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Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron at the British Museum in London during their state visit to the UK earlier this month.

‘Global humiliation’: Macron sues influencer over claim his wife was born male

The French president has accused Candace Owens of waging a lie-filled campaign against France’s first lady to promote her podcast.

  • Jonathan Stempel and Michel Rose

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Podcaster and diver Sam Fricker, Hannah Ferguson of Cheek Media, podcaster Abbie Chatfield, conservative think tank staffer Freya Leach.

Australians believe influencers peddle misinformation. So why are they so popular?

A deep generational divide is widening, with social media now the second most sought-after medium for news.

  • Calum Jaspan
The Netflix Vine Studios building in Los Angeles, California.

From cable to clicks: Is streaming on Netflix the next frontier for TV news?

Reinventing the news wheel is tough. But spinning it off a streaming platform is an idea rich with potential.

  • Michael Idato
Not all “paper time”is equal.

Not all screen time is equal: Wrestling with a YouTube ban for kids

I’m a sceptic about how the social media ban for under-16s will work, but if we must have it, YouTube can’t be exempted.

  • Daisy Turnbull
Horrors are out there: “Cartoon Cat in his Mall”, by Canadian horror artist Trevor Henderson.

As a parent, I thought a YouTube ban was absurd. I’ve realised I was blind to the dangers

I’ve always done my best to protect our kids online. But I was shocked to realise I’d inadvertently left them able to access violent, misogynistic, hateful and psychologically unsafe material.

  • Michael Coulter
Julie Inman Grant. eSafety Commissioner, during a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

eSafety boss reveals scale of ‘harmful’ videos on YouTube, urges ban for children

Four in 10 young teenagers have been exposed to harmful content such as eating disorder videos on the platform, which is set to escape the child social media ban.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Lunch with journalist and novelist Jacqueline Maley

Two journalists, an eclectic restaurant and Taylor Swift: Inside the making of Jac Maley’s new book

Long before the world’s most popular singer ate there, columnist Jacqueline Maley could see potential in her favourite eating spot.

  • Melanie Kembrey
Rob DenBleyker (left), Kris Wilson (centre) and Adam Nusrallah. Cyanide & Happiness are coming to Oz Comic-Con for the first time.

Edgy or offensive? How these early-2000s internet creators kept webcomics alive

Webcomics are well past their peak, but Cyanide & Happiness is still deep in the game. Here’s how it has managed to keep up with the non-stop beast that is the internet.

  • Nell Geraets
Filmmaker Michael Shanks has his debut film, Together, opening Sydney Film Festival. It’s a horror film which sold to US distributor Neon for a reported $US17 million at Sundance this year - a remarkable result for a director who came up making films on YouTube.

How an Australian YouTube star’s ‘scream-worthy’ horror debut sparked a bidding war

After racking up more than 65 million views on YouTube, Michael Shanks is making a splash with Together.

  • Garry Maddox

Are boys really toxic or are we in a moral panic?

A crisis in masculinity? Young men should get off the internet and meet women in real life.

  • Jacqueline Maley

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