91 m. ago Ella Baron on Keir Starmer, Donald Trump and social media bans – cartoon

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94 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing star Thomas Skinner joins Reform UK after branding Keir Starmer 'out of his depth'

Skinner, who also starred on the Apprentice in 2019, was seen posing with the party's leader Nigel Faragein a post to social media today, which carried the caption: 'Bosh!'

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2 h. ago Government to issue statement on social media ban for under 16s after tens of thousands sign petition

The petition is calling for a total ban on social media use for under 16s

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2 h. ago Cruz Beckham breaks silence following Brooklyn's explosive social media rant

Cruz Beckham has shown where his current focus lies after Brooklyn made allegations against the family last night.

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2 h. ago Cruz Beckham breaks social media silence after Brooklyn's bombshell family allegations

Cruz Beckham has broken his social media silence and appeared to brush off the drama caused by older brother Brooklyn's bombshell statement, which made a series of allegations against his family

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2 h. ago Donald Trump's unhinged latest as he goes on wild social media rant on NATO and Greenland

There was a collective sharp intake of breath this afternoon, when notifications started pinging up on phones that Donald Trump had been posting on Truth Social again - here are the most unhinged things that happened in Trumpworld in the last 24 hours

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3 h. ago Victoria Beckham treats herself to £225k Ferrari amid family feud with son Brooklyn

FORMER Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has bagged herself a brand new £225,000 Ferrari amid her bitter family feud. The 51-year-old was snapped driving off in the lavish supercar last week -just days before her son Brooklyn's explosive social media rant last night. Brooklyn, David and Victoria's eldest son dropped a scathing six part statement about...

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3 h. ago Scots Labour MP warns against 'punishing young people' with under

The UK Government is consulting on a potential social media ban for those aged under 16

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4 h. ago Foul play? Seve Ballesteros statue vanishes from hometown in Spain

Life-size statue disappears in golf legend’s hometown‘Everything indicates that it was a theft,’ says councilSpanish authorities have launched an investigation following the disappearance of a statue commemorating golfer Seve Ballesteros from his hometown of Pedrena, near Santander in northern Spain’s Cantabria region.The Marina de Cudeyo Town Council confirmed the incident on Sunday through their social media accounts, describing the disappearance as “an unfortunate event” and suggesting foul play. “Everything indicates that it was a theft,” the council stated. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Big tech continues to bend the knee to Trump a year after his inauguration

Inside the big rewards tech titans have reaped from caving to Trump. Plus, a look at the US datacenter boom and the effects of Australia’s social media banHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, the Guardian’s US tech editor.One year ago today, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States. Standing alongside him that day were the leaders of the tech industry’s most powerful companies, who had donated to him in an unprecedented bending of the knee. In the ensuing year, the companies have reaped enormous rewards from their alliance with Trump, which my colleague Nick Robins-Early and I wrote about last month after Trump signed an executive order prohibiting states from passing laws regulating AI. Trump has sponsored the tech industry with billions in government funding and with diplomatic visits that featured CEOs as his fellow negotiators in massive, lucrative deals. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘My daughter is addicted to her phone – only a social media ban for under

The UK government has announced plans to consult on a social media ban for under-16s – but will it solve the problem? Nicole Wootton-Cane speaks to parents about whether they would support the measures

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4 h. ago Victoria Beckham called Nicola Peltz 'the best dance partner' in 2024

It comes after Brooklyn claimed his mum ‘hijacked’ his first dance at his 2022 wedding in bombshell social media post

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5 h. ago 'Your parents are not abusers': Katherine Ryan launches a blistering attack on Brooklyn Beckham and brands him an 'ungrateful nepo baby' as she savages him in defence of David and Victoria

The comedian, 42, was responding to the eldest Beckham son's bombshell statement on social media on Monday where he launched an attack of his parents.

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5 h. ago Doomscrolling breaks and overnight curfews considered as part of social media crackdown plans, minister says

Tech secretary Liz Kendall announces a ‘swift’ consultation on banning children using social media, with a verdict expected by the summer

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5 h. ago David Beckham breaks silence after Brooklyn's social media claims with cryptic speech

The former footballer spoke about children's mistakes on social media on CNBC following Brooklyn's shocking Instagram statement

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6 h. ago Who is Nelson Peltz? The Wall Street billionaire at the heart of the Beckham rift

The multi-millionaire has kept quiet publicly with the ongoing problems between his daughter and the Beckham clan.... after the row was taken onto social media

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6 h. ago ‘My mum went so far as to call me evil’: nine things you need to know about the Beckham family feud

Brooklyn has finally broken his silence about his rift with his parents. He’s not mincing his words – from his ‘overwhelming anxiety’ about being raised in the spotlight to his mum’s ‘inappropriate dancing’ at his weddingRich, powerful and beautiful they may be, but the Beckhams are almost certainly having a worse day than you. After quite literally years of tabloid speculation and swipes between siblings on social media, the long-rumoured rift between Lord and Lady Becks and their eldest son, Brooklyn, has finally come to a head, with Brooklyn “breaking his silence” in a wordy, six-slide statement to Instagram late on Monday. If your response to his opus was “I ain’t reading all that”, here’s the lowdown on 26-year-old Brooklyn’s beef, and David and Victoria’s alleged transgressions, so that you can at least pretend you did. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago David Beckham fires back after Brooklyn's bombshell attack: 'Children are allowed to make mistakes'

The retired football star had some choice words following his eldest son’s nuclear six-page statement shared on social media

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6 h. ago Investigation launched as statue of golf legend Seve Ballesteros vanishes

It was revealed on social media that the statue in Ballesteros’ hometown vanished over the weekend

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6 h. ago This fun thriller does the impossible: it makes you feel sorry for influencers (yes, really)

Influencer stars Cassandra Naud as CW, a Tom Ripley for the Instagram generation, who takes out influencers, posts as them and enjoys their lifestyles“Film is a machine for empathy,” Roger Ebert famously once said – and given how empathetic this scrappy thriller made me feel towards influencers, of all people, Influencer is a very well-oiled machine indeed. Director Kurtis David Harder takes a good elevator pitch – hot girl kills influencers and takes over their social media accounts – and turns it into something far smarter and entertaining than you might expect, with a small budget and a lead actor who, mark my words, will be in everything before long.The film opens on Madison (Emily Tennant), an influencer who is in Thailand on a sort of working holiday – taking smiley selfies, posing with skincare products and barely leaving her hotel while espousing the values of travel to her thousands of followers. “I love soaking it all in and really experiencing Asia as it is meant to be ex...

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