Social Media
From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube, social media platforms are transforming communication and internet culture, even as they raise privacy concerns for users.


The book has left many readers feeling baffled and disappointed.


The legal breakthrough that could reshape social media — for better or worse.


How chatbots could reverse social media’s worst consequence.


Are they harming the investigation — or just doing the same thing as CNN?


How Trump might finally be breaking the manosphere.


What an online drama tells us about the attention economy.


How getting things done turned into a social event.


Are the new owners censoring you, or are they just bad at running the app?


Don’t be afraid of your bad posts.


2016 really wasn’t that great. Why are we so nostalgic for it?


President Trump helped create a US version of the app, which now appears to be censoring people.


The MAGA media system is going into overdrive.


Grok’s sexualized imagery is entirely predictable — and preventable.


It’s a key reason the economy felt so, so bad this year.


Over the river and through the woods to a Friendsgiving feast we go.


How a neo-Nazi infiltrated so deep into the Republican Party.


The government shutdown and the new war on food stamps.


A youth gently explains the phenom for elderly millennials.


The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend.


The biggest lesson from the racist, sexist, and antisemitic group chats.


Young people want to understand culture. Why on TikTok?


What TV can teach us about Instagram.


The self-help mantra that’s helping young people navigate their economic anxiety.


Many used to worry about China’s power over the app — but American control is troubling, too.


Larry Ellison, Oracle, and Trump’s potential TikTok deal, explained.


Remember the TikTok ban? There’s a new deadline coming up.


Our unmoderated online reality bares its teeth.

The case for giving one to your 3-year-old is not as outlandish as it sounds.


A truly scary new revelation about Trump’s effort to circumvent the TikTok ban.


The future of the internet is a slop-filled infinite scroll. How do we reclaim our attention?


Like it or not, the billionaire gets to decide how half the world uses technology.


The Meta CEO’s commitment to free expression doesn’t apply to embarrassing memoirs.


Why you should make your phone boring.


Did you just send me an Instagram Reel? Are you trying to kill me?


X wanted Grok to tell it straight. They didn’t like the result.


The end of one wildly popular platform is a chance to overhaul the broken social media industry.


Nothing in the Court’s TikTok opinion should surprise anyone who has followed the case.


The case for and against TikTok as a cultural force.


In just a year, the Chinese-owned TikTok has become Gen Z’s favorite place to goof off, and a subject of skepticism from politicians.

