Even as the technology advances, stubborn stereotypes about women are re-encoded again and again.
Category: Social Media
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Money Dysmorphia
A nagging insecurity about one’s finances — even when one is on solid footing — that is most prevalent among Gen Z and millennials.
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Is It OK to Vlog At Weddings? Influencer Lilah Gibney Sparks Debate.
An influencer’s nuptials spark a social media debate on what is considered appropriate to share online when attending a wedding.
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Likes Are Private on X, Killing Another Form of Internet Creeping
This month, X made likes private for everyone. Lurkers hoping to keep tabs on crushes and exes are processing this latest development.
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Bots Tied to China Are Harassing a Dissident’s Teenage Daughter
A covert campaign to target a writer critical of the country’s Communist Party has extended to sexually suggestive threats against his 16-year-old daughter.
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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Biden Administration’s Contacts With Social Media Companies
The case, one of several this term on how the First Amendment applies to technology platforms, was dismissed on the ground that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue.
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When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training
Tech companies have been making subtle and not-so-subtle changes to their rules for better access to data for building A.I. We took a look at some of them.
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What Is ‘Blush Blindness’? What to Know About the TikTok Makeup Trend.
If you’re not sure, you might have what some people on TikTok are calling “blush blindness.”
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Roger Federer’s Graduation Speech Is an Online Hit
At Dartmouth College, the retired tennis champion offered his thoughts on winning and losing.
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Ivy Karlsgodt’s Victorian Lampshades Are a TikTok Hit
Viewers find Ivy Karlsgodt’s creations beautiful and her process meditative.
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These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online
A group is using the Mothers Against Drunk Driving playbook, sharing personal tragedies, to lobby for the Kids Online Safety Act.
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How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety
The C.E.O. and his team drove Meta’s efforts to capture young users and misled the public about the risks, lawsuits by state attorneys general say.