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‘Boy kibble’ is the new toxic internet food trend
8+ hour, 16+ min ago (94+ words) Devika Rao has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022, covering science, the environment, climate and business. She previously worked as a policy associate for a nonprofit organization advocating for environmental action from a business perspective. A masculine…...
The YIMBY movement could be on its way out
1+ week, 5+ day ago (488+ words) Justin Klawans has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022. He began his career covering local news before joining Newsweek as a breaking news reporter, where he wrote about politics, national and global affairs, business, crime, sports, film,…...
The Indian women trawling the worst of the internet to train AI
2+ week, 6+ day ago (380+ words) Less than $2 per week! Moderating AI content can empower women in rural communities " but traumatise them too India has long been a "centre for outsourced IT support" but, with the arrival of AI, there are rising concerns for the welfare…...
Why are people nostalgic for 2016?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (245+ words) Less than $2 per week! If you ask social media, 2026 is the new 2016 In recent weeks, Instagram and TikTok feeds have seemingly turned into time machines as people openly yearn for a simpler, more colorful era of the internet. The social…...
‘Autarky and nostalgia aren’t cure-alls’
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (89+ words) Jack Butler at The Wall Street Journal Tafi Mhaka at Al Jazeera Owen Walker at the Financial Times James Moore at The Independent IN THE SPOTLIGHT Fresh off her first solo state visit to Laos, Princess Aiko has become the…...
Violent videos of Charlie Kirk’s death are renewing debate over online censorship
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (491+ words) Social media "promises unfiltered access, but without guarantees of truth and without protection from harm" These organizations have become accustomed to "making editorial decisions around violent events to decide what images and words appear on their platforms for their readers…...
The rise and fall of 4Chan
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (604+ words) " Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist…...