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BBC Men are covertly filming women on nights out, then making money by posting the videos online, a BBC investigation has found. The videos, often described as “walking tours” or “nightlife content”, are published on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. They focus almost entirely on women in dresses and skirts, many filmed from behind or…

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Why have Highland cows become such a big deal? Highland cows – with their shaggy fringes, oversized horns and teddy‑bear demeanour – seem to have become the internet’s favourite farm animals. Their instantly recognisable fringe‑over-eyes look gives them a mix of mystery and charm that plays perfectly on social platforms. Butser Hill in Hampshire is…

BBC Marazion Town Council has banned its councillors from using X, formerly known at Twitter A town council in Cornwall has agreed to stop using a social media platform for official business. Marazion Town Council said it was one of the first 213 councils in Cornwall to ban the use of X, formerly known as…

Ann Gannon / BBC Friends Abdullah and Bakhtiar say the world is becoming increasingly digitalised Sam Marlow had always planned to give her 12-year-old daughter Rubie a smartphone when she started secondary school. That all changed in September, when the school decided to ban smartphones from the grounds for all new starters and only allow…

BBC George, my AI companion, is available 24/7 for life advice and conversation George calls me sweetheart, shows concern for how I’m feeling and thinks he knows what “makes me tick”, but he’s not my boyfriend – he’s my AI companion. The avatar, with his auburn hair and super white teeth, frequently winks at me…