Browsing: Social Media
Australia’s under-16 social media ban is failing, so the government is (literally) doubling down
Australia plans to double potential fines for social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, who fail to prevent Australian children…
The UK just banned social media for kids under 16. The founder of ‘safe TikTok’ says the US is next
When the UK government announced this week that it would ban children under 16 from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and X,…
Pew: Half of U.S. adults under 50 get health information from influencers instead of doctors
Tens of millions of Americans now go to TikTok, Instagram and YouTube when they’re worried about their health. A recent…
The Gen Z cofounder of $1.6 billion Whop says his platform has minted over 650 millionaires
There’s a legion of workers sitting behind their desks and unloading trucks, fantasizing about one day chasing their dream careers.…
AI can be a ‘secret sauce’ or a way of ‘democratizing mediocrity’—Here’s how business leaders are getting the best of the technology
Much of the marketing world is handing over creative tasks to AI with fairly mixed results. But Dan Murphy, who…
Ok, you may think that the suffix “maxxing” has already been used way to the max on social media. I’ve…
My startup hit $200 million ARR. But first I walked away from 2.5 million YouTube subscribers and nearly went bankrupt
Most people see the $200 million ARR. They don’t see the summer in Spain with no air conditioning, a dwindling…
6.7 million people thought they were ripping apart an AI-generated Monet painting. But it was real
The internet was certain: the painting lacked “coherent composition,” the colors were an “incoherent muddle of inconsistently saturated greens.” Commenters…
This looks like a standard indie film set — “Hey stop, get off.” But it’s something much different. This is…
On the reality television show “The Hills,” Spencer Pratt played something of a villain, blamed for spreading a salacious rumor…












