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Who Reads Entire Lawsuits for Fun?

Kaitlyn Tiffany

April 22, 2025

Photo-illustration of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively over court documents.

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Five Joyful Ways to Spend Time Online

April 13, 2025

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The Unending Trouble With TikTok

Kaitlyn Tiffany

April 4, 2025

The Cost of Perfection

March 31, 2025

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The Supply Closet That Film Geeks Love

March 20, 2025

A collage of actors in the Criterion Closet

The Rise of the Anti-Fan

March 2, 2025

Illustration of Johanne Sacreblu and Karla Sofia Gascon

Beware the Weepy Influencers

January 27, 2025

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America Is Divided. It Makes for Tremendous Content.

Spencer Kornhaber

January 23, 2025

The atheist commentator Alex O'Connor debates 25 Christians at a Jubilee Media taping in Los Angeles in December 2024.

America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet

Ethan Zuckerman

January 18, 2025

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Atlantic Intelligence

TikTok Will Never Die

January 17, 2025

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The Internet Is TikTok Now

January 16, 2025

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Nikki Glaser Came Prepared

January 6, 2025

Nikki Glaser at the Golden Globes

Hawk Tuah Wasn’t What It Seemed

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 27, 2024

Photograph of Haliey Welch

The End of News

December 23, 2024

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The Outrage Over 100 Men Only Goes So Far

December 18, 2024

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‘Dumbed-Down Catholicism Was a Disaster’

December 11, 2024

A photo-illustration in which Bishop Robert Barron overlays Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Would You Pay $1,000 for a Family Photo?

December 2, 2024

A painting of two children posing for a photograph taken with an old-fashioned camera

What the Men of the Internet Are Trying to Prove

Spencer Kornhaber

November 20, 2024

An illustration of Logan Paul and Jake Paul

Amazon Haul Is an Omen

November 15, 2024

What Really Works About SNL

October 6, 2024

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Introducing: How to Know What’s Real

Megan Garber and Andrea Valdez

April 22, 2024

Three rows of seven circles are stacked on top of one another, with red circles on the bottom, yellow above red, and purple above yellow. As the eye moves from left to right, the circles get compressed, creating an optical illusion of curving.

What to Do About the Junkification of the Internet

Nathaniel Lubin

March 12, 2024

A glitchy-looking waterdrop falls from a faucet.

What We Discovered on ‘Deep YouTube’

January 26, 2024

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The Internet Is Being Ruined by Bloated Junk

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 15, 2024

Illustration of a YouTube timeline that has spun out of control

Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole

Kaitlyn Tiffany

August 30, 2023

‘Subliminals’ Have a Power No Teen Can Explain

Kaitlyn Tiffany

August 22, 2023

An illustration of various items from "subliminal" videos, including a cell phone, water bottle, and headphones.

Disaster

June 2023 Issue

What You Can’t Say on YouTube

March 10, 2023

Andrew Tate Is Haunting YouTube

Kaitlyn Tiffany

March 7, 2023

Just a Few People Crowned Some of YouTube’s Earliest Hits

September 5, 2022

How the Pandemic Stoked a Backlash to Multilevel Marketing

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 27, 2021

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The Curious Comforts of a YouTube Show About Group Therapy

June 11, 2020

Toy Commercials Are Being Replaced by Something More Nefarious

February 2, 2020

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The Risk of ‘Getting Bangs’

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 22, 2020

A woman getting her bangs cut

YouTube Videos Are a Gold Mine for Health Researchers

September 9, 2019

A person uses a smartphone to take a video of a child.

Twinfluencers Are Taking Over the Internet

August 12, 2019