A Troll's Alleged Attempt to Purge Porn Performers from Instagram
In November of last year, porn performer Ginger Banks’s Instagram account was shut down. Overnight, her 134,000…
Researchers Say Anti-Vax Comments on Facebook Come in Four Depressing Varieties
New research suggests that anti-vaccine content on Facebook has evolved beyond the bogus, repeatedly disproven autism…
Your Smartphone and Lack of Sleep Could Be Making You Depressed
If things have a tendency to feel bleak these days, it’s not just you. Young Americans are more than twice as more…
I Am a Scholar and My Area of Expertise Is Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Instagram Account
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson loves a two-dot ellipse. He favors the whiskey emoji, although he drinks tequila. To treat…
Behold the Verminfluencers
It’s best to approach the world of social media influencers with a healthy amount of skepticism, lest you find yourself …
Big Pharma Is Into Instagram Sponcon Now
The new frontier of SponCon is, unfortunately, looking at manicured photos of hot people and their hot lives…
New York State Settles With Social Media Firm That Sold Fake Followers
A social media firm that sold fake followers to celebs and wannabes has settled with the New York attorney general’s…
Half of Parents With Young Kids Have Been Pelted With Anti-Vax Nonsense on Social Media
A new study out of the UK by the Royal Society for Public Health has found that fully half of parents with young…
No One Is an Influencer If Everyone Is an Influencer
Over the weekend, a Twitter thread created by journalist Kayleigh Donaldson followed Instagram influencer Caroline…
This Egg Is More Popular Than Kylie Jenner's Baby
A picture of egg has done what mere mortals can only dream of achieving: it beat Kylie Jenner at social media.
Could You Survive on Anne Hathaway's Social Media Diet?
I like to use social media as little as possible, although I have recently begun to realize that my own sense of that…
Where Were You During the Great Instagram Catastrophe of 2018?
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day should ideally be one that gently eases us into the existential horror of…
Getting Through 2018 One Group Chat at a Time
2018 was the year that “gossip” became serious news.
Pete Davidson Makes a Brief Appearance on SNL After a Concerning Instagram Post
On December 15, Pete Davidson appeared on Saturday Night Live just hours after a troubling Instagram post prompted NYPD…
If Twitter Loses the Like Button You Might Have to Develop an Actual Sense of Self Worth
Twitter, the digital petri dish inhabited by screaming Nazis, racists, and misogynists who should be banned much faster…
Let's Take a Moment to Look at Princess Eugenie's Pinterest
Due to the upswing in royal family media coverage (thanks, Meghan!) suddenly peripheral members of the crew are now…
Why We Didn't Report
After holding in an asteroid-sized shit for over a week, Donald Trump finally expelled his bowels onto Twitter Friday…
Assassination Nation Has Reportedly Had Trouble Advertising Its Violent Content
Neon, the distributor behind Assassination Nation, an upcoming thriller starring Suki Waterhouse and Hari Nef, has…
Trump Memorialized John McCain on Instagram in the Most Trump Way Possible
Whether or not you think John McCain leaves behind a more complicated legacy than the one of a war hero and maverick…
Ask a Publicist: Should Celebrities Purge Their Offensive Tweets?
Bad tweets happen to the best of us. Perhaps you’ve shot off an angry response to a troll telling them to buzz off or…