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You Are Being Lied to About Algorithms
+ AI Amish influencers, baby gut health, Kai Trump's Erewhon vlog, bed rotting for art, the Substack book, MrBeast banking, Quittr, a new Ellison, Ben…
 • Taylor Lorenz
How Epstein Warped the Entire Internet
Mr. Beast Islam, Roblox threesoms, the Staples Baddie, Parisian slop bowls, phone away from phone, AI pervert glasses, TX primary influencer wars, and…
 • Taylor Lorenz
'Situation Monitoring' Products Are Flooding The Web
+ Yapper ads, the Most Evil Gay Guy, pop culture OpenClaw, Gucci runway texts, Jim Carry conspiracies, #sendBaron, Zuck's $170M mansion, Opensource…
 • Taylor Lorenz
ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7
+ PewDiePieAI, sustainable abundance, MAGA influencers go solar, disappearing summer break, YT's newest teen sensation, giving birth on livestream, a…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Why The Internet Is Broken
+ Ai;dr, r/lanadelrey drama, total boomer luxury communism, American Girl novels, Benny Blanco livestreamer, Nicki Minaj bot farms, Slxughter…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds
+ Burnout feminism, slop surgery, sleepcations, serftok, Meta's celeb wrangler -> OpenAI, American Girl Ozempic, chatbot cafes, Tinder voting, 13 yr old…
 • Taylor Lorenz
They're Trying To Kill The Internet As We Know It
+ Beast Banking, Clav's mogshot, a brainrot Reels slam poet, X's fake cancer cure problem, Polymarket Portal feet pics, AI Netflix, analog YouTube…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Where Do the Journalists Go Now?
As media titans self-combust, what does that mean for reporters, their sources and the news we desperately need?
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The Rise and Fall of Livestream Fail
+ Moltbook mania, Minecraft protests, wellness anarchists, travelscrimping, GlamBOT controversy, Tinder for clankers, French Zohran, and escaping a…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Can You Sue For Social Media Addiction?
+ Slopagandists, WannaBeasts, r/massivecock vs ICE, America's Kill Line, peptide pushers, Boy Throb, viral armpitting, a new class of pro-Democrat dark…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Why Conservatives Hate Brooklyn Beckham
A Dramageddon drag show, ManyVids AI psychosis, the far right's new goth girl, 13 yr old AI founders, UpScrolled > TikTok, Rumble Shorts, IRL Heated…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The New Satanic Panic Is Here
+ Admin nights, Steal A Brainrot, GAP's AI orb, IG for fishing, influencer peptides, a16z's pro-AI creator class, and one man's journey from foreign…
 • Taylor Lorenz
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A tech and online culture publication by Taylor Lorenz, featuring original reporting on how the internet is reshaping politics, business, media, and culture.
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