edition newsletter
    Friday briefing: ​Could Meta’s ​child‑​safety ​settlement ​open the ​door​ to global reform?

    In today’s newsletter: ​T​he vast US payout may reshape teen safety online​ beyond the borders of America, but there are more lawsuits to come
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  • Mark Zuckerberg walks through a crowd of photographers and reporters outside a courthouse

    What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?

    Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands
  • Chris Stokel-Walker

    An $18bn settlement is a drop in the ocean for Meta – but the tide will still come for it

    Chris Stokel-Walker
  • Child lying down, reaching for a smartphone on a textured blanket

    UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

  • a series of ai generated images on donald trump's truthsocial feed

    AI slopper in chief: Trump turns to social media amid tough questions

  • Georges Dib wearing a blue shirt.

    Drugs in pastries, months on the run: the double-life of Lebanese influencer Dr Food

  • A man wearing a suit and holding a satchel walking.

    Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers

    Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all-clear to say the product is safe’
  • Close-up of teenage boys' hands holding and scrolling on smartphones while sitting next to each other

    Meta’s settlement will compel others to bend the knee and set up teen guardrails

    Instagram and Facebook’s parent company agreed to sweeping alterations and a payment of up to $18bn to settle a landmark trial

    • What’s about to change on Facebook and Instagram: six key takeaways from the end of the Meta trial

    • Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram as it settles US trial over teen addiction for up to $18bn

    • Parent whose 16-year-old daughter died by suicide reacts to Meta settlement – video

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