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A free speech activist on child influencer laws
https://www.usermag.co/p/a-free-speech-activist-on-child-influencer
Published: April 20, 2025 20:52
+ Shein village, Jesus Swiftie fancams, a monastery for hackers, TikTok footnotes, Seatopians, the Ice Bucket Challenge returns, Coachella billboards, and the rise of the 'infinite fringe'
Taylor Lorenz DESTROYS Sean Hannity over healthcare
https://www.usermag.co/p/taylor-lorenz-destroys-sean-hannity
Published: April 17, 2025 15:22
They finally let me go on Fox News 🙃
The entire world is phoneifying
https://www.usermag.co/p/the-entire-world-is-phoneifying
Published: April 16, 2025 13:26
+ A vegan lover AI cult, Musk's ‘harem drama’, 4chan hack, money dysmorphia, Content Cop returns, and what happened to the @KamalaHQ TikTok account
New law 'protecting child influencers' is bad and dangerous
https://www.usermag.co/p/utah-protect-child-influencers-law-bad-and-dangerous-free-speech-censorship-concerns-legal-experts
Published: April 14, 2025 13:15
Top free speech and legal experts say Utah's child influencer law is deeply flawed, counterproductive, and could be used to censor journalism.
New techno-authoritarian nightmare just dropped
https://www.usermag.co/p/inside-esmeralda-silicon-valleys-latest-network-state-town
Published: April 11, 2025 13:33
+ Clout bnb, mini-retirements, ‘Rocky Horror’ for TikTok kids, Canva coding, IRL picture in picture, ICE thoughtcrimes, the state of media in <25 minutes, and how MrBeast is keeping Africa poor
The global influencer era is upon us
https://www.usermag.co/p/were-entering-the-era-of-the-global
Published: April 10, 2025 12:44
+ 'TheoBros', time-stamp trauma, TV TikTok-ification, nepo Bravolebrities, the first Kenbassador, dumb homes, influencers meet w/ Netanyahu, and ICE's plans for 'Amazon Prime, but with human beings'
The hottest show on TikTok right now
https://www.usermag.co/p/the-hottest-show-on-tiktok-right-now-the-group-chat-show
Published: April 7, 2025 17:51
A new kids content house, atomic slang, soft eugenics, poverty livestreams, Altman and Ive screenless dreams, aspirational shitposting, and a Gen Z Influencer for Kamala Harris is running for congress
YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy
https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from
Published: April 3, 2025 16:22
TariffTokers, Gen Z’s ‘it couple’, Easter potatoes, anti-MAGA hats, Zuck's D.C. mansion, Amazon's TikTok bid, Silicon Valley's cupid, and the fastest growing political channels on YouTube
Kids with smartphones have better mental health, study finds
https://www.usermag.co/p/kids-with-smartphones-have-better
Published: April 1, 2025 23:42
+ Inside the Bop House, Tariffluencers, Gen Z's safe space, the latest meme stock, Grok dunking, India's Netflix, and Ashton Hall and the rise of isolationist masculinity
The secret side of YouTube
https://www.usermag.co/p/the-secret-side-of-youtube
Published: March 30, 2025 17:59
+ Christian YouTube drama, robot coworkers, inZOI > the Sims, NYC guy posters, AR porn, White House's Podcast Row, and an IG account and 2014 talk about the internet that I think about constantly
Viralflation comes to YouTube
https://www.usermag.co/p/viralflation-comes-to-youtube
Published: March 27, 2025 16:20
+ Dora the Explorer feet mukbang, IShowSpeed takes China, Big Balls cybercrime ring, 'influencer accent', IvyTok, AI-fueled fan fiction, Ghiblification, and a great new podcast on Section 230
The Great 2024 Meme Depression
https://www.usermag.co/p/the-great-2024-meme-depression-meme-drought
Published: March 24, 2025 13:31
+ a YouTuber runs for congress, Ashton Hall lore, the new tween status symbol, White House Easter sponcon,#recessionindicators, a lavender marriage app, and how to launder money and get away with it