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The co-founder of Wikipedia, which is on the brink of turning 25 years old, says that his online encyclopedia is in good shape despite having been labeled ‘woke’ by the far right

The DLR collective constantly monitors online activity, where it denounces practices such as the dissemination of intimate content without consent or child exploitation

This stage of life, which should be full of opportunity, has become a period of uncertainty and struggle. Heightened mental health awareness, social media–driven anxiety, and poorer economic prospects than previous generations make it harder to plan a future. How can we turn things around?

EL PAÍS spoke with young people immersed in a community that navigates a digital universe marked by hate speech and threats that operates unchecked

The US subsidiary of the popular service, controlled by business figures close to Trump, is the final major platform to be drawn into the White House’s orbit

The former Greek finance minister warns of the dangers of what he calls cloud capital, the driving force behind technofeudalism

The investigation, in which Northeastern University also participated, reveals that the security features in the app do not match the company’s promises

The testimonies of 38 people forcibly recruited in January by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel depict the deceptions and threats employed by the criminal organization

Two investigations warn about how data collected through menstrual tracking apps can be used by governments to monitor people’s reproductive lives, and by companies to make a profit

The Austrian activist who won data protection guarantees for Europeans believes the EU must achieve true digital autonomy

The measure, which carries no penalties for noncompliance, is aimed at preventing ‘excessive use of devices that cause physical and mental health problems’

Companies hide behind improvement needs to collect personal online activity with which to train their models and sell to ‘service providers’

The use of code words is spreading on platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to protect at-risk migrant communities

A monitoring system run by the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion found a 1,500% increase in racist content targeting North Africans after unprovoked assault on an elderly resident

The fake news spiral lies in the success of online disinformation that pushes other media to produce similarly false content

A group of researchers has uncovered a system that Instagram and Facebook have been using since September 2024 to collect users’ web browsing history on Android devices

A state-run social media network could become an alternative to Twitter or Facebook, but it could also pose a risk to our privacy and freedom 

A new study analyzed the behavior of young individuals who are highly dependent on online content

Political consultant Antoni Gutiérrez-Rubí presents this space, in which he analyzes for EL PAÍS the political communications of the president of the United States in his second term in office

Meta and its competitors are working on a future with a dominant presence of artificially intelligent robots on social networks

Tired of waiting for a government that has turned its back on them, millions of people suffering from hunger, homelessness and a lack of medicine in Cuba are relying on solidarity to survive

In April 2000, the band sued a website for copyright infringement. They won, but their popularity was seriously affected and they didn’t achieve much: Napster had already dictated how we would listen to music in the 21st century

A study by the Colegio de México reveals that the CJNG is the most active in using social media to recruit adolescents

We often assume that excessive device use plays a role, but we must also examine the parenting model that shapes a child’s development