Inside the horrifying online network where children extort others to commit violence and self-harm
The 764 network is one of several shadowy online global groups The 764 network is just one part of a…
Offer teenagers a meningitis B vaccine on NHS, advisers tell UK government
A health worker administering a meningitis B vaccination to a student at the University of Kent after an outbreak in…
‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew
From next spring, 16- and 17-year-olds will be urged to refrain from using certain apps, with a block being switched…
UK 16- and 17-year-olds to be encouraged to follow midnight social media curfew
The move is an extension of the under-16 social media ban announced last month. Photograph: Iryna Khabliuk/AlamyView image in fullscreenThe…
Decision not to jail two teenagers for rape was wrong, court of appeal rules
Fordingbridge in Hampshire. The convictions relate to the rape of two girls in separate incidents in the town. Photograph: Aerial…
Reversing UK employment tax rises ‘would do little to help young people find jobs’
An apprentice bricklayer. The report says employers should have access to targeted workplace subsidies to get more young people into…
Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
As a host of countries move to rein in social media use by children, could this be technology’s big tobacco…
Has Cornwall’s housing crisis created a van life generation?
8:31 Has Cornwall’s housing crisis created a van life generation? Cornwall’s housing crisis is forcing young people to live in…
I dived into my digital past to revisit my most cringe teenage moments – and realised how lucky I am to not be young and online today
‘Once upon a time, the internet was a place you visited, a place you could leave’: Amelia Tait. Composite: Suki…