In the wake of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s killing, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer has called on the CEOs of Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and Valve to testify at an Oct. 8 hearing on online radicalization. The hearing follows claims that the accused shooter — a 22-year-old white man from Utah —…
The U.S.’s TikTok ban has been pushed back yet again by President Donald Trump. Trump has declared that December 16, 2025 is the new deadline for TikTok and its China-based parent company Bytedance to come to an agreement to sell off the app if it wants to continue to operate in the U.S. Earlier this…
Remember the TikTok ban? The popular short-form video platform went down in the U.S. earlier this year due to a U.S. law that sought to break TikTok away from its China-based owners. However, during President Donald Trump’s Inauguration weekend, TikTok went back online for U.S. users after Trump agreed to give TikTok and its parent…
Bait-and-switch humor has been around forever: set up an expectation, then flip it on its head. It’s one of comedy’s oldest tricks, and right now it’s reviving an old trend on X. Users are cleverly playing with profile banners. The setup usually starts with a post about struggling to crop or format an image. But…
Deep in the crevices of sports TikTok, hiding in a spider hole, is a new trend that you’ve perhaps come across. Thinking back on heartbreaking games of the past, have you ever thought, “Wow, that guy absolutely terrorized my team”? With both the NFL and English Premier League back in action, fans are dredging up…
It took mere hours for the internet to spin out on conspiracies about the murder of Charlie Kirk — who died yesterday after being shot at a public event in Utah — according to reports. The far-right commentator, who often engaged in vitriolic debates about immigration, gun control, and abortion on college campuses, was killed…
It took mere hours for the internet to spin out on conspiracies about the murder of Charlie Kirk — who died yesterday after being shot at a public event in Utah — according to reports. The far-right commentator, who often engaged in vitriolic debates about immigration, gun control, and abortion on college campuses, was killed…
X (formerly Twitter) seems to be dominated by videos when you open the app or access the site — and if the news of the day happens to be something violent or disturbing, it can be easy to stumble across content that you don’t want to see automatically playing. The safest way to avoid disturbing…
Some people just can’t help but suck the fun out of things. Case in point: the word “clanker,” a quasi-new slur circulating on social media aimed at AI chatbots. A few weeks ago, I reported on the trend as it gained traction on X and TikTok, mostly in satirical posts imagining a future where robots…
Protests erupted in Nepal on Monday after a controversial social media ban blocked people in the country from accessing most forms of social media. The youth-led “Gen Z” protests over the social media ban and government corruption triggered a violent reaction, and the BBC reported that 19 protesters have been killed. The New York Times…