All Internet Roads Lead Back to 2014 – The Ringer
Looking back now, when our feeds are a perpetual washing machine of sponcon, paid partnerships, and videos hashtagged #ad, the… read more
Adobe is updating its terms of service following a backlash over recent changes – Engadget
Following customer outrage over its latest terms of service (ToS), Adobe is making updates to add more detail around areas… read more
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It – The Atlantic
As readers, we are already in the dark about how a chatbot makes its decisions, and we certainly will not… read more
“We’re Never Doing This Again”: What It Took for These Parenting Influencers to Pull Their Kids Offline – Cosmopolitan
This is how Annalee explains her decision to take her daughters offline, which she did in the spring of 2023:… read more
The Parenting Influencers Who Won’t Stop Posting Their Children – Cosmopolitan
In 2024, the messy business of family vlogging is at an inflection point: to show your kids online or not?… read more
What’s the Price of a Childhood Turned Into Content? – Cosmopolitan
There is only one state in the entire country—Illinois—where child influencers are legally entitled to a percentage of the money… read more
Want to stop livestreaming? That’ll be $42,000 – Rest of World
China’s multibillion-dollar livestreaming industry is driven, in part, by about 24,000 talent agencies, which provide training and equipment to livestreamers… read more
Meta says its AI trains on your Instagram posts – Axios
Meta admitted late last week that it has used mountains of public Facebook posts to train its AI models, per… read more
They Gossiped At Brunch. Now There’s a Mob After Them – Rolling Stone
Content has grown to encompass practically anything you can point your camera at. But with that growth, building out a… read more
The End of Privacy is a Taylor Swift Fan TikTok Account Armed with Facial Recognition Tech – 404 Media
A viral TikTok account is doxing ordinary and otherwise anonymous people on the internet using off-the-shelf facial recognition technology, creating… read more