How social media influencers are trying to combat the myths and misinformation around sex
Two new self-help books, Block, Delete, Move On and Losing It, seek to educate us about society’s sexual dysfunctions.
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Nobody needs to see dead bodies on Twitter
Social media companies need to take more responsibility.
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Does social media make children feel worse?
Social media’s link to wellbeing, particularly among young people, is far more tenuous than much of the discourse on the…
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MPs, not tech bosses, will decide what is “legal but harmful” content
Under the revised Online Safety Bill, the government will give parliament the power to define the term rather than social…
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Twitter is the new Jeremy Kyle
Public shaming and pile-ons are our guilty pleasure.
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From QAnon to anti-vax: Can you cure a conspiracy theorist?
In a time of unfettered misinformation, psychology could be the remedy we need to help people who have been radicalised…
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Facebook allowing death threats against Putin isn’t the win you think
Should Big Tech be able to say who lives or dies?
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Influencer journalists must stop making the war in Ukraine all about them
Who should be at the centre of this story?
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“Social media is sentient neoliberalism”: Symeon Brown on the exploitative influencer economy
In his debut book, Brown exposes the dark side of influencing, tracking gruesome body horror stories and underpaid garment workers…
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Don’t be fooled by Russian TV, Putin is losing the information war
There are limits to what the Russian president can get his people to believe in an interconnected world.
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Will TikTok’s new ten-minute videos alienate its user base?
If implemented strategically, this shift may be good news for the fastest-growing platform in the world.
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Stop making the war in Ukraine about you
If you need to log off, just log off. Don’t post about the news as if it's your cross to…
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Why is anyone surprised by sexual abuse on “Tinder for teens”?
Children are left online with no supervision, even by parents who ban them from playing in the street.
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BBC One’s Chloe is the first TV drama to convincingly explore the ills of social media
The Crown's Erin Doherty is amazing in this explosive series.
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“I never do a retake”: How Trinny Woodall spun her social media success into a £44m business
The What Not to Wear star has built a dedicated online community, and with it a booming makeup brand.
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In modern day youth culture, conformity rules
Young people were once rebellious, but they have fallen in love with authority
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Why have governments been so slow to remove illegal social media posts?
More than three years after a beheading video galvanised a campaign to better regulate social media, Denmark has planned new…
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Politics for All was a creature born of and killed by Twitter’s quirks
Twitter has offered no explanation for its decision to remove the viral accounts – leaving room for speculation.
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Progressives prefer political purity to winning the culture war
Why did no one on the left support Tom Harwood's defence of trans rights?
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Why I’m wary of the ADHD industrial complex
I used to think it would help that influencers are raising awareness about a disorder I struggle with. Today, I’m…
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