The kids are right, smartphones aren’t all bad news
Unenforceable social media bans for teenagers cause more problems than they solve.
By Sarah Manavis
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The coddling of the Gen Z mind
Internet slang has infantilised an entire generation, and undermined the gravity of the moment.
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The 2010 scammers are doubling down
From Fyre Festival 2.0 to Anna Delvey’s media empire, the culture can’t let its obsession go.
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Instagram’s small-c conservative aesthetic
The “old-money” influencers sell users a fantastical vision of their future.
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The inattention pandemic
The tyranny of social media has made us all minor celebrities: exhausted and narcissistic.
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In defence of MrBeast
The YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson is seen as either a great philanthropist or an embodiment of the greed and narcissism of…
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How rotted is your brain?
Smartphones play a complicated role in our lives, but the conversation about them exists in black and white.
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Social media was never ethical
As Donald Trump returns to office, Meta will allow more “insulting language” and remove fact-checking. Is anyone really surprised?
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