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  1. tiktok
    Is Trump Really Banning TikTok?He issued an executive order banning the app from operating in the U.S., unless its Chinese-owned parent company sells it off.
    By Hannah Gold
  2. the internet
    Wait, But I Just Got a TikTokWTF are Instagram “Reels”?
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  3. very online
    This Scientist Twitter Drama Is WildMeTooStem founder BethAnn McLaughlin admitted to inventing a colleague and saying she’d died of COVID-19.
    By Hannah Gold
  4. tiktok
    What’s Going on With Trump’s TikTok Ban and the Microsoft Deal?As TikTok users continue to hold their looped breath, Microsoft is again trying to acquire the app after dealing with some Trump-prompted confusion.
    By Chas Danner
  5. coronavirus
    Madonna’s Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory Post Flagged by InstagramHere we go again.
    By Charu Sinha
  8. coronavirus
    Twitter, Facebook Delete Video Trump Tweeted Over COVID-19 MisinformationThe video, in which doctors decry masks and call hydroxychloroquine a COVID-19 cure, had millions of views and a Trump retweet before it was removed.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. for the fans
    Okay, Who’s Out Here Asking Supermarket Sweep Host David Ruprecht for Feet Pics?David Ruprecht has only one issue with new fans trying to friend him on Facebook.
    By Halle Kiefer
  10. keeping up with the royals
    Anyway, Here’s Prince Harry’s Embarrassing Old Instagram HandleStars, they’re just like us.
    By Claire Lampen
  11. lawsuits
    Producer Sues the Academy Over ‘Bland, Formulaic’ Social Media Presence“It is the Academy’s stubborn refusal to engage the audience on social media that dooms the Oscars to a has-been awards show.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  12. tiktok
    The Trump Administration Is Considering Banning TikTokThe U.S. opened a national-security investigation into the app last year.
    By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
  15. extremely online
    Tina Lawson Defends Beyoncé Against ‘Social-Media Terrorists’ on InstagramThe singer has received criticism for appropriating African culture on her upcoming visual album Black Is King and for her relationship to capitalism.
    By Chris Murphy
  16. there's nothing like a dame
    Judi Dench Insists She’d Be Dead If It Weren’t for TikTok“It saved my life.”
    By Devon Ivie
  17. power
    Is It Dangerous to Post Pictures of Protesters’ Faces?As images from protests circulate online, some fear that individuals will become targets.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  18. media digest
    Former Employees at Complex Speak Out on Racism and SexismThey described a workplace rife with abuse.
    By Charu Sinha
  19. extremely online
    Snapchat Removes Juneteenth Filter That Asked Users to Smile to Break ChainsThe corporations are at it again.
    By Rebecca Alter
  22. cut chats
    Patia Borja Wants You to Educate YourselfIn conversation with the woman behind the master list of resources on how to dismantle systemic racism that’s taken over Instagram.
    By the Cut
  23. roundtables
    A Roundtable Discussion on a Chaotic Week in Social MediaAs new rules emerge and people test the bounds of what’s acceptable online, Vulture gathers to discuss what unrest looks like on your phone.
    By Craig Jenkins, E. Alex Jung, and Dee Lockett
  24. bless his heart
    Finally, Some Joy: Someone Found Ben Affleck’s Secret InstagramHis private account’s username is “positiveattitudehunting.”
    By Hunter Harris
  25. the national interest
    Trump Threatens to Close Down Social Media for Challenging His LiesThe president isn’t pretending to have any neutral principles. He wants to control all media.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. vision 2020
    There’s Only One Way the ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ Matters“Enthusiasm” for a presidential general election candidate is usually exaggerated and often unimportant.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. coronavirus
    Bryan Adams Goes Wide With It in Bizarre COVID-19 Veganism RantBlaming “bat eating” “virus making greedy bastards” for his concert cancellations.
    By Halle Kiefer
  30. social media
    Instagram Is Scrambling to Release a Feature to Memorialize Dead UsersThe social-media company says the pandemic has prompted it to aim for an early release.
    By Hannah Gold
  31. fundraising
    Gucci Invites Artists to Help FundraiseIncluding photographer Derek Ridgers, who contributed pictures of “what life was like before.”
    By Emilia Petrarca
  32. big baby
    The Big Baby Knows How to LiveBig Baby is a lifestyle icon.
    By Claire Lampen
  33. recommendations
    Relax With a Loving Chihuahua SerenadeWatch Malinda Herman sing to her tiny dog. Again. And again.
    By Claire Lampen
  36. instagram
    I Love Your Crappy ContentThe constant, mundane updates from isolation have made Instagram fun again.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  37. coronavirus
    Lower Your Video Quality for the Greater GoodEveryone working and playing from home is taxing our internet infrastructure. You don’t need to watch everything in 1080p.
    By Brian Feldman
  38. no uggos
    TikTok Is Not The Internet’s EdenAccording to a report, moderators were advised to keep those with “ugly facial looks” & “dilapidated housing” off its front page.
    By Brian Feldman
  39. sure why not
    CGI Influencer ‘Consciously Uncoupling’ From Human BoyfriendLil Miquela and her alive boy, Nick, are no more.
    By Claire Lampen
  40. called out
    Please Log Off, the Pope BegsFor the love of God, literally.
    By Bridget Read
  43. extremely online
    Congrats to Kyle MacLachlan, Who Finally Got Me Interested in TikTokA damn fine inaugural video.
    By Devon Ivie
  44. instagram
    Could You Survive a Day at the Museum of Ice Cream With No Phone?What is Instagram’s favorite pop-up museum like … without Instagramming? One woman’s harrowing attempt to find out.
    By Anna Silman
  45. crime
    For Hours, Photos of a 17-Year-Old Girl’s Brutal Murder Were on InstagramMonths after Bianca Devins was killed, the suspect in the case has pleaded guilty to her murder.
    By Amanda Arnold
  46. social media
    Where to Follow All of the Cut’s Editors During Fashion WeekWe’re everywhere!
    By the Cut
  47. an investigation
    Wait — What Instagram Ads Do Men See?A dive into uncharted targeted-ad territory.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  50. vision 2020
    How Low Will Democrats Go? Probably Not Low Enough.In a world of fake news and dank memes, this means they’re no longer very good at the internet.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  51. select all
    The Characters Who Dominated the Internet in 2019The VSCO Girl, the Area 51 Raider, the Wife Guy, the Too-Online Boomer, and more.
    By Brian Feldman
  52. who were the 2010s?
    Instagram’s Co-Founder on Creating the World’s FilterKevin Systrom talks truth, scale, and influencers.
    By Stella Bugbee
  53. social media
    Amish Teens Are on TikTok, and It’s Probably OkayAmish TikTok users seem so much like an oxymoron, but that’s what makes them popular.
    By Sarah Spellings
  54. follow me
    The Couple That Fakes Their Own Paparazzi Photos“We started it as sort of a joke. But now it is getting serious.”
    By Charlotte Cowles
  57. the future issue
    In 2029, I’ll Regret All My Hand-wringing Over Social MediaI now find myself questioning the moral imperative for women to avoid vanity and sidestep aesthetic fantasies.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  58. tech boot camp
    How to Block, Mute, and Avoid Your Enemies OnlineCleansing your feed has only grown more granular over time.
    By Brian Feldman
  59. social media
    Instagram Is Banning Plastic-Surgery-Effect FiltersThe platform announced that it will be removing “all effects associated with plastic surgery.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  60. spooky szn
    How ‘Spooky Scary Skeletons’ Became the Internet’s Halloween AnthemThe 23-year-old track, from the writer of the ‘Golden Girls’ theme song, has become a mainstay of the Skeleton War.
    By Brian Feldman
  61. life in pixels
    Coleen Rooney, Instagram SpycatcherThe WAG George Smiley acknowledges the truth: Social media makes spies of us all.
    By Max Read
  64. broken brain
    This Kitchenware Video Is the Most Dramatic Film I’ve Ever SeenDifficult as it may be to believe, the Le Creuset x Star Wars collab video is not a parody.
    By Amanda Arnold
  65. old dog new tiks
    Will Smith Confirms That Being a Movie Star Is Officially Over by Joining TikTokTo be fair, Reese Witherspoon kicked off the “movie stars joining TikTok” trend last week.
    By Chris Murphy
  66. politics
    It’s Hard to Overestimate the Ferocity of the Fight AheadYes, the Nixon and Clinton crises were intense, but they will pale in comparison to this one.
    By Ed Kilgore
  67. emmys 2019
    Singer Michelle Williams Asks You Not to Yell at Her Over Anyone’s Emmys SpeechSome of you seem to be very confused, and in more way than one.
    By Halle Kiefer
  68. social media
    An Ode to Patti Smith’s Instagram, the Safest Space on the InternetHer DMs are open, people!
    By Jessica Goldstein
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