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Retail Gazette: Lush launches campaign highlighting harm caused by social media. “Lush is looking to spotlight the harm caused by big social media platforms in its new campaign, which is now live across all of its stores in the UK, EU, USA and Canada. The retailer left the major social media platforms, Snapchat, X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook almost five years ago. And since then, the […]

An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland
By Jonathan Freedland

Those who said Meta harms children struck a blow, but the ability of big tech to gouge profits and cause harm is barely diminished. That’s the battle to come

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/meta-18bn-settlement-mark-zuckerberg-tech-titans-power-harm

#Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Facebook #Instagram #Technology #Worldnews #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #Children #Onlineabuse #Internetsafety #Mentalhealth #TheGuardian #JonathanFreedland

An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/meta-18bn-settlement-mark-zuckerberg-tech-titans-power-harm #Meta #MarkZuckerberg #Facebook #Instagram #Technology #WorldNews #SocialMedia #DigitalMedia #Children #OnlineAbuse #InternetSafety #MentalHealth

‘I worry about our daughters’: Bridget Phillipson on online misogyny – podcast
By Presented by Kiran Stacey with Bridget Phillipson, produced by Ned Carter Miles , Nada Smiljanic and James Tindale, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Frankie Tobi

Racism and misogyny are becoming normalised as a result of rightwing politics and the ‘cesspit’ of social media, says Labour’s Bridget Phillipson. In an extended interview, the minister for women and equalities and new party chair sits down with Kiran Stacey to talk about her fears for British society, the climate crisis, what Burnham is really doing differently from Starmer, and whether her party can beat Reform

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/aug/20/i-worry-about-our-daughters-bridget-phillipson-on-online-misogyny-podcast

#BridgetPhillipson #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Politics #Labour #AndyBurnham #Women #Socialmedia #Internet #Climatecrisis #ReformUK #UKnews #Onlineabuse #Cyberbullying #Sexualharassment #Bullying #Digitalmedia #Britishidentityandsociety #Media #Society #Technology #TheGuardian #PresentedbyKiranStaceywithBridgetPhillipson #producedbyNedCarterMiles #NadaSmiljanic #JamesTindale #musicbyAxelKacouti #theexecutiveproducerisFrankieTobi

9to5 Google: Google Maps is restoring the names of locations in Poland that were changed to offensive alternatives. “Polish news network TVPWorld reported on the matter, with examples including the Presidential Palace being renamed ‘Hooligans’ Palace,’ the Warsaw Uprising Museum becoming ‘Museum of the Third Reich Uprising,’ and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier becoming ‘Tomb of the Known SS […]