Author: Taylor Lorenz

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Kids who listened to Wednesday’s hearing on online safety through a Discord server offered an angry critique.

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A recent report found that while the audience for traditional news outlets is shrinking, the online audience for independent news sources is growing.

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The significance of the event may be what it says about the way Democrats and Republicans are seeking to engage with potential voters online.

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The first beneficiaries appear to be high profile influencers like Andrew Tate, DC Draino, Ian Miles Cheong, Benny Johnson, and Ashley St. Claire.

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The court’s 7-2 ruling found that while true threats of violence aren’t protected by the First Amendment, other harassing online speech is,

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Mat Taibbi, who Musk solicited to write the Twitter Files, says he’ll start using Substack’s new Twitter clone

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‘Nyquil chicken’ and the ‘blackout challenge’ were phenomena before TikTok existed.

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Since the last time the U.S. government considered banning TikTok in 2020, the app has evolved from a social platform supporting content creators to an entertainment powerhouse.

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The videos have become away for meme pages to up their engagement, helping them raise their income from advertising.