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October 2026

  • A smartphone screen displays a Pornhub age-restriction warning in a close-up with a blurred background

    Pornhub returns to Australia after banning access due to age verification rules

  • The logo of Meta on the window of the Meta Lab in Los Angeles

    Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks

  • Secondary school pupils moving by a window in a school UK, blurred

    The Guardian view on sexual abuse in schools: teachers cannot deal with this alone

  • IWF sign with a globe logo sits atop the Internet Watch Foundation's office building

    Internet Watch Foundation reports huge rise in AI child sexual abuse material

September 2026

  • Lisa Nandy in Downing Street

    Nandy says children’s social media ban only ‘staging post’ in online safety drive

  • A boy's silhouette holds up a smartphone before a screen showing Roblox game characters

    Scam watch
    ‘Mum, where did my Robux go?’ The Roblox scam targeting children

  • A young boy looking at social media apps on his smartphone

    TikTok drops appeal against £12.7m fine for not keeping under-13s off platform

  • The age-verification screen on the Pornhub website

    Pornhub investigated over concerns it can still be accessed by UK children

  • Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act

  • Swedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia

  • Stateside with Kai and Carter
    Taylor Lorenz on the global effort to ban kids from social media – Stateside with Kai and Carter

    Video37:10

  • double quotation markThe right is wrong about digital duty of care. It promises Australians more freedom, not less

    Peter Lewis

  • US schools and police warn about viral ‘Cat in the Hat’ trend after teens’ arrests

  • Gavin Newsom imposes strict new rules on AI, social media and chatbots for children

  • UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones

  • Today in Focus
    Why Meta started losing in court - podcast

    Podcast26:04

August 2026

  • 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

  • Jonathan Freedland

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

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Chris Stokel-Walker

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

    Chris Stokel-Walker
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