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3 days ago
Hands around a mobile phone displaying binary code and a megaphone

How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?

Algorithms can watch our behaviour and determine what millions of us see when we log on.

3 days ago
BBC InDepth
1 Oct 2024
Google image of the entrance to Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf in Cardiff, showing fencing, road and school buildings, as well as the entrance sign

School shuts X account over 'racism' on platform

The head says young people on the app "were drawn into lies and racism" during the summer riots.

1 Oct 2024
Wales
27 Sep 2024
Montage: An iPhone displaying code alongside the 'X' logo, two rioters standing near a burning car, all set against the backdrop of prison bars.

They were arrested for posting during the riots – will it change anything?

Charges following disorder felt significant, but for social media giants there was no day of reckoning.

27 Sep 2024
BBC InDepth
26 Sep 2024
Headshot of Elon Musk with a serious expression

Musk hits back after being shunned from UK summit

There is concern about his social media posts about the UK during last month’s riots, the BBC understands.

26 Sep 2024
22 Sep 2024
A composite image showing Donald Trump in the centre, with a streak of blood across his face after shots were fired at him, while in the background are images of Camille tinted in Democrat blue and Wild Mother in Republican red.

How social media assassination conspiracies are uniting pro- and anti-Trump voters

A pro-Trump wellness influencer and a suburban Democrat share a conspiracy theory - how did it spread so far?

22 Sep 2024
US & Canada
19 Sep 2024
Elon Musk

Brazil fines Musk's X for site's return after ban

The social media platform formerly known as Twitter was banned in the country in August.

19 Sep 2024
17 Sep 2024
Elon Musk arriving at an event on 8 September.

Secret Service 'aware' of Elon Musk post about Harris, Biden

The tech tycoon has deleted the post about assassination attempts on the president and vice-president, saying it was a joke.

17 Sep 2024
US & Canada
10 Sep 2024
A phone screen with the X logo on and the old Twitter logo.

Council stopped using X due to 'daily abuse'

A councillor says the social media site's reporting service is "not fit for purpose".

10 Sep 2024
Devon
6 Sep 2024
Julie Inman Grant

'These aren't just words': The woman threatened for taking X to court

Australia's internet watchdog says she received a torrent of abuse after being personally named by Elon Musk.

6 Sep 2024
Technology

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