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19.06.26

Big Tech

Not just social media: why the UK’s ‘romantic’ chatbot ban falls short

Age-gating specific AI features may leave addictive design, emotional dependency and smaller apps largely untouched

5 minute read

17.06.26

The Enablers

Anti-SLAPP bills introduced in both houses of parliament

The private members bills are being supported by MPs and peers across the parties who want to end the silencing of whistleblowers and journalists

3 minute read

17.06.26

Trans+ Voices

Amnesty International exposed years of anti-trans reporting at four UK newspapers. They ignored it.

Research by human rights group identifies nearly 17,000 articles on trans-related topics in just five years

4 minute read

15.06.26

Family Court Files

‘Alarming prevalence’ of victim blaming in family courts, warn researchers

Language discrediting and trivialising mothers is widespread in sexual and domestic violence cases, new report reveals

4 minute read

11.06.26

Racist riots in Belfast recall the darkest days of the Troubles

Masked thugs burning the homes of ‘foreigners’ is part of a long history of racist violence in Northern Ireland

5 minute read

09.06.26

Environment

Our story on the money behind Colombian coal mine sparks legal action

Investors and churches argue HSBC breached global human rights duties after we revealed its deal with mining giant Glencore

3 minute read

07.06.26

Big Tech

Meet the developers cashing in on AI intimacy

As big chatbot platforms tighten safety rules, smaller AI apps are courting cast-off users with weak age checks – and reading their private chats

9 minute read

06.06.26

The Enablers

The billionaire butcher: how Europe sheltered an alleged war criminal

How Rifaat al-Assad stashed his stolen millions – and eluded the lawyers trying to take him down

16 minute read

05.06.26

Environment

The war on Iran could send UK pensions up in smoke

Local government pensions have been ploughed into risky fossil fuel assets that are now in the line of fire

6 minute read

02.06.26

The hate economy

Protecting victims or ‘validating hatred’? MPs debate whether to publish the ethnicity of child sex offenders

Some MPS argue the move would protect victims while others warning it would be used by those trying to sow division

6 minute read

02.06.26

The hate economy

Local media needs to do better on its immigration reporting

A story published by Reach's regional outlets last week showcased the human cost of cheap clickbait

5 minute read

01.06.26

The Enablers

Money transfer giant Wise investigated for half a billion in suspicious transactions

Prosecutors are looking into whether the digital finance firm has been used to launder proceeds of fraud, corruption and drug trafficking

4 minute read

28.05.26

Karen Hao on AI: ‘No one is asking whether this tech is actually helping people’

We sat down with the Empire of AI author to discuss the global power dynamics shaping today’s tech arms race

3 minute read

27.05.26

Environment

Does your milk come from ‘battery cows’? Our story prompts calls for new labelling rules

MPs and campaigners call for full transparency on milk and cheese products after we reveal twofold growth in UK’s intensive cattle farms

3 minute read

26.05.26

Environment

‘Battery cattle’ farms surge in UK as Big Dairy rakes in profit

Nearly a fifth of the largest farms have been linked to pollution in recent years

7 minute read

26.05.26

Environment

‘We don’t set the price, we take it’: price squeeze leaves dairy farmers struggling to survive

Lack of protections have left farmers vulnerable to a historic price swing that could put them out of business

5 minute read

22.05.26

The hate economy

UK net migration is at its lowest in ten years – so why is the country fixated on it?

Hostile political rhetoric and harmful media coverage overshadows statistics that show net migration is falling

5 minute read

21.05.26

Big Tech

A day at Tommy Robinson’s rally: QR codes, crypto and an AI rapper

Unite the Kingdom was billed as a people’s protest. On the ground, it looked like an operation to turn grievance into clips, donations and sales

3 minute read

20.05.26

The Enablers

How we showcased the human cost of offshore secrecy

Reporting on financial secrecy throws up a constant challenge: who are the victims? So we set out to find them – and give their voices a platform

4 minute read

19.05.26

Big Tech

Why the racist AI slop industry is booming

Internal changes at Meta and the rapid advancement of AI tools have caused a spike in sensational content targeting the UK

4 minute read

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