Internet Culture
Vox’s coverage of the latest memes, social media controversies, YouTube drama, and more.
Why it matters both to the women who’ve been left out and to Nike’s revenue targets.
Dank no more: internet memes are evolving from edgy to cute.
Thanks to a now-infamous bar fight, UB40 jokes are all over your feed. Yes, that UB40.
A new Doodle celebrates popular Google search terms — and sidesteps its complicated conquest of the internet.
Beware of “relatable” Twitter threads.
This viral pop meme and its exuberant whimsy are the best thing to happen to Smallfoot.
The Last Week Tonight host went all-in on Facebook’s role in stoking political unrest in places like Myanmar.
Why September 21 is so much more than a random calendar date.
Users are rejoicing because they can once again see the most recent tweets first.
So far, the show’s new season is a knockout.
Serial’s third season isn’t (just) about a murder, and that’s a good thing.
What the biggest pornography site in the world needs from Kanye West, fashion designers, the fine art world, and … women.
Jack Dorsey’s day on Capitol Hill was a waste of everyone’s time.
From Stringer Bell to the Easter Bunny, pop culture icons working to undermine their regimes are out in full force.
A 4chan prank, explained.
Twitter’s reluctance to ban Spencer has long been a source of controversy.
The actor, who played Elvin on the Cosby Show, said he hopes the conversation around how we value menial labor will continue.
Brands pay influencers tens of thousands of dollars for posts, sometimes to bash competitors. But they don’t always disclose it.
How a banal nursery rhyme spawned the creepiest meme of 2018.
Searching, starring John Cho, is an excellent conversation starter. It’s a less effective movie.
N.K. Jemisin’s third consecutive win in the Hugo Awards repudiates extremist voters who’ve spent years trying to keep her from winning.
Get it together, @jack.
The suspensions are only for seven days, and Jones’s content will still be visible on the site.
Twitter staff are speaking out about “failing” company leadership — on the platform they’re trying to save.
A new report reveals the company’s internal confusion over how to deal with users like conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
From Jon McNaughton’s pastoral portraits to Dinesh D’Souza’s apocalyptic poster, the ways Trump’s fans depict him have everything to do with what they think he represents.
CEO Jack Dorsey’s statement on Jones shows that the site has arrived at a moral crossroads — and is choosing the wrong path.
Apple’s Infowars ban altered an industry overnight — and dealt a significant blow to fake news.
Lovato’s fans don’t love her because she’s perfect. They love her because she is getting better.
The “controversy” over hiring tech journalist Sarah Jeong, explained.
Backlash against Alex Jones’s Infowars network is growing. Spotify users are the latest to speak out.
Shock humor fueled the alt-right — and now it’s using outrage over shock humor to take people down online.
The creator of Community and Rick and Morty has apologized and exited Twitter over an offensive 2009 comedy short.
Charlie the puppy just helped teach us a vital lesson about crossing the ideological aisle in 2018.
Baron Cohen’s prankster provocations are a bad match for our current cultural climate.
Check your follower count.
It’s the biggest mass ban in Reddit history — but unlike Thanos’s victims, they were all asking for it.
Plane Bae was the best and worst of social media.
A study of the short film Don’t Be a Sucker suggests old attitudes about fascism in America have never gone away.
Big Dick Energy is the meme we need in 2018.