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Month: September 2026

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Zohran Mamdani Is So Popular He Offers Influencers Something More Valuable Than Money: Clout

The New York Times discovers clout chasing.

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TikTok Is Supercharging Comments With Voice, Photo Carousels, and Polls

So much of TikTok lives in the comment section, the company is basically building a site within its...

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GoPro Shares Skyrocket After YouTuber Markiplier Becomes Biggest Shareholder

There was "substantial doubt" GoPro could make it. Then Markiplier came in.

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Meta Apparently Seeks to Spread Settlement Pain to Its Competitors—With Snapchat Conspicuously Absent

If YouTube, TikTok, and Snap all join, it could actually cost Meta more money. So why bother pleading...

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Meta Settles ‘Trillion Dollar’ Teen Addiction Case for Significantly Less Than a Trillion Dollars

The deal also requires Meta to make several changes to Facebook and Instagram for younger users.

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At Trial, Instagram Head Denies Having ‘Stalled’ Teen ‘Take a Break’ Feature Despite Slow Rollout

How quickly is a responsible company supposed to make such a feature the default?

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The Trillion-Dollar Trial Against Meta Is Too Big to Succeed

Could Meta really pay $1.4 trillion if it loses in court?

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Meta and Other Tech Giants Must Face Thousands of Social Media Addiction Lawsuits, Court Declares

The social media giants are left facing hundreds of billions in fines.