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A TikTok Army Is Coming for Union Busters
Elise Joshi was scrolling through Twitter’s standard rage-bait late one night in February when she saw a Tweet that galled…
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BeReal Basics: How to Use the ‘Unfiltered’ Social Media App
A French social media platform launched by Alexis Barreyat in 2020, BeReal is attracting dedicated users on US college campuses…
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At TED, Elon Musk Revealed Why He Has to Own Twitter
To enter the conference hall at TED, the world’s premier jamboree of futuristic optimism, is to enter what feels like…
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Elon Musk Offers $41 Billion to Buy Twitter—and Sparks a Battle for Its Future
Other responses to the takeover attempt have focused on what Musk would do if it goes through. Musk’s direct mention…
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An ‘Explosion’ of Anti-Ukraine Disinformation Is Hitting Moldova
The video of the two men wrestling has been shared 41,000 times on Facebook, although the post was taken down…
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This Is How Twitter’s Edit Button Can Actually Work
In June 2021, Twitter told the world “you don’t need an edit button, you just need to forgive yourself.” Twitter…
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What Twitter Is Really Planning for Crypto
You might have heard of crypto Twitter, the corner of the social network where accounts have Bored Apes as profile…
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Why WhatsApp Survived Russia’s Social Media Purge
It has become easier to be labeled an extremist in Russia. On Monday the label—once reserved for the likes of…
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Ukraine’s Digital Ministry Is a Formidable War Machine
Valeriya Ionan, a deputy minister at Ukraine’s Ministry for Digital Transformation, was breastfeeding her two-month-old son Mars when the first…
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Russia Blocks Facebook and Twitter in a Propaganda Standoff
Russia’s government announced on Friday that it has blocked Facebook, raising the stakes in a standoff between Big Tech and…
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