Conservative leader backs Australian-inspired policy to stop platforms ‘profiting from their anxiety’ The Conservatives are backing a ban on social media for under-16s in an attempt to prevent addictive platforms fuelling anxiety and distraction among teenagers. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, said she did not like the word ban but she wanted to see an age limit of 16 in the same way that Australia has introduced restrictions on social media for children. Continue reading...

Mandelson tells the BBC he won't apologise to Epstein's victims because he was not 'knowledgeable' of the situation.

The tech billionaire hits back at calls to boycott the platform because its Grok AI tool allows users to digitally undress women and girls

Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration A large majority of UK voters believe immigration is increasing despite sharp falls in the number of people entering the UK, according to exclusive polling shared with the Guardian. Voters also say they have no confidence in the government’s ability to control the UK’s borders, according to the poll by More in Common. The results will come as a blow to Keir Starmer’s administration, which has taken an increasingly hardline stance on immigration in recent months. Continue reading...

In Nocturna City, there are no accidents - only orchestrated eliminations.

Information watchdog says party’s data controller should refer unauthorised launch to police Zarah Sultana’s unauthorised launch of a Your Party membership portal may have been a “serious criminal act” and should be referred to the police, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has advised. Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project (PJP), which referred Your Party to the information watchdog last September over a potential data breach, has been advised by the ICO that it should consider “taking further action” regarding the matter, after deciding it was not a matter for them. Continue reading...