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The Viral Spiral

In a TikTok post last month, the singer Halsey shared a message with fans: “basically i have a song that i love that i want to release ASAP,” the musician wrote, “but my record label won’t let me.” Despite eight years in the music industry and over 165 million records sold, Halsey said, “my record […]

Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law Regulating Social Media Platforms

The law also does not cover sites that are devoted to news, sports, entertainment and other information that their users do not primarily generate. The covered sites are largely prohibited from removing posts based on the viewpoints they express, with exceptions for the sexual exploitation of children, incitement of criminal activity and some threats of […]

The Bachelor Comes to Bushwick

Jessica Callaghan, 30, was scrolling through Instagram when an advertisement offered her a boyfriend. “There is no substitute for true love!” it read. “Find it today with Elan! ‘The Bushwick Bachelor!’” Ms. Callaghan, who works in public relations, had spent nearly a decade swiping around for dates and relationships on Tinder and Hinge, but she […]

Trump’s Truth Social Is Poised to Join a Crowded Field

For months, former President Donald J. Trump has promoted Truth Social, the soon-to-be-released flagship app of his fledging social media company, as a platform where free speech can thrive without the constraints imposed by Big Tech. At least seven other social media companies have promised to do the same. Gettr, a right-wing alternative to Twitter […]

Patricia Moreno, Spiritual Fitness Leader, Dies at 57

Patricia Moreno, who injected a dose of spirituality into the world of fitness and created a popular exercise program called intenSati, which became a staple at some Equinox gyms and a presence on YouTube, died on Jan. 22 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 57. The cause was cervical cancer, her wife, Kellen […]

Alphabet’s Profit Increased 36 Percent to $20.64 Billion in Q4

These days, there is so much uncertainty surrounding Google’s parent company, Alphabet: a global pandemic, fears of inflation gripping the U.S. economy, restive employees challenging management, and regulators and politicians seemingly bent on taking their pound of flesh. But one thing has not changed. Alphabet continues to make money. Lots of it. On Tuesday, Alphabet […]

YouTube Bars Right-Wing Media Personality Dan Bongino

YouTube said on Wednesday that it had terminated accounts associated with Dan Bongino, a popular right-wing radio and Fox News host, nearly two weeks after it first suspended his channel for violating its Covid-19 misinformation policy. A former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned pundit, Mr. Bongino is a vocal critic […]

A YouTuber’s Plane Crash Draws Doubts From Aviation Experts

The YouTube video with the attention-grabbing title “I Crashed My Plane” begins with Trevor Jacob piloting a small aircraft with several cameras attached, showing off sweeping views of sepia and green above the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California. Then the propeller stops spinning. Mr. Jacob unleashes a flurry of expletives, opens the door […]

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Twitter, Meta, Alphabet and Reddit

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued subpoenas on Thursday to four major social media companies — Alphabet, Meta, Reddit and Twitter — criticizing them for allowing extremism to spread on their platforms and saying they have failed to cooperate adequately with the inquiry. In letters accompanying the […]