Close to a year after the enactment of the UK’s age assurance law, the Online Safety Act, Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released a report on its progress. The Online Safety Act requires robust age checks for sites that have content “restricted to adults,” which extends from pornography to non-explicit content like the r/stopsmoking…
The UK government announced plans to establish a social media curfew for teens aged 16 and 17, the BBC reported. The news comes a month after the UK announced a ban on social media for children under 16, and days after the EU announced a similar ban for children under 13. The curfew would restrict…
Rappers are known to exaggerate for street cred. Mostly to create an aura of either authenticity or mythos to get fans to buy in. It’s the nature of the game. But there’s exaggerating, and then there’s just lying. A viral clip of one particularly outrageous lie is making the rounds again, three years later. It’s…
X is rolling out a small but notable change to how it surfaces content from people users follow back, according to a post from the platform’s head of product, Nikita Bier. In a message published Monday, Bier said the company identified a gap in how the algorithm weighted relationships between users. “We’re rolling out a…
Today, the President of the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, announced plans for the EU to restrict social media platforms and other “digital services” for children under 13. The statement comes in tandem with the publication of a report on online child safety, in which members of…
Following a lighthearted week of quality time and family reunions, Love Island USA finally announced the four couples competing for the $100,000 first-place prize. After Corbin and Parmida were dumped from the villa in Season 8, episode 29, there were six couples left standing: Aniya and Carl, Kayda and Zach, Kenzie and Dylan, Melanie and Sincere,…
Spend five minutes on the World Cup side of TikTok or scrolling through X, and you might come away with one glaring conclusion: Everyone is rooting against Argentina. That is not exactly true, of course. Argentina has one of the loudest, most passionate fan bases in the tournament, and Lionel Messi remains one of the…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has finally completed its first voyage in front of critics, and the early reaction is basically: find the biggest screen near you. The first social reactions to Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic arrived after the film’s London world premiere and early press screenings. The movie, shot entirely with IMAX film cameras,…
Erling Haaland has become one of the 2026 World Cup’s biggest characters in China, and not just because he keeps scoring. The Norwegian striker has spent the past few weeks dominating the field, terrifying defenders, and helping push Norway deep into the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But online, especially on Chinese social media, he has…
Connor Storrie just earned his first Emmy nomination — but not for the role that turned him into one of the internet’s newest heartthrobs. The 26-year-old actor received the nod Wednesday for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. That was for hosting Saturday Night Live earlier this year. While many fans had hoped to…