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The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all

Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

The Guardian - UK

Trump's Tariff Troubles

Plus: Minnesota Medicaid funds, AI vs. jobs, Taylor Lorenz's libertarian moment, and more...

Reason

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy apologizes for TwitchCon assault of Emiru and his interview comments on the incident: 'We failed, both in allowing it to occur, and in our response following'

Clancy faced sharp criticism for comments he made in the incident's immediate aftermath.

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Influencers could learn a thing or two from traditional journalism about disclosing who’s funding their political coverage

Online influencers, through their postings on Instagram, Threads, TikTok and elsewhere, have created an exuberant universe of news and commentary that often outruns mainstream media in reach and even impact. They work the same waterfront as journalism and public relations, but their relationship with those mainstay practices built around fact…

The Conversation

Washington Post Faces Backlash After Terminating Columnist Karen Attiah Over Her Comments on Charlie Kirk's Death

The columnist was fired after comments she made about the murder of the conservative commentator on the X (formerly Twitter) alternative, Bluesky.

Latin Times

Journalist Roasted Online For Criticising Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Las Culturistas Nomination

A journalist has come under fire on social media, after she criticised a Las Culturistas nomination received by Amelia Dimoldenberg.

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Kids Protesting ICE on Roblox Are Being 'Shot' by Players Pretending to Be Cops

Roblox players attending virtual protests against ICE's deportations are now being shot by "police" players while attending the online demonstrations.

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Taylor Lorenz blasts ‘disgusting’ Pete Buttigieg’s deadly COVID-19 plans

Would it have been a wise plan?

We Got This Covered

Sean Hannity tells liberal commentator who praised Luigi Mangione that she has a ‘missing chip’

‘You’re advocating and putting a smiley face on assassination’ Fox News presenter Sean Hannity chastised

The Independent UK

Taylor Lorenz slammed for CNN interview about ‘handsome’ Luigi Mangione

Lorenz joked that the accused killer is also ‘morally good, which is hard to find’

The Independent UK

Why the Internet Celebrated a Killer

Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.

Reason

OPINION - Luigi Mangione, a privileged member of an elite family, symbolises America's collective nervous breakdown

Merriam-Webster has just chosen “polarisation” as its 2024 word of the year. The venerable US dictionary defines this as “division into two sharply distinct opposites in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society. . . become concentrated at opposing extremes.” They chose it with the state…

Evening Standard

Murdering CEOs is not a solution

Why is the internet so unsympathetic to the death of an insurance CEO? Ask the violent health care industry

Salon

US police release images of person of interest in UnitedHealth CEO’s murder

New York Police Department releases CCTV stills showing a man wearing a hooded jacket with his face clearly visible.

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Hit on a CEO

Plus: GTFO Gensler, Elon Musk's trip to Washington, and more...

Latin Times

Top Washington Post Reporter Quits to Start Own Media Outlet, Blasts Ex-Employer: 'Legacy Media is Not Set Up for People Like Me'

Taylor Lorenz announced she left the outlet to launch User Magazine on Substack.

The Independent UK

Reporter Taylor Lorenz exits Washington Post after investigation into Instagram post

Technology reporter Taylor Lorenz says she's leaving The Washington Post, less than two months after the newspaper began a review of a social media post that involved President Joe Biden

Reason

Harris' Economic Illiteracy

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The Walrus

Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine

As the industry decays, social media has become a go-to place for tips and quotes. That’s a problem

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best books about social media

From online courtroom to information manipulation, social media has radically changed communication. Here are five books to help navigate it

Fortune

$10,000 debt and zero savings: The untold side of making it as a social media influencer

"I was trying to copy what the girls who have a million were doing.”

Reason

Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times and Taylor Lorenz, Related to Meaning of Word "Leaked," Can Proceed

From Judge Edgardo Ramos's decision Tuesday in Jacob v. Lorenz (S.D.N.Y.) (the underlying allegedly libelous article appears to be the one here): Plaintiffs Ariadna Jacob and her company, Influences, Inc., brought this defamation action against Defendants Taylor Lorenz and the New York Times. Plaintiffs allege that a New York Times…

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump allegedly shared sensitive information with Australian billionaire

Member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort allegedly passed on submarine details to former Australian PMs and journalists. Plus, US influencers fear bedbug infestation from Paris fashion week

The Guardian - US

‘The internet is vicious and toxic, but I’d never go back to the 90s’: Taylor Lorenz talks to Monica Lewinsky

The journalist speaks with the activist about surviving merciless harassment, the media’s double standards on gender, and why they still have hope

The Independent UK

Book Review: 'Extremely Online' shows how creators and influencers have shaped social media

Washington Post technology columnist Taylor Lorenz tells the social history of social media in “Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet.”

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