Social Media

Myspace Could Be Making a Comeback — and Millennials Are Not Ready

Myspace Could Be Making a Comeback — and Millennials Are Not Ready

Myspace Could Be Making a Comeback — and Millennials Are Not Ready Picture the scene: a garish profile crammed with sparkly bubble text, autoplaying music and the agonising politics of ranking your top eight friends. For a generation of millennials, that was Myspace — a digital rite of passage as formative as it was faintly […]

5 days ago

Social media platforms react to Starmer’s under-16 ban

Social media platforms react to Starmer’s under-16 ban

The ban was announced today Social media firms, including Meta and YouTube, have reacted to Keir Starmer’s plan to ban the platforms for under-16s. This morning Keir Starmer announced a social media ban for under-16s in the UK as he addressed the nation. The PM announced the major ban which follows in the footsteps of […]

1 month ago

Full list of apps set to be blocked in social media ban for under-16s

Full list of apps set to be blocked in social media ban for under-16s

‘A full ban is the right choice’ Keir Starmer has announced a social media ban for under-16s in the UK as he addressed the nation this morning. Speaking this morning, the PM announced the major ban which follows in the footsteps of other nations taking action on social media. Only in December last year, Australia […]

1 month ago

Keir Starmer announces social media ban for under-16s in address to the nation

Keir Starmer announces social media ban for under-16s in address to the nation

‘A full ban is the right choice’ Keir Starmer has announced a social media ban for under-16s in the UK as he addressed the nation this morning. Speaking this morning, the PM announced the major ban which follows in the footsteps of other nations taking action on social media. Only in December last year, Australia […]

1 month ago

Irish town unites to create smartphone free childhood

Irish town unites to create smartphone free childhood

Parents in Greystones have banned the use of smartphones for primary school children. The parents of Greystones came together in 2023 to collectively ban the use of smartphones for children until they reach secondary school. Children in the Wicklow town will be kept without smartphones for as long as possible, in an attempt to give […]

2 months ago