Social Media
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 .”
Relationships Work Best When Only One Person Is 'Very Online'
Like tops and bottoms and doms and subs, the offline/online couple has always worked in symbiosis.
Toxic Twitter Disinfo Is Bad Enough. Musk Could Make It Even Worse.
Some of the most prolific purveyors of election disinformation on the right seem to think Musk will be their salvation.
Platforms Are Temporary, Community Is Forever
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is a good reminder to log off and build deeper connections offline.
Elon Musk’s ‘Free Speech’ Will Be a Nightmare For Trans People on Twitter
The shitposting billionaire’s plan for “authenticating humans” begs the question: free speech for who, and at whose expense?
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?
Will Being Cringe Set You Free? An Investigation
Turns out there is a lot of truth to the longstanding and oft-shared meme.