Thomas Fabbri

Not sure I could ever top this. #ロンドン公演

Even if social media's harms to minors are as devastating as some claim, will age restrictions effectively mitigate them — or will they create new, greater risks for free speech, privacy, and access to information?

In a major escalation, Iran has claimed that they have targeted a “Ukraine-related drone warehouse” in Dubai. Khatam al-Anbiya, Iran’s highest command unit coordinating the armed force has said that “21 Ukrainians” were on site and they are “believed to have likely been killed”.

20 years ago today. Amusing that adults now treat flip phones and iPod as virtues rather than vices.

While social media is polarising, evidence suggests AI may nudge people towards the centre. This holds true of all studied models. Grok is more right-leaning than other models, but also has depolarising effects. By @jburnmurdoch.

From Socrates to social media, the charge of "corrupting the youth" has always been the go-to justification for censorship. Our new piece in @WSJ on why the global rush to ban kids from social media risks building surveillance infrastructure that threatens everyone's freedoms.

“I didn't know if it was the thunderstorm or explosions,” some Iranians describe worst night so far. Iran is currently under a near-total internet blackout, but some people still manage to connect by paying hefty prices. #post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bbc.co.uk/news/live/cre0…

An Iranian girl plays on the swings on a beach in the city of Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz as plumes of smoke rise into the air from a nearby naval base that was targeted by strikes. Location: 27.181687, 56.308647 @GeoConfirmed

While we worry about being taken over by AI, we might be taken over by a GIF

I'm concerned about this verdict and the overall trend of treating speech platforms as addictive — and therefore dangerous — products. Also, the verdict diminishes the responsibility parents have to raise healthy kids. For example: "Kaley says she began using YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at age 9 and told the jury she was on social media 'all day long' as a child." Where were the parents?

It's almost been a month since war started and Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed. Some I’ve been speaking to expected the war to end that same day, but it didn’t. And Iran’s establishment is still in place. So why hasn’t it collapsed yet? #post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn8d…

Whilst ordinary Iranians during the war go to great lengths to connect to the internet, officials and some government supporters do have access. I’ve managed to ask some ordinary people inside what they make of the possibility of talks to end the war. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Police investigating possible Iran link to attack on Jewish charity ambulances bbc.in/3Pw3HQs

Last night and this morning saw the worst Russian attacks in Ukraine in 10 days, with five civilians reported killed so far. Among the worst affected is the city of Zaporizhzhia, which was first attacked with six drones, then with five ballistic missiles. 1/

Several news outlets have reported that Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have been negotiating with Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, citing sources. But who is Ghalibaf? #post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce35…

Leonid Radvinsky, the reclusive billionaire owner of adult content platform OnlyFans, has died of cancer. He was 43. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Arson attack on ambulances in London being treated as antisemitic hate crime, Metropolitan Police says bbc.in/4rQGwho

Iranian outlets have published a 9-page message by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. There represents a stark difference compared to Nowruz messages given by his father, Ali Khamenei, who would traditionally deliver the message in front of the camera. #post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce84…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence unit has sent several mass threatening messages since the war began on 28 February. But in its latest attempt, it warns some against presence in opposition Telegram channels and Instagram pages while threatening prosecution.

In the days before the Persian new year festival of Nowruz, Iranians would usually be excitedly preparing. But this year's Nowruz will be the first many in the country have experienced at war. Amid the internet blackout, I spoke with some inside Iran. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

US messageboard 4Chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breaches bbc.in/4lyLyNK