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Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine

As the industry decays, social media has become a go-to place for tips and quotes. That’s a problem

The Walrus

Five of the best books about social media

From online courtroom to information manipulation, social media has radically changed communication. Here are five books to help navigate it

The Guardian - UK

$10,000 debt and zero savings: The untold side of making it as a social media influencer

"I was trying to copy what the girls who have a million were doing.”

Fortune

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Libel Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times and Taylor Lorenz, Related to Meaning of Word "Leaked," Can Proceed

From Judge Edgardo Ramos's decision Tuesday in Jacob v. Lorenz (S.D.N.Y.) (the underlying allegedly libelous article appears to be the one here): Plaintiffs Ariadna Jacob and her company, Influences, Inc., brought this defamation action against Defendants Taylor Lorenz and the New York Times. Plaintiffs allege that a New York Times…

Reason

First Thing: Trump allegedly shared sensitive information with Australian billionaire

Member of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort allegedly passed on submarine details to former Australian PMs and journalists. Plus, US influencers fear bedbug infestation from Paris fashion week

The Guardian - UK

‘The internet is vicious and toxic, but I’d never go back to the 90s’: Taylor Lorenz talks to Monica Lewinsky

The journalist speaks with the activist about surviving merciless harassment, the media’s double standards on gender, and why they still have hope

The Guardian - US

Book Review: 'Extremely Online' shows how creators and influencers have shaped social media

Washington Post technology columnist Taylor Lorenz tells the social history of social media in “Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet.”

The Independent UK

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Taylor Lorenz, Peter Van Valkenburgh: Why Banning TikTok Is Stupid and Unwarranted

The bipartisan RESTRICT Act is an infringement on a host of civil and economic rights that will strangle free speech and cryptocurrencies.

Reason

A TikTok Ban Would Set a Dangerous Precedent. Live With Taylor Lorenz and Peter Van Valkenburgh

Join Reason on YouTube and Facebook Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion about Congress' attempt to ban TikTok with the RESTRICT Act.

Reason

The future of U.S. crypto sanctions

A new Chainalysis report highlights how the Office of Foreign Assets Control has been targeting bad actors in the crypto sector.

Fortune

Joe Rogan apologizes for discussing doctored tweet on Spotify podcast

Joe Rogan on Thursday night apologized after discussing a fake COVID-19-related tweet on his Spotify podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

Los Angeles Times

Crypto Twitter, mainstream media, and who really exposed FTX

The Washington Post suggests pseudonymous Twitter accounts and Substack writers had an outsize role in exposing FTX.

Fortune

DeSantis offered to host Chaya Raichik

The controversial right wing Twitter personality tells Tucker Carlson she's ready to be "not so anonymous anymore"

Salon

Musk asks in poll if he should step down as Twitter CEO; users vote yes

There was no immediate announcement from Twitter, or Musk, about whether that would happen, though he said that he would abide by the results.

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France 24

Musk asks Twitter users if he should stay in charge of social media platform

Elon Musk is asking Twitter’s users to decide if he should stay in charge of the social media platform after acknowledging he made a mistake Sunday in launching new speech restrictions that banned mentions of rival social media websites.

Tribune News Service

Journalist Taylor Lorenz suspended from Twitter for 'prior doxxing action' and then reinstated

Journalist Taylor Lorenz’s Twitter account was reinstated Sunday, hours after being suspended for what platform owner Elon Musk described as “prior doxxing action.”

The Independent UK

Lorenz added to list of journalists banned from Twitter

The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz has become the latest journalist to be banned from Twitter

The Guardian - UK

Unfollow? Block? And who gets custody of the WhatsApp groups? How to break up in the digital age

Social media has made finding love easier, but ending relationships even messier. Here’s how to finish things online without losing your mind

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Nina Jankowicz's Faulty Record, Not Her Critics, Doomed the Disinformation Board

And The Washington Post's wildly one-sided account of Jankowicz's fall was an exercise in government PR.

The Independent UK

DeSantis press secretary ‘duped’ by fake story about ‘homophobic dog’ on International Day Against Homophobia

Christina Pushaw criticised a Washington Post reporter despite story being satirical

Salon

The Twitter troll who took Trump's place

Trump’s off Twitter — but Republicans have a new troll to issue marching orders

Benzinga

Washington Post writer Taylor Lorenz has found herself in the social media spotlight for a new article that identified the anonymous creator of Libs of TikTok, a Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) account that has become popular with conservatives for reposting videos that alleged to show

Salon

Doxxing? Toxic "Libs of TikTok" exposed

Conservatives cry hypocrisy over a Washington Post report on the woman behind the infamous "Libs of TikTok" account

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