Who’s Your Dadi: India’s ‘Granfluencers’ Are Disrupting Social Media as We Know It
They’re talking about sex, founding their own companies, auditioning for roles, and generally stirring things up.
Dad Learns His Photos Are Being Used to Sell ‘Happy Ending’ Massages on Grindr
“Thankfully it doesn’t affect the business, and my wife didn’t really care,” the licensed physiotherapist in Long Island told VICE News.
I Tried to Adopt a Traumatized Sims 4 Baby From Instagram
Simmers on Instagram are roleplaying the adoption process, creating Sim children—and their traumatic backstories—for other Sims to adopt.
Why Does Instagram Keep Trying to Be TikTok?
Content creators, online shop owners, and photographers talk about how the social media shift to video is affecting them.
Why Did Instagram Remove Summer Walker’s Post Criticizing the KKK?
White supremacist groups are thriving on social media, but platforms like Instagram are silencing those who speak out against racist hate.
Insiders Tell Us About All the Terrible Things Influencers Get Away With
“Made us wait for hours outside his room during a shoot because he was cuddling his cat .”
Buying Authenticity: Inside the World of the Paid Crypto Shills
Around the world, influencers are hawking crypto projects for pay on Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok—and sometimes pushing the limits of U.S. law.
There Are Dozens of Facebook Groups Intentionally Spreading Islamophobia. Meta Refuses to Act.
A new report found that Facebook and other major platforms failed to act on 89% of the anti-Muslim posts reported to them.
The Complicated Ethics of Facetuning Your Friends
Is using the free app to retouch photos doing your mates a favour or sending them an upsetting message?
What Coachella Influencer Parties Are Really Like
TikTok user Ruby Saracino went as a plus one to the invite-only Revolve Festival and documented the whole behind-the-scenes experience.
BeReal Isn’t Real and Makes Everyone Look Extremely Boring
The buzzy app creates a new type of social media dystopia where it looks like no one ever does anything interesting.