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  1. tiktok
    TikTok shut down in US following ban
    Tell Me You’re Grieving TikTok Without Telling Me You’re Grieving TikTokWatching TikTok get banned, then agonizing over its possible comeback, feels simultaneously embarrassing and devastating.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. early and often
    Whitmer Doritos ‘Communion’ Shows Danger of Being Too OnlineA viral video based on a popular meme came across as sacrilegious to the unhip, who are a sizable portion of the electorate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. screen time
    Does Anyone Need an AI Social Network?So far, SocialAI’s feed of chatbots doesn’t have much to say.
    By John Herrman
  4. the money game
    How to Buy a PresidentDonald Trump’s joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock — and an unprecedented opportunity for corruption.
    By David Freedlander
  5. screen time
    Elon Musk Finally Has His Everything AppTo the outside world, the former Twitter (now X) might look like it’s in decline. To its owner, it looks perfect.
    By John Herrman
  6. screen time
    Why LinkedIn Now Wants You to Play GamesAlong with everybody else, everywhere else.
    By John Herrman
  7. screen time
    Who’s Behind All the ‘Pussy in Bio’ on X?An investigation into the marketers and scammers responsible for X’s most visible — and most memeable — spambot problem.
    By John Herrman
  8. games
    Elon Musk at the World Cup final in Qatar
    The Slow, Painful Death of Sports TwitterWhat was once an essential and joyous gathering place has become a wasteland under Elon Musk.
    By Will Leitch
  9. screen time
    Can Reddit Survive Its IPO?The company wants to sell shares to users and user data to Google. Redditors might have other ideas.
    By John Herrman
  10. screen time
    Big Tech Still Has a Big Addiction to ChinaAmerica’s tech giants have made a show of distancing themselves from China, but in many ways their dependence on it has actually grown.
    By John Herrman
  11. politics
    Eric Adams Says TikTok Is an ‘Environmental Toxin’Social media is up there with rats in the Eric Adams nemeses rankings.
    By Nia Prater
  12. power
    The Corporate and Cultural Fallout From the Israel-Hamas WarA running list of firings, cancellations, and doxxings.
    By Paula Aceves
  13. screen time
    What the Hell Is Elon Musk Doing at X? 5 Theories of the CaseNot only are things not going according to plan — it can seem as though there was never much of a plan at all.
    By John Herrman
  14. addicted to posting
    Advertisers Are Running From X and Elon Musk’s AntisemitismApple, IBM, and several entertainment conglomerates have pulled ads from the platform. Musk is tweeting through it.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  15. torn up and apart
    Witnessing Gaza Through My Instagram FeedEvery morning, I check my feed in the hopes of finding something from Bisan. My stomach tightens with each scroll until she appears.
    By Zaina Arafat
  16. screen time
    How Meta Is Monetizing the Decline of FacebookHave you heard about WhatsApp’s aggressive new ad strategy?
    By John Herrman
  17. power
    When Posting About the Israel-Hamas War Costs You Your Job“We’re going to see a lot of fallout in the coming weeks,” says one employment lawyer.
    By Angelina Chapin
  18. on with kara swisher
    Navigating the Digital Fog of the Israel-Hamas WarKara Swisher talks with three veterans of the disinformation war about how to tell what’s real and who is behind the viral content that isn’t.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  19. screen time
    Why Wartime Social Media Is Hellish and DisorientingThe Israel-Hamas war shows how platforms like Twitter are moving further downstream from reality.
    By John Herrman
  20. parenting
    Teens Love LinkedInTo some high-schoolers burned out on FOMO and thirst traps, the networking platform is “the way social media should be.”
    By Anya Kamenetz
  21. screen time
    Social Media Drops the ‘Digital Town Square’ RoutineEvery platform used to be for everyone, but those days are gone.
    By John Herrman
  22. criminal justice reform
    Prisons and Policing Need to Be Radically Reformed, Not AbolishedInstitutions of law enforcement and criminal detention are necessary. But they shouldn’t look anything like the ones we have now.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. danny masterson rape trial
    A (Very Partial) Defense of Ashton Kutcher and Mila KunisIt’s okay to write a leniency letter for a rapist, just not one that implies he’s innocent.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. twitter
    Twitter’s New X Is Officially a Bad SignNeighbors and city building inspectors were not thrilled about Elon Musk’s giant new strobe light atop X-Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
    By Chas Danner
  25. fiascos
    Elon Musk Tries Forcing Twitter Users to Use Less TwitterMusk announced reading limits for all Twitter accounts over the weekend, blaming AI but punishing humans who still use Twitter.
    By Chas Danner
  26. small pleasures
    Bluesky Reminds Me of When Social Media Wasn’t TerribleIt’s refreshing to share inane thoughts in an extremely low-stakes atmosphere.
    By Eve Peyser
  27. screen time
    Reddit and the End of Online ‘Community’A standoff between the site and some of its most devoted users exposes an existential dilemma.
    By John Herrman
  28. the capitol
    How TikTok Beat the Ban (for Now)Earlier this spring, Democrats and Republicans came together to call for a crackdown. It was never going to be that easy.
    By Andrew Rice
  29. just asking questions
    The Grim New Consensus on Social Media and Teen DepressionPsychologist Jean Twenge discusses all the evidence that Instagram and TikTok are making kids miserable.
    By Benjamin Hart
  30. screen time
    Can Bluesky Be Twitter Without Twitter?The buzz over the all-too-familiar new platform is as much about getting out as in.
    By John Herrman
  31. screen time
    Twitter Builds a WallElon Musk’s platform will take its cut or die trying.
    By John Herrman
  32. on with kara swisher
    Brooke Shields on the Sexualization Girls Face on Social MediaKara Swisher talks to the actress about her documentary and how her daughters view what she endured as a young girl in Hollywood.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  33. the media
    Millennials Aren’t Killing ‘Objective’ News — the Market IsThe modern attention economy is an enemy of conscientious reporting and intellectual humility.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. twitter
    Who Leaked Twitter’s Source Code?The company reportedly thinks the leak, posted to GitHub under the name “FreeSpeechEnthusiast,” came from one of its many former employees.
    By Chas Danner
  35. politics
    Tate-PilledWhat a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate’s extreme male gospel.
    By Lisa Miller
  36. screen time
    A TikTok Ban Would Make for an Incredibly Strange Day on the InternetWhile it might not be the most probable course of events, it definitely could happen.
    By John Herrman
  37. teens
    No, Teen Suicide Isn’t Rising Because Life Got Objectively WorseBy some measures, adolescents have never had it better.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. screen time
    The Only Success Story in Right-Wing Social MediaWhile Truth Social and Parler and Gettr have all become punchlines, Rumble has built the beginnings of a real business. How?
    By John Herrman
  39. twitter
    Inside Elon’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ TwitterTwitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the platform against impulsive, ranting billionaires — then one made himself the CEO.
    By Zoë Schiffer, Casey Newton, and Alex Heath
  40. house arrest
    The GOP Is More Ungovernable Than Ever BeforeEven with Fox News, Donald Trump, and the GOP Establishment united behind Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans still won’t toe the party line.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. social studies
    Do You Have a Right Not to Be Lied To?Freedom of speech is being reconsidered by a group of legal scholars, who argue it is not absolute and may be outdated in a world of disinformation.
    By Jeff Wise
  42. the internet
    Kanye to Buy Parler, Keep Posting Dark Twisted Social-Media RantsAfter his suspension from other sites for antisemitism, Ye said he’s buying Parler to ensure conservatives can “freely express ourselves.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. screen time
    TikTok Is the New King of Social Media. Now What?The video-sharing service faces perils old and new.
    By John Herrman
  44. extremely online
    Twitter’s Edit Button Is for CowardsThis website sucks. Somehow, it’s going to get worse.
    By Sarah Jones
  45. the money game
    Elon Musk Tries to Wriggle Out of Twitter DealThe world’s richest man is officially bailing on his $44 billion deal to buy the company, but Twitter’s board says it will meet him in court.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  46. elon musk
    11 Weird and Upsetting Facts About Elon MuskEven after a week of wall-to-wall Elon Musk news coverage, there’s still more to learn.
    By Eve Peyser
  47. the money game
    What Wall Streeters Are Whispering About Elon Musk and TwitterTheir advice: Back out.
    By Jen Wieczner
  48. elon musk
    Can Elon Musk Solve Twitter’s Unsolvable Problem?For all its cultural influence, the company has never really figured out how to make money.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  49. social media
    Trump Vows to ‘Stay on Truth,’ the Twitter Rival He’s Yet to UseEven if new Twitter owner Elon Musk lets him back on the platform, the ex-president says he won’t come back.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. elon musk
    Elon Musk Really Did ItThe world’s richest man is buying Twitter, his favorite place for trolling.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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