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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s cage fight is a neo-feudal nightmare.
ByFind here all of the New Statesman’s comment and analysis about social media and the digital age.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s cage fight is a neo-feudal nightmare.
ByJean Twenge’s new study suggests that the young are the losers in a society transformed by technology.
ByIn her self-published memoir, the influencer veers between sharp wit and trite aphorisms, perceptive candour and petty insults.
ByInfluencers want you to think they’re making a living off pastoral pursuits rather than glued to their phones in search…
ByThe founders of AI are divided over what’s next.
ByCounterextremism expert Milo Comerford on what Isis can teach us about the spread of radical misogyny.
ByExcessive media voyeurism can turn a sensitive case into its own content vertical – with seriously negative effects.
ByAndrew Tate has turned five months of Romanian detention into a rallying cry. I went to a bootcamp for “alpha…
ByGaia Bernstein’s Unwired argues that smart devices are engineered to keep our children hooked. Can we hold the industry to…
ByElon Musk’s ruin of Twitter has been a boon for the newsletter platform, which is reshaping the market for the…
ByWithout Twitter, the future of news on social media looks even more bleak.
ByThe children’s commissioner on social media, porn and the mental health crisis in schools.
ByChunky bricks and Noughties flip phones are creeping back into the mainstream, as an antidote to smartphone addiction.
ByI’d been lied to, by the very thing I hold in my hand for the majority of my day. How…
ByThe evidence is now clear: smartphones are the major cause of the mental illness epidemic among young women.
ByElon Musk has killed Twitter – so what should replace it?
ByMajor companies are cutting back on benefits, from free meals to laundry services – and our understanding of what makes a…
ByRetaliatory censorship by Russia and China on apps and devices will lead to the West living in a parallel internet.
ByThe ByteDance-owned app will only be used on government devices in certain circumstances and will require security clearance.
ByThe huge spectacle around Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury shows the influencer economy’s outsized impact on our entertainment.
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