Marc Champion is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Europe, Russia and the Middle East. He was previously Istanbul bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal.

There are "no plans" for a TikTok ban in the UK, officials have said as a block in the US is set to come into force on Sunday. The social media giant lost a last-ditch legal bid this week to have a ban declared as unconstitutional on free-speech grounds.

A porn creator dropped from a Police Scotland campaign has branded its vetting process 'inadequate and embarrassing'.

Police Scotland have recruited a "kink content" porn creator for its domestic abuse campaign. The individual - known on his social media accounts as Rossy - appears in explicit content regularly shared on his X profile. Recent videos shared with his 54,000 followers show him being choked, spat on and slapped.

A schoolgirl shared a haunting final TikTok including an eerily-named song the day before she was killed by her dad. Scarlett Vickers, 14, was stabbed to death at her home in Darlington, County Durham,

The new Labour Party government will NOT ban the social media platform, after it was banned over the pond in the United States.

A potential TikTok ban could impact creators like Amy Underwood, a Scottish excavator operator turned influencer, who uses the platform.

The US President has suggested TikTok could enter into a joint ownership deal with the United States to avoid a looming ban for the site.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced the closure of 136 high street branches of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland in a further blow to customers. The financial giant will shut down 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax and 14 Bank of Scotland branches between May this year and March 2026.

The Six Nations 2025 rugby tournament will be shown across the BBC and ITV in the United Kingdom. There have been rumours that the Six Nations could be heading to TNT Sports for 2026 onwards – but for now – the rights are being shared by the two public broadcasters on free-to-air television.

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