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The wilting rose emoji: what its rise and fall tells us about gen Alpha

It was the fastest-growing emoji in 2025 – but if you’re older than…

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Teens are divided over New Meta restrictions

The Meaning of Consent in the Age of Content

Public patience for being an extra in creator content is wearing…

How Our Leisure Time Got Monetized

It wasn’t always like this

Meta accepts U.S. safety rules while pitching softer tools abroad

As governments consider banning social media for under-16s, Meta is…

You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong

From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture,…

For Teen Boys, Beauty Is Suddenly Cool

Is the grid dead? How young people are changing the feed

By ‘ghost-posting’, young people are taking control of their digital…

YouTube now counts video views immediately, ‘from the very first frame’

Starting next week, YouTube will change how view counts on a video…

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The next generation of tradwives is already spawning

With or without Nara Smith, a new wave of teen wives and girlfriends…

The Proliferation of Deepfakes Is Profoundly Changing the Way Teenagers Use the Internet

AI-generated sexual content, including nonconsensual deepfakes, is…

Can Reddit fend off a new wave of AI SEO spam?

The era of AI-powered search has made Reddit mentions highly…

You Can’t Be Messy On Social Media Anymore. Where to Next?

Mainstream social platforms have become too commercial for culture to…

Social Media’s Last Taboo.  It’s okay to be every kind of person online — except struggling.

It’s okay to be every kind of person online — except struggling.

The Extras Are Tired

People are getting more sick of influencers, even as the job becomes…