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Millions have viewed videos claiming that children are being sold through coded advertisements on the popular second-hand online marketplace Vinted.

The mother of a British TikTok influencer who has been charged with murdering her lover in Dubai has revealed her daughter was “terrified” in a phone call.

An Indian man who admitted smuggling migrants from the UK to France in the back of trucks has been jailed for more than five years by a court in south-east England.

Age verification means that the sector’s biggest players will now have access to information that will only make them richer and more powerful

The social media ban for under-16s is not a “silver bullet”, the Technology Secretary acknowledged as she faced a backlash from firms which will be hit by the restriction.

Britain’s plans to ban social media for under-16s will push teenagers towards more harmful platforms, the world’s biggest technology companies have said as ministers push to enact the new restrictions by next spring.

A US lawyer who sued tech giants Meta and Google for $6 million in a historic case after they were found liable for social media addiction has told LBC the UK ban is a "landmark moment" and said tech firms must be hit in the pocket.

Keir Starmer will ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands.

Sir Idris Elba’s wife Sabrina Dhowre Elba has called out a “racist” interaction with a “hostile” woman who backed into her parked car in London.

The mother of a teenager who believes he died in a TikTok challenge gone wrong has said Downing Street has been too slow to move towards a social media ban for under-16s, and accused the government of “kicking it down the road”.

Ellen Roome will join bereaved families at No10 on Tuesday to urge the Prime Minister to restrict social media use for children until the "companies responsible have fixed it and proven it is safe".

The Labour government failed to keep any written records of meetings between clients of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm and top civil servants, an investigation by openDemocracy has revealed.

More than 70 million warnings have been sent to people trying to access child sex abuse material (CSAM) online over the last two years, according to a leading charity.

A NEWLY-elected Green Party councillor uploaded a video of himself driving a bright orange Lamborghini just days after he was voted in.

An influencer has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was struck by a car outside a nightclub in Soho.

At least 30 people, many of them young, have died and dozens more are reported to have been injured after a crush at a mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti that is a popular tourist spot.

A school bus driver has been fired after allegedly shouting ‘I’m not gonna stop for no train’ before her vehicle narrowly avoided being hit on a railway crossing.

Greece is set to ban under-15s from accessing social media under a new law that’s set to come into effect next year.

The boss of M&S has warned that crime has become ‘more brazen, more organised, and more aggressive’ after the Clapham branch was targeted by a mob of teenagers.

The son of a notorious Scottish gangland boss convicted of murder has filmed himself having raves and taking drugs inside UK jails in brazen TikTok videos.

A TikTok trend has led to a series of car vandalisms in Worcester.

Broadcast regulator Ofcom has recovered just £55,000 of fines out of over £3 million imposed on companies in breach of child safety laws.

Dressed in a black puffer jacket and brand new trainers, a teenager hurries towards an apartment door and kicks it frantically, before shifting position to give it a strong kick from a different angle.

A "star" schoolboy was found dead after recreating a scene from the Netflix show Squid Game, an inquest heard.