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Vox's coverage of the latest memes, social media controversies, YouTube drama, and more.

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

By Aja Romano

“Hater” doesn’t have to be a dirty word

By Rebecca Jennings

The arrest of misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, explained

By Rebecca Jennings

Sleazeballs are hot again

By Rebecca Jennings

The irresistible voyeurism of “day in my life” videos

By Rebecca Jennings

But where will we tweet?

By Rebecca Jennings

Quitting Elon

By Whizy Kim

Everybody wants to be a LinkedInfluencer

By Rebecca Jennings

The Try Guys have broken our brains

By Rebecca Jennings

A new Supreme Court case could fundamentally change the internet

By Ian Millhiser

Cheating scandals hit different right now

By Aja Romano

The racist backlash to The Little Mermaid and Lord of The Rings is exhausting and extremely predictable

By Aja Romano

The sex worker teaching TikTok about legal brothels

By Rebecca Jennings

So your kid wants to be an influencer

By Rebecca Jennings

“Scary easy. Sketchy as hell.”: How startups are pushing Adderall on TikTok

By Sara Morrison

You can ignore Andrew Tate

By Rebecca Jennings

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This Targaryen family tree explains Jon Snow’s parentage — and sets up House of the Dragon

By Aja Romano

The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why it’s so confusing — explained

By Aja Romano

Tacky is back!

By Rebecca Jennings

The nontoxic social media app that tells you your toxic traits

By Rebecca Jennings

Our submissions to the queer canon

By Aja Romano, Alissa Wilkinson, and 3 more

How Catholicism became a meme

By Rebecca Jennings

What the deepfake controversy about this Chinese actor says about conspiratorial thinking

By Aja Romano

How the internet gets people to plagiarize each other

By Rebecca Jennings

Why the Depp-Heard trial is so much worse than you realize

By Aja Romano

Twitter trolling with Chapo Trap House’s Felix Biederman

By Rebecca Jennings

Are we ever authentically ourselves on the internet?

By Terry Nguyen

What is a trend anymore?

By Terry Nguyen

The YouTubers are not okay

By Rebecca Jennings

Just admit that you loooove Twitter

By Rebecca Jennings

A day in the life of a professional Twitter flirt

By Rebecca Jennings

The hottest trend on TikTok? In-depth analysis.

By Terry Nguyen

Ignoring emails with Twitter’s funniest comedian

By Rebecca Jennings

The growing, lightly controversial industry teaching kids crypto

By Rebecca Jennings

Procrasti-shopping with NPR’s youngest podcast host

By Rebecca Jennings

The story of the internet, as told by the movies

By Alissa Wilkinson

Nobody wants more crappy videos on Instagram. Too bad.

By Rebecca Jennings

12 hours online and zero regrets: A day with the internet’s funniest meme curator

By Rebecca Jennings

Pixar’s Turning Red is an unlikely culture war battleground

By Aja Romano

Where teen influencers go to become actors

By Rebecca Jennings