Social Media
BeReal Is the Only Good Social Media App
For two minutes each day, friends post low-quality photos of whatever they're up to. It's a callback to when the internet was still messy—and fun.
Facebook Is Banning People Who Say They Will Mail Abortion Pills
A Facebook user and Motherboard both faced consequences for posting about mailing abortion pills on Facebook on the same day the Supreme Court overturned protections offered by Roe v. Wade.
Cops Are Using TikTok to Recruit a New Generation of Officers
“He loves his job so much he can barely keep his eyes open.”
TikTok Users Are Showing Readers How To Game Amazon’s Ebook Return Policy
Independent authors claim the viral trend is costing them royalties and nonrefundable delivery fees.
Mexican Journalists’ Murders May Be Linked to Anonymous Facebook Pages
Posts often include explicit images of crimes, along with messages between rival gangs. Any journalist accused of being associated with them ends up in danger.
Did Social Media Sway the Johnny Depp Jury?
The anti-Amber Heard and pro-Johnny Depp content was hard to avoid and likely “influenced the jury and the outcome of the trial,” one lawyer said.
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.
Livestreaming Platform Yubo Collaborating with Law Enforcement on Texas Shooting
The mass shooter met a girl from Germany on the app. He later told her about his plans over text shortly before entering the school.
The Queasy, Inevitable Johnny Depp Gold Rush Continues Downstream
Big media companies, true crime TikTokers and, now, little-known YouTubers converge onto the Heard/Depp trial to grow their audiences any way they can.
In Memory of Vine, Which Crawled So TikTok Could Fly
Vine is now defunct but its six-second videos loop on in people’s minds.
Anonymous Social Media App Yik Yak Exposed Users’ Precise Locations
Privacy researchers have found that it’s possible to find out the precise location of Yik Yak posts, potentially exposing users to doxing or stalking.
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 .”