Social Media
Your Boyfriend’s Not Toxic, He’s Just Not That Nice
It’s hard to separate the hurt from the harm, but it’s important we know how to.
‘Kind of Like a Catharsis’: Unpacking the Myth of Weyes Blood
An artist truly in it for all the right reasons.
Keep Bluesky Weird
The nascent social network feels like a small community of unhinged friends and freaks—and that’s maybe its most promising feature.
TikTok Offers Viral Fame to Any Musician Who Can Figure it Out. But What About The Real World?
The aim of TikTok is to go viral but for artists looking to establish a long career, what does that mean?
Watch: New Documentary Tells Inside Story of Vigilante App Citizen
People who worked at Citizen describe how the app grew to a vigilante force that put a bounty on the wrong person's head.
Is This Elon Musk’s Burner Twitter Account?
Musk tweeted a screenshot on Monday evening which appeared to show him signed into a second account. That profile photo pointed to another account on the platform.
Imgur Is About to Wipe a Ton of Porn From the Internet
Reddit’s favorite site for sharing porn is going to automatically delete all adult content soon.
France Is Cracking Down On Sketchy Social Media Influencers
From dodgy plastic surgery to outright fraud, a new law is promising to combat the scams plaguing platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
Arkansas Makes It Illegal For Minors to Be on Social Media Without Parental Consent
The state’s governor signed a new bill requiring social media companies to obtain a photo ID of every new user, to prevent teens from lying on the internet more.
Australia Bans TikTok On Government Devices Amid ‘Security Concerns’
Fears of data harvesting and foreign interference are prompting a growing number of Western nations to crack down on the Chinese social media app.
How To Identify an Online Stalker
Where does the line blur from checking each other out online to legitimate cyber-stalking.
The 'Insanely Broad' RESTRICT Act Could Ban Much More Than Just TikTok
Digital rights experts told Motherboard the RESTRICT Act, which may be used to ban TikTok, could impact many other types of services too, including VPNs.