Actress and director Amy Schumer has responded to online comments speculating on the appearance of her face, explaining it is “puffier than normal” due to endometriosis. Schumer was on US TV to talk about season two of Life & Beth, the series she writes, directs and stars in. Afterwards she faced a barrage of jokes…
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, granted subscription perks to designated terrorist groups and others barred from operating in the US, according to campaigners. The Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found X had granted blue check marks to accounts tied to Hezbollah members, among others. For $8 (£6.40) a month, a tick allows longer posts and better…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says deepfake audio of him supposedly making inflammatory remarks before Armistice Day almost caused “serious disorder”. Mr Khan says the law is not “fit for purpose” in tackling AI fakes, as the audio creator “got away with it”. The man who first posted the clip, tracked down by the BBC, told…
TikTok has removed music by stars including Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo from videos after a row with their record label, Universal Music Group (UMG). A licensing agreement between TikTok and the label expired on Wednesday, and a new deal could not be reached. UMG said TikTok wanted to pay a “fraction” of…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to families who say their children had been harmed by social media, during a fiery hearing in the US Senate. Mr Zuckerberg – who runs Instagram and Facebook – turned to them and said “no one should go through” what they had. He and the bosses of TikTok, Snap,…
Universal Music is set to pull its millions of songs from TikTok after a breakdown in talks over payments. The move would mean the social media platform would no longer have access to songs by artists including Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Drake. Universal accused TikTok of “bullying” and said it wanted to pay a…
When Julia Wandelt posted on social media that she believed she was Madeleine McCann, she became a lightning rod for online anger. In the first of a new series of stories exploring extraordinary cases of online hate and the possibility of forgiveness, Julia reveals for the first time her motives and regrets. As Julia Wandelt…
Imagine setting sail on a very long cruise and ending up with loads of TikTok users following your holiday. If you’ve spent time on your For You Page, you might recognise some of the people on a nine-month around-the-world trip. It’s been advertised as the “most epic world cruise to ever set sail”, aiming to…
The world’s most popular YouTuber, MrBeast, has revealed he made more than $250,000 (£197,000) from posting a video on X, formerly known as Twitter. He had previously said it was not worth posting on the social media site as creators only got a small amount of advertising revenue. However, after a U-turn last week, he…
A BBC investigation has uncovered a network of fake social media accounts in Uganda. Under false identities, they spread pro-government messaging and target critics with threats. But who are the people behind it? It is not every day that you get to take a selfie with the long-serving President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni. When the…