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THE BROAD VIEW

More countries are outlawing social media for children. Will Singapore join them?

2026-07-24T04:00:00.000Z
More than nine in 10 Singapore workers in a 2024 survey said they had worked outside of their official hours.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Unplugging from the Internet is becoming a luxury good

2026-07-20T23:00:00.000Z
Some of the most-followed accounts on Truth Social belong to Trump himself and those closely aligned with him.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Truth Social to sell trading firms and banks ‘fastest’ access to Trump’s posts

2026-07-17T04:21:52.000Z
After England's Jude Bellingham (right) scored the winning goal in the quarter-final against Norway, videos of fans singing Hey Jude trended on social media.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

World Cup’s ‘green flags’ and memes say much about today’s attention economy

2026-07-15T23:00:00.000Z
Students from Ricards Lodge High School in Wimbledon with their mobile phones, in London, Britain, Feb 23, 2026.
International

UK plans default midnight social media curfew for 16- and 17-year-olds

2026-07-15T00:54:35.000Z
Meta, which also owns Facebook and Instagram, has positioned Threads as a conversational space where news and politics are discussed but not the main draws.
Lifestyle

Threads, Meta’s ‘Twitter killer’, finds its people

2026-07-07T08:32:45.000Z
A judge denied Meta’s motion to dismiss claims based on deception, unfairness and violations of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta loses bid to dismiss US states’ claims that Facebook, Instagram addict children

2026-06-30T13:24:06.000Z
Staff say Meta aims to direct its social networking audiences towards using the app, which is in development and may not be released.
Technology

Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta to create a prediction markets app

2026-06-24T00:56:56.000Z
Telegram has grown rapidly in India and the country is its biggest market by downloads.
International

India curbs Telegram use over medical exam fraud concerns

2026-06-16T07:54:50.000Z
Meta has removed facial-recognition code from an artificial intelligence companion app for its smart glasses.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

The dumb choices that make smart glasses so appealing

2026-06-15T23:15:00.000Z
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