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Zohran hosted the first ever candidate press conference exclusively for content creators
The event reached more than 77.3 million users across social platforms.
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Taylor Lorenz
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Andrew Cuomo is going all in on MAGA influencers
+ Ghost posts, Bestie Epstein, Gen Z's 'going out top,' Razzlekhan released, anti-facial recognition glasses, a new streamer award show, Eric Adams on…
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Taylor Lorenz
Can Twitch Survive? CEO Dan Clancy at Twitchcon
+ Vibe lifing, the GTA 6 twerk button, NBA ASMR, bricked smartbeds, YouTubers at the Pentagon, Musk's robot army, Sora pet videos, gooning mania, and…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Livestreaming as the antidote to AI
+ Long Halloween, Sora fetish content, Japan’s floptok icon, Trump vs Harry Sisson, Sombr drama, phone bans in bars, Group 7, AnthPo’s undercover stunt…
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Taylor Lorenz
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10 things that will get you labeled as a terrorist by the government
+ Taliban influencers, H00pify's Airbnb fiasco, statue-maxxing, MrBeast banking, Cava's dating show, Heineken vs AI, ByteDance's chatbot, and an…
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Taylor Lorenz
Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For
The backlash that Piker is facing shows the consequences of a world where everyone is constantly being recorded and our internet is built to reward…
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Taylor Lorenz
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From A Double Life Sentence to MAGA Influencer Fame
An IRL vibe coding battle, 6-7 meme coin, cosmic pink iPhones, ChatGPT hasbara, meet Lemonade Stand, CougerTok, party gap dating, JD Vance's TikToks and…
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Taylor Lorenz
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The AI Slop-pocalypse
+ Hawk Tuah's Twitch pivot, New Face syndrome, Gen Z divorcés, Sam Altman shoplifting slop, cockroach spies, brain rot pop, Forbes vs a gun violence…
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Taylor Lorenz
Nepal's Gen Z Uprising Is A Bigger Deal Than You Think
+ Moflin mania, cozy cardio, MrBeast trapped a man inside a burning house, $30k baby names, Ezra vs Ta-Nehisi, heavy soda, r/twinpeaks slop, frutarians…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Influencers Are Doing Free PR For Authoritarian Countries
+ AI kids, Nick Fuentes' YouTube return, memecoins come to the stock market, Roblox vs Italian Brainrot, Sit at the Bar September, IG's next era…
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Taylor Lorenz
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Jimmy Kimmel and Charlie Kirk's AI resurrection
+ Rapture day blues, Black looksmaxxing, 5120 x 1080 IG videos, Kamala Harris joins Substack, a workslop tsunami, the most prolific anti-5G arsonist…
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Taylor Lorenz
Conservatives Are Doxxing Innocent People Over Charlie Kirk
Right wing influencers are blasting people's names and personal details out to millions before ever verifying their claims.
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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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