Guardian Australia news editor Shelley Hepworth speaks to renowned author Salman Rushdie about his plans to release his newest novella – The Seventh Wave – on popular newsletter website Substack. He also shares how Covid-19 has impacted his creative process and the potential social media offers for writers wanting to Continue Reading
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Turkey’s labourers take to TikTok to show millions their harsh work conditions – video | World news- Tempemail
Workers in Turkish factories, construction sites and fields have become the unlikely stars of TikTok, revealing harsh and dangerous conditions in posts with millions of views. Turkey, ranked among the ’10 worst countries in the world for workers’, is one of TikTok’s largest user bases, with approximately 19.2 million users. Continue Reading
From monkey business to royal photobombs: a history of seminal selfies – in pictures | Art and design- Tempemail
In 2011 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a crested macaque managed to take a selfie using nature photographer David Slater’s camera. In the years following, this image became one of the most famous and contentious selfies in the world. Guardian Australia looks back on some of the most famous Continue Reading
From the archives: Fake it till you make it: meet the wolves of Instagram – podcast | News- Tempemail
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2018: Their hero is Jordan Belfort, their social media feeds display super-rich lifestyles. But what are these self-styled traders really selling? By Symeon Brown Continue Reading
Biden says Facebook isn’t ‘killing people’ but Covid misinformation causes harm – video | US news- Tempemail
Joe Biden has tempered his assessment that social media platforms are ‘killing people’ by hosting misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines, saying that he hoped they would not take it ‘personally’. He added that vaccine misinformation on Facebook can harm people and the point of his rhetoric was to ramp up pressure on Continue Reading
Biden says Covid-19 misinformation is ‘killing people’ – video | Technology- Tempemail
Joe Biden says social media platforms such as Facebook ‘are killing people’ for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted. ‘Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people,’ the US president told reporters at the White House on Friday. Tempemail , Tempmail – Continue Reading
Is it possible to make the internet safe for children? – podcast | News- Tempemail
The first children who grew up in an online era are now fully grown adults – but we still have no consistent approach to protecting young people online, leaving huge risks around bullying, access to pornography, self-harm imagery and all kinds of content only suitable for adults. With the government’s Continue Reading
From hairpin to house: how one woman is using TikTok to trade up – video- Tempemail
Demi Skipper wants to own her first home, but she’s not buying one. Instead she’s planning a strategy of individual trades. The 29-year-old is already the owner of one of only a few Chipotle celebrity cards in the world, and is hoping to reach a house by the end of Continue Reading
How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan’s politics – podcast | News- Tempemail
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‘Be careful what you say’: William and Kate launch YouTube channel – video | UK news- Tempemail
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have launched their first official YouTube channel with a 25-second reel of clips taken from official royal engagements. The reel included a laughing Kate shearing sheep during a visit to a Lake District farm and William sitting with Sir David Attenborough to promote the Continue Reading