By Will Guyatt, technology correspondent

For the first time, Will Guyatt reveals his biggest concerns about our digital lives.

When I started covering the tech beat, the Internet was on one computer in the newsroom, locked behind a door. Almost 30 years on, I’ve covered the rise of the Internet and the incredible tech transformation that means over three-quarters of Brits now carry a smartphone in their pockets, 100,000 times more powerful than the computers that took us to the moon.

Today, I proudly cover a widening tech remit for LBC - the highs and lows, the good and the bad. For our Online Safety Day, I wanted to reveal my biggest concerns about our digital world. These are the top 10 things that keep me up at night.

We’ve seen the death of truth in 2025, with major social networks all stepping back from moderation and content checking. It started with Elon Musk’s purchase of X - was continued by Meta as Mark Zuckerberg said goodbye to Nick Clegg and seemingly donned a MAGA hat, and has continued into TikTok revealing it was laying off hundreds from its trust and safety team to replace them with AI solutions that have not yet proved their worth.

It was already hard to know what was real online and with AI deep fakes, the lack of accountability and the rise of ‘alternative fact’ - misinformation is rife everywhere, and now thanks to Donald Trump suggesting US tech companies should only be managed by the US government - they are pushing back on governments worldwide - and that’s incredibly worrying.

It took over a decade for the Online Safety Act to slowly make its way through parliament and into........

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