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Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / Getty; Steven … To Be Honest With You, No Influencer Has Been Treated More Unfairly Than Donald Trump Jr.
The most furious and oddly compelling of the Trumps is developing a personal brand as a victim of the platform he loves.
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Barry Paterson / Shutterstock.com Meet the Anti-MAGA Trolls
Inside the Reddit communities that can’t leave the right-wing internet alone
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The Atlantic I’m Scared of the Person TikTok Thinks I Am
TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is known for its accuracy and even its “magic.” What does it mean if the videos it picks for you are totally disgusting?
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Bettmann / Getty; Larry Towell / Magnum; Nextrecord … The Rise and Fall of an American Tech Giant
Kodak changed the way Americans saw themselves and their country. But it struggled to reinvent itself for the digital age.
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H. Armstrong Roberts / Getty; Adam Maida / … You Can’t Escape the Attention Economy
That’s not just a tweet; that’s your original idea and your intellectual property, and maybe you can sell it.
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Mandel Ngan / Brendan Smialoski / AFP / … Facebook Won’t Talk About the Insurrection
And Trump is allowed back on the platform in 2023.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Screenshots Are the Gremlins of the Internet
First of all, keep them out of the light.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty America Offline
We’ve just lived through the most online period in history. What comes next?
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Spiderstock / … The Trump Decision Turned Content Moderation Into Shark Week
This is new, and this is bizarre.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty The Hot-Person Vaccine
The internet has decided that Pfizer is significantly cooler than Moderna—but why?
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Getty / The Atlantic Yahoo, the Destroyer
How the historic company became known as a bumbling villain of internet culture
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Shira Inbar / The Atlantic The Alt-Right Has Lost Control of Redpill
A classic meme about being radicalized is now so absurd that it means almost nothing at all.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic There’s a Better Way to Date Online—If You Like Trains
Inside NUMTinder, a Facebook dating group exclusively for people who are really into public transit.
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Jim Steele / Popperfoto / Getty / Wikimedia … You Probably Don’t Remember the Internet
How do we memorialize life online when it’s constantly disappearing?
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Getty / The Atlantic The Truth Seekers Are Coming
Conspiracy theorists keep finding new ways to rebrand themselves.
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The Atlantic Who Would Volunteer to Fact-Check Twitter?
The site is hoping that its users will help stem the spread of lies—but first it has to inspire them.
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Getty / The Atlantic America’s Health Will Soon Be in the Hands of Very Minor Internet Celebrities
Local health departments are counting on lifestyle bloggers and fitness experts to get their message out.
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Pedro Nekoi Cottagecore Was Just the Beginning
Aesthetics Wiki is the internet’s one-stop shop for figuring out whether your vibe is more “cactuscore” or “synthwave” or “pastel goth.”
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YouTube / The Atlantic How the Pandemic Stoked a Backlash to Multilevel Marketing
YouTube vigilantes are taking consumer advocacy into their own hands.
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Paul Spella / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Parler’s Rise Was Also Its Downfall
The app that stoked the insurrection is gone, but something else is destined to replace it.
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