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• How to hide your Instagram Stories from strangers

  Instagram introduced a new feature that highlights Stories by location or hashtag — meaning people who don’t follow you ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Twitter lets pedophiles publicly discuss their sexual 'attraction to minors,' scholar argues

  Twitter's guidelines allows discussion about “attraction towards minors” as long as “they don’t promote or glorify ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Tumblr’s literacy initiative wants to educate people on misinformation and cyberbullying

  Yesterday, Tumblr launched its internet literacy campaign to fight fake news and help young people spot other toxic activity ...

  • Cara Curtis

• From sexting to politics: How emoji evolved this decade

  To make the process of adding emoji to our phones more democratic, Emoji Voter allows people to vote for which emoji should ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Twitter to introduce stricter content NSFW guidelines — worrying adult content creators

  Twitter, a platform that tolerates sexual expression, has joined the censorship-ranks by changing its guidelines around its ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Report: TikTok limited the reach of users with visible disabilities

  TikTok, the social media sensation du jour, has apparently been hobbling users who have physical disabilities. It did so in a misguided attempt to shield these people from bullying -- heavy emphasis on the word "misguided." According to a report from Netzpolitik, leaked documents ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• TikTok denies suspending makeup tutorial teen for raising awareness of China's detention camps

  A girl has been uploading now-viral TikTok makeup tutorials, with a twist. Feroza Aziz tells users how to lengthen their ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Incels and AI: Can machines fill the void?

  For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual ...

  • Tristan Greene

• 1,300 adult performers accuse Instagram of unfairly deleting their accounts

  The Adult Performers Actors Guild (APAG) has a list of over 1,300 performers who say their accounts have been unfairly deleted ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Everything the Cybertruck looks like, according to the internet

  Elon Musk revealed the Cybertruck, Tesla's handsome new machine, in all its angular glory. It's a very cool car, but that ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• These songs inspired by Trump's handwritten quid pro quo defense are peak Twitter

  The Twitter-verse is alive with the sound of music that was inspired by the most unusual of lyricists: US President Donald ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Unlike Facebook, Snapchat will fact-check political ads

  In an interview with CNBC, Evan Spiegel, Snapchat's CEO, said his company will fact-check and review all ads on the platform, ...

  • Cara Curtis