My addiction to vertical video
It started with TikTok. So I deleted TikTok. But then I found myself on YouTube Shorts – then Instagram Reels…
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Are girls “growing up too fast” online?
Viral videos of pre-teens documenting their skincare regimes and “love lives” have sparked a moral panic.
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Are governments finally pushing back against Big Tech?
Lawsuits filed against Meta by more than 40 US states are the first of their kind against a social media…
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Say no to Instagram therapists
Pop therapy promises solutions to problems that might not even exist.
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The rise of Citizen Celebrity
A new breed of British influencer is rewriting the rules of celebrity.
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Caroline Calloway’s Scammer: a chaotic attempt to set the record straight
In her self-published memoir, the influencer veers between sharp wit and trite aphorisms, perceptive candour and petty insults.
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Social media is taking a dangerous toll on teenage girls
The evidence is now clear: smartphones are the major cause of the mental illness epidemic among young women.
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Beauty standards are changing at speed. What’s the impact on our bodies?
Applying fast fashion standards to our bodies through normalised cosmetic surgery is a disturbing and dangerous trend.
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You’re doing it wrong: why are strangers on social media trying to micromanage my life?
From gut health to posing for photos, the internet bombards us with instruction and criticism. No on thrives on this…
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Elif Shafak’s Diary: Solidarity with Iranian women, Instagram anxiety, and a turn at the Booker Prize ceremony
An unexpected link to a schoolgirl killed in Afghanistan is a reminder that we are all citizens of the world.
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The Molly Russell verdict proves it – social media must be regulated
A ruling has found social media companies played a part in the death of a British teenager. Intervention must be…
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The problem with the “quiet quitting” media storm
The concept has gone viral on social media – but that could also undermine its power.
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Andrew Tate has been banned from social media. Is this a new era of content moderation?
Facebook, Instagram and TikTok’s move to ban the misogynist was surprisingly swift and decisive.
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Don’t blame Instagram for the popularity of plastic surgery; blame those who profit
From Botox to fillers, every time a new beauty treatment arrives on the market it seems to wash through society.
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The real problem with Instagram is not the photo vs video debate
This narrow binary between glossy, aesthetic photos or TikTok-style video overlooks a crucial, broader change in our digital habits.
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If Silicon Valley wants to ruin Instagram, there is nothing we can do about it
The latest Instagram update is a reminder that the online spaces we have come to call home were never ours.
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The problem with Instagram’s new child “age estimation” software
Age verification AI raises questions about reliability, bias and privacy.
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How gossip forum Tattle Life became the most toxic place on the internet
On Tattle Life, influencers and celebrities exist for one purpose: to have the details of their personal lives doxxed and…
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How Instagram transformed our personal lives
Ten years after its first post, the app exerts an almost inconceivable degree of influence over our culture, psychology and…
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Insta-peeking: How people sneak, stalk, and spy on Instagram stories
Users confess how they get around Instagram’s “Seen by” feature.
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