26 h. ago Tina O'Brien and Ryan Thomas' teen daughter set to make millions on social media

Waterloo Road star Scarlett Thomas, 16, is set to make a fortune after racking up the views online with content involving her famous family.

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44 h. ago More action needed to protect young people from online harm and hateful content

Nothing should be off the table when it comes to the wellbeing of young people, says Record View.

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4 d. ago Olympics star turned OnlyFans model uses her KIT for content online

Christie, 34, made three Winter Olympic appearances during her time as a short track speed skater before eventually hanging up her skates in 2021.

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4 d. ago Team GB Olympics star turned OnlyFans model uses her KIT for content online

Christie, 34, made three Winter Olympic appearances during her time as a short track speed skater before eventually hanging up her skates in 2021.

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5 d. ago Utah adds protections for child influencers following YouTuber Ruby Franke's child abuse conviction

Utah is moving to protect the children of online content creators following the child abuse conviction of Ruby Franke, who dispensed parenting advice to millions of people online

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6 d. ago As a psychiatrist, I see the toll of toxic online content on boys. Here are 6 ways you can keep your teenage son safe

The new Netflix drama Adolescence, a gripping four-part drama, begins with the arrest of a boy aged 13 for the murder of a female classmate.

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7 d. ago Pentagon’s DEI purge: Officials describe scramble to remove then restore online content

The Pentagon faces questions over the removal of military heroes from Defense websites

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8 d. ago The Pentagon's DEI purge: Officials describe a scramble to remove and then restore online content

The Pentagon has faced questions from lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the removal of military heroes and historic mentions from Defense Department websites and social media pages

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8 d. ago We must unite to protect young men from harmful online content fuelling violence

The plotline of new Netflix drama Adolescence has become a familiar reality in our society, says Record View.

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1 week ago Raise children better to cut knife crime, say family of Southport attack victim

The parents of a girl who survived the attack last year also raised concerns about online content available to boys.

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2 w. ago Critics say Ofcom is too weak on illegal social media content as new rules start

From Monday, Ofcom will start enforcing the Online Safety Act’s illegal content codes.

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2 w. ago Many young people find safety in the soothing world of ASMR – imagine if we could give them that in the real world | Emma Beddington

ASMR videos can mimic the feeling of physical touch, which a study has found is popular with young consumers. But how many intimate gestures of love, care and connection are they missing out on? You wouldn’t think a deep dive on slime-squishing and head-scratching videos could be haunting, but a recent study on ASMR content left me haunted and also slightly grossed out.ASMR, for those not particularly online, is a content genre named after the feeling it provokes in some viewers: autonomous sensory meridian response, a pseudoscientific name for a pleasurable tingling accompanied by a sense of calm. If you’re moderately online, you may know it as “those whispering and tapping videos” – there is lots of that, plus scratching, slime and gentle brushing. But there is much more to it, as I discovered reading a report by innovation agency Revealing Reality, including subgenres that mimic physical touch. You can watch ASMR-ists pretend to brush your hair, groom you for nits or wipe your “f...

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2 w. ago I gained 250lbs as an experiment. Losing it was easy... the health battles that've followed are so much worse

Nikocado Avocado, real name Nicholas Perry, has revealed his latest round of plastic surgeries. The 32-year-old shot to internet fame for his online content of himself eating large amounts of food.

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2 w. ago Emmerdale Manpreet's latest threat 'gives away' who blackmailer is as Ella 'ruled out'

Emmerdale's latest episode may have confirmed who is and isn't behind the cruel harassment Manpreet Sharma is facing over some racy content she posted online on the ITV soap

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3 w. ago Celine Dion issues urgent warning amid health woes as music career is threatened

Singing sensation Celine Dion is facing a growing issue as AI-generated content featuring her likeness and voice continues to spread online

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4 w. ago Young adults increasingly struggling offline turn to ASMR videos, report finds

Visceral videos of people playing with slime or braiding hair soothe those who feel overwhelmed by in-person contactYounger adults are increasingly overwhelmed by in-person interaction and soothing themselves instead with sensory online content, according to a new report on the wildly popular online content known as ASMR.ASMR – autonomous sensory meridian response – describes a particular sensory phenomenon that is triggered by specific sights or sounds, which usually begins with a tingling sensation across the scalp and results in feelings of deep calm and relaxation.47% of those aged 25-34 say they feel overwhelmed in noisy or busy places such as a shopping centre or a train station, compared with 35% of those aged 55-64.39% of those aged 18-24 feel the need to shut out noise, for example using noise-cancelling headphones in public, compared with only 21% of those age 45-54.Younger age groups were also more likely to prefer chatting to people online rather than face-to-face and to...

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