Liz Truss’s social media platform might work
Niche, fractured and politically specific sites are what the internet wants.
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The kids are right, smartphones aren’t all bad news
Unenforceable social media bans for teenagers cause more problems than they solve.
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The coddling of the Gen Z mind
Internet slang has infantilised an entire generation, and undermined the gravity of the moment.
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The 2010 scammers are doubling down
From Fyre Festival 2.0 to Anna Delvey’s media empire, the culture can’t let its obsession go.
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Instagram’s small-c conservative aesthetic
The “old-money” influencers sell users a fantastical vision of their future.
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The inattention pandemic
The tyranny of social media has made us all minor celebrities: exhausted and narcissistic.
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In defence of MrBeast
The YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson is seen as either a great philanthropist or an embodiment of the greed and narcissism of…
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