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How Elon Musk boosted Europe's hard-right on social media

Musk is a kingmaker on the platform he acquired in 2022, and European political figures have taken note.

Green News

Report exposes key players spreading climate disinformation

A new report has revealed how political figures, fossil fuel interests and foreign states are shaping climate denial worldwide.

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TikTok introduces new parental controls

TikTok has introduced new features to increase parental controls and improve users' experiences on the app.

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Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for children under age 16

Australians under the age of 16 will be barred from creating accounts on YouTube come December.

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UK starts porn age verification. What to know about internet age check

Some of the strictest rules in the world for age verification have come to the UK.

Climate

Study: Social media boosts climate conspiracies over emergency alerts

The study says the influence of high-profile conspiracy theorists during climate disasters is drowning out emergency response efforts.

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Elon Musk’s X fails to deal with Russian disinformation, study says

Some 125 reports of Russian disinformation were reported to X, but only one was removed. The rest went largely ignored.

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TikTok employees in Germany strike over AI taking their jobs

Trade union ver.di says about 150 employees in content moderation and content creator outreach are at risk of losing their jobs as TikTok looks to replace them with AI.

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Meta ran ads to fundraise for Israeli Defence Forces, analysis shows

Meta ran ads that fundraised €2.05 million for the Israeli Defence Forces, a new analysis shows.

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Smartphones lead to ‘suicidal thoughts’ in children under 13, study

A new study shows that children under the age of 13 who had access to a smartphone were more likely to have suicidal thoughts, lower self-worth, and detachment from reality compared to their older peers.

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Musk’s X says French probe into algorithm is ‘politically motivated'

France alleges that X’s algorithm was being used for foreign interference.

Business

European luxury market is growing and TikTok is increasingly key

Despite the global slowdown in the luxury goods sector, Europe is showing growth. In 2024, the value of the market in the region increased by 3% and reached almost €110 billion. What is behind this paradox?

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Socrates would question AI’s role in democracy, says former Greek PM

Artificial intelligence is transforming “the way we think about the world, the way that we communicate [and] our political culture in a democracy,” Greece’s former prime minister George Papandreou tells Euronews Next.

Culture news

Explaining the viral irony of The White House's 'Superman Trump' post

The new Superman movie is out and it is a fantastic blockbuster outing for the start of the new era of DC Studios. And The White House's official X account has joined in on the fun... Except social media users have pointed out a certain irony...

Nutrition

What is ‘fibremaxxing’ and should we all be doing it?

A wellness trend on TikTok is advocating eating as much fibre as possible. For once, nutrition experts actually agree.

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X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after two years of running platform

In a post on the platform, Yaccarino said she was "immensely grateful" to Elon Musk for hiring her.

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Grimes delivers scathing and viral rant aimed at ex-partner Elon Musk

Grimes, who shares three children with Elon Musk, has returned to social media and lashed out at the platform owned by her ex-partner. The post has gone viral - amassing nearly a million views.

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Former Twitter co-founder launches messaging app run on Bluetooth

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter, launched BitChat over the weekend as a beta messaging app that works over Bluetooth networks rather than WiFi or mobile data.

Food and Drink

Eat up: How chefs and content creators are cooking future foods

Once upon a time, culinary traditions were set in stone, recipes passed down from generation to generation, untouched and unaltered, but nowadays, that notion is being turned on its head by chefs and content creators bent on ripping up the old rules, writes Francesca Della Penna.

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How social media is fueling the Israel-Iran conflict

The belligerents are weaponising social media against each other and aiming it towards their own populations: from spying and censorship to propaganda and disinformation. Recent blackouts and military bans show how digital platforms have become key battlegrounds.