My addiction to vertical video
It started with TikTok. So I deleted TikTok. But then I found myself on YouTube Shorts – then Instagram Reels…
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Amelia Tait
Amelia Tait is a freelance journalist, and was previously tech and digital culture writer at the New Statesman.
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