Social media

The images of Spain’s floods weren’t created by AI. The trouble is, people think they were

My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur’s Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of...

Influencer who brought camera crew to New York marathon banned from race

A social media influencer from Texas was disqualified from last weekend’s New York City Marathon and banned from...

Watchdog rules Eurostar ads on social media for £39 seats were misleading

Cross-channel train operator Eurostar has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating the number of £39 seats...

Russia says $20 decillion fine against Google is ‘symbolic’

The Kremlin has said that Russia’s huge fines imposed on Google were largely symbolic and designed to spur...

Warning social media videos could be exploited by scammers to clone voices

Consumers have been warned that their social media videos could be exploited by scammers to clone their voices with AI and then trick their...

Shopper’s videos of himself trying to beat ‘insanely speedy’ Aldi cashiers go viral

Many supermarket shoppers will be familiar with the heart-thumping race to pack their shopping bags while items being scanned by rapid-scanning cashiers pile up.Now...

Dangerous Telegram

Tech firms face ‘harsh’ fines and lawsuits from parents under SA plan to ban children from social media

Social media companies will be slapped with “harsh” fines if they allow children under 14 to create accounts and risk lawsuits from parents of...

‘I wouldn’t dream of telling a stranger I hated their laugh’: how does it feel when your social media followers cross a line?

A close friend of mine once cried so dramatically when I told her she would never marry the lead singer of her favourite metal...