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Viral protests: What is their actual impact?
Social networks have increasingly become a tool to organize and demonstrate, but so much fervor might be blurring the significance of the mobilizations
Social networks have increasingly become a tool to organize and demonstrate, but so much fervor might be blurring the significance of the mobilizations
The movement aims to change colonial structures, mentalities and practices, ultimately reshaping power dynamics
Social media users, particularly on TikTok, have created a new lexicon to describe the everyday
The Instagram star known for his parodies and sexual freedom takes on his first leading film role in ‘Rotting in the Sun’, where he plays the most captivating and irritating person he knows: himself
The short life of trends, fueled by social media, has changed the way we consume
The option offered by the social media platform – in which only select followers can see a story – is a way for many users to share risque material and controversial opinions
The investigation found that the sign-up process for teen users resulted in settings that made their accounts public by default, allowing anyone to view and comment on their videos
The world’s most-used search engine now blurs images that it classifies as explicit and has made it easier to remove sensitive photos published without permission
The guest list featured some of the industry’s biggest names, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and X and Tesla’s Elon Musk
Paqui, the Texas-based company that makes the One Chip Challenge chip, asked retailers to stop selling the chips, and by Friday, they had disappeared from store shelves and online
Chenta Tsai Tseng — a Spanish musician of Taiwanese origin — turned insults into a stage name: Putochinomaricón. In their most ambitious project to date, they’re now working on deconstructing post-internet music
It was created to foster empathy and kindness, but economic interests and the need for validation made the ‘like’ button a double-edged sword
Social media platforms have democratized access to large audiences, but making a living from them is challenging
Between the boom of K-beauty and the rise of Instagram face, a new ideal of beauty is gaining ground thanks to social media
The move will allow the nascent platform, dubbed the “Twitter Killer,” better compete with Elon Musk’s platform
The Digital Services Act is part of a suite of tech-focused regulations crafted by the 27-nation bloc — long a global leader in cracking down on tech giants
Meta announced earlier this summer it would keep its promise to block news content from Canada on its platforms because of a new law that requires tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online
Paying more attention to your phone than to your partner while sharing a moment of leisure is one of the factors that creates the most problems in a relationship, therapists say
Whether or not Musk and Zuckerberg actually make it to the ring in Las Vegas has yet to be seen
Content moderators in the African country have formed a union to defend themselves against Big Tech. Social media giants outsource work to these freelancers, who are tasked with removing violent rhetoric and extremism from digital platforms
According to analysis of data from 208 million US citizens, which Meta allowed a team of academics to access, 97% of fake news is seen by right-wing users. The investigation did not find clear links between social media and political polarization
Contemporary ways of finding fulfillment are strangely conformist: ASMR videos and watching loops of repetitive actions
Users can block apps or set challenges to reach their ‘digital detox’ goals
The author of the book ‘Addicted to Drama’ warns that the attention economy fosters a dramatic language that dominates social media, causing stress and instability
Words were created within a digital setting to evade rules and are now permeating spoken language, especially among young people
Every summer, social media fills up with yacht selfies that have become the latest measure of success
The consequences of this phenomenon, which can be aggravated during the summer, include irritability, lack of concentration and low self-esteem