TikTok

The toll of TikTok

Indonesian women’s rights groups demand better protections against misogyny and harassment for livestream hosts When TikTok’s e-commerce platform launched in 2021, Indonesia became one of its biggest markets. Even after...

Faith in the feed

A Dutch report on how Gen Z is finding God through the algorithm As church pews across the Netherlands grow emptier, faith is quietly migrating online. A growing number of...

Danish dating gets the ick

In Denmark, the global Gen Z slang “ick” has entered everyday dating language, replacing old Danish words for disgust and reshaping how young people talk about attraction, revulsion, and the...

Influencers in the Apocalypse

A former French cultural attaché in Jerusalem profiles Gaza’s Instagram influencers and content creators, showing how their activities shape the war, report on its horrors and provide a window onto...

The Delirious Mythology of Italian Brainrot

How AI chimeras, absurd nursery rhymes, and Gen Z humour has birthed a chaotic new online aesthetic Even in a world overrun by online content, the viral surge of so-called...

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