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.
TikTok isn’t the way I want the internet to work, but it’s where the internet is going.
At Cannes Lions, the year’s biggest ad event, you couldn’t escape talk of ChatGPT or Midjourney, even at the yacht parties.
Trans girls own the internet. Meet six you should be following.
Can the smarmy “lightweight” fill Bill O’Reilly and Tucker Carlson’s shoes?
Thousands of subreddits went dark to protest Reddit’s new moneymaking idea.
Welcome to critterposting, the very cute, very cottagecore, and (somewhat) radical antidote to American life.
Thanks in part to TikTok, the Kia Boys and the grand theft auto have swept the country.
Google, Adobe, Microsoft, and other tech companies are trying new ways to label content made by AI.
“I love you, now let me watch your location 24/7.”
After laying off nearly 10,600 people in recent months, the CEO said “this has been a particularly thrashy period” in a leaked Q&A.
The glitchy Ron DeSantis interview is the latest milestone in Twitter’s shift to the right.
TikTok is now suing the state over its new policy.
The surgeon general has also issued an advisory that social media may harm children’s mental health.
So you heard TikTok’s being banned. Here’s what’s actually happening.
Musk’s week of conspiracy theories, explained.
Kevin Systrom wants to solve the “existential crises” facing the news industry.
Yaccarino is a seasoned ad executive who could restore the company’s trust with advertisers. But Musk is still in control.
“Theodore” and “Matilda” might be adorable, but modern parents are terrified of trendiness. Enter: TikTok baby name consultants.
The invite-only, decentralized new social network, explained.
The ridiculous but important Twitter check mark fiasco, explained.
Celebrities are refusing to pay, and the trolls keep trolling.
The tech CEO addressed tough questions from employees a day after mass layoffs.
The company started notifying laid-off employees early Wednesday morning in the second recent round of mass cuts.
Rupert Murdoch’s company doesn’t like paying the $787 million settlement. But now it’s back to business as usual.
Say goodbye to the old Twitter and hello to the new normal.
Why the former president’s arrest was a whimper, not a roar, on Twitter, a platform designed for these moments.
Elon Musk wants to fill your Twitter feed with paid accounts being watched over by a crypto meme.
Phone call? Lol. Voice note? Sure.
Inside the lucrative, distinctly nonacademic world of online classes.
Sens. Mark Warner and John Thune have a bipartisan bill to deal with TikTok and beyond.
Utah’s strict new social media laws have some scary implications for the whole country.
Everything is a “don’t” in the new era of influencing.
Elon Musk is still the problem.
TikTok, and its CEO Shou Chew, never really stood a chance.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress as the future of his app is in doubt. Or maybe it’s all just a lot of posturing.
But layoffs that last months are worse, as Mark Zuckerberg may soon find out.
YouTube and TikTok are plagued with 20-something “passive income” bros who want your attention — and your money.
Concerning!
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