An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named Jorge.
Even as medical groups push back on Trump’s unfounded claims about autism, they’re going viral on the world’s biggest video platform.
Violent slapstick videos that glamorize dictators and dunk on Trump have exploded in popularity on YouTube this year, becoming some of the most watched political content in 2025.
In the lead up to U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, AI generated videos glorifying Iran’s military might reached tens of millions of viewers on social media.
Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” social media against any similar takeover.
The tech giants all have large cloud contracts with TikTok — and they’ll have to end service on them by January 19 unless a court intervenes.
In hundreds of groups across the social media app, women with unwanted pregnancies turn to one another for pills and herbal remedies. Many say they are getting scammed instead.
Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in.
The websites and policies for new apps Cici AI, ChitChop, Coze, and BagelBell don’t mention that they were made by ByteDance.
For years, TikTok has described its powerful For You Page as a personalised feed ranked by an algorithm – but that’s not the full story,