From Jan 1st 2027 Greece is banning social media usage for under 15’s. It is pretty much a certainty that most European countries will be doing bans for under 16’s by around the same timeframe…
In a report that won’t come as a shock to many, OFCOM is reporting that fewer UK adults post to social media whilst AI use is up massively and people worry about screen time and…
The UK has announced that new laws will come into force in early 2027 to help with the subs hell, going round and round trying to cancel subscriptions or get refunds. This is a very…
In an unexpected move OpenAI has decided to shut its Sora AI video app and cancel a $1billion Disney contract. Basically Sora was losing money and was being sued by everyone so it had to…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20qwz9xzr9o This is how it will become in the UK – we really risk becoming a place that under 18’s have to be devious and/or illegal to do what they can right now!
Breaking news here – Meta and Youtube have been found liable for a woman’s social media addiction. No more details yet but this could open the floodgates to a lot of legal action with the…
Interesting read on the BBC here (I know some might have difficulty reading) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo This just shows how these social media companies care little about the user who are literally the product they then sell…
The UK government is doubling down and asking social media firms to toughen up age checks for under 13’s. Now whilst I feel this is something that should be done I can see a negative…
Another set of chats I have had recently is the perennial does FB listen to me, and whilst, in the past I would say it probably does I now say no it doesn’t… and here…
Over the last few weeks I have been having various chats, both formal and informal, about how social media and the internet is going in 2026 and it has become very clear that the majority…
