There used to be social taboos. The American Spectator’s Melissa Mackenzie made this truly excellent point on this week’s Spectacle podcast — which is really fantastic, I’ll have you know. She noted that one of the carry-on items riding along…
Facebook and Instagram may remove news articles from their websites in California if a new bill, the California Journalism Preservation Act, passes into state law. The act would tax the profits social media platforms make from publishing news content, reports…
Heaven apparently has a receptionist, and her name is Denise. At least, that’s the premise of a new TikTok series from Taryn Delanie Smith, the current Miss New York. “Everyone’s loving the ‘Heaven’s Receptionist’ videos on TikTok,” writes Motherly’s Cassandra…
TikTok hasn’t exactly got Facebook dancing in the streets. The Chinese-owned social media app is rapidly eating away at Facebook’s user base, especially among the under-30s crowd, which seems to think that Facebook is for the over-the-hill crowd. Many are…
Taylor Frankie Paul has 4 million followers on TikTok, where she posts videos of herself getting ready to attend Mormon services, discussing her “swinging” lifestyle, working out, styling her long hair, and preparing her Utah home for her young children…
Twitter no longer bans users who refer to people using biologically accurate pronouns. Instead, it now allows accountholders to determine how they express themselves. This victory for freedom of speech won scorn from outlets existentially dependent on freedom of speech….
What does TikTok have in common with 9/11? On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked airplanes and committed suicide attacks on the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. These terrorists took advantage…
Eventually, even the Left comes around. Sometimes. It’s usually after all the horses have left the barn and been taken to the glue factory when they do, but once in a while they have their moments of receding stupidity and…
It feels like yesterday that Instagram populated my feed with youthful influencers and their cat-eye tutorials and crop tops. Today, Instagram sends me haggard moms tackling “wake windows” and reviewing “signs a baby is cold at night.” The algorithm did…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Conservative frustration with social media moderation policies has dissipated since Elon Musk purchased Twitter and loosened up the previous regime’s rules — or at least replaced them with other controversial edicts. But for years, conservatives have championed…