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‘BIGGER, BOLDER, FREER!’

Don Lemon, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jim Rome Ink Deals With X

Lemon announced he will host three 30-minute episodes per week on Elon Musk’s increasingly sewer-like “global town square.”

Justin Rohrlich

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UNDER SCRUTINY

Feds Want to Know if Extremist Used Gab to Share Child Porn

The 29-year-old Colorado man first wound up on the feds’ radar for his anti-Semitic “hunting guides.” Now investigators want to know if he shared child porn on the platforms.

Kelly Weill

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CREEPY

Florida Police Release Names of 23 Sex Traffickers

The 23 men had met kids online through social networking and dating apps and were apprehended on their way to meet their victims.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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The ‘Shady’ History Behind the Hot New Social App Vero

As users look into its billionaire founder’s past, a #DeleteVero movement is growing.

Taylor Lorenz

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Not Ready for It

Trump Supporters Invade Taylor Swift’s New App

Taylor Swift’s new social network for her fans quickly turned into a community debating if it’s OK not to ‘accept gays lesbians and bisexuals’ in its first weekend online.

Taylor Lorenz

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Youths

The Secret Clip Art Diaries Teens Are Posting on Instagram

In order to cope with the stresses of middle school life, teen girls are reviving MS Paint kitsch to find community—and de facto therapy—across the web.

Taylor Lorenz

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Say No to No

Why You Should Reply ‘Yes’ to Every Facebook Event

A ‘yes’ can actively promote an event in your friends’ timelines. A ‘no’ can be an algorithmic death knell—and also ‘cruel and unusual’ levels of impolite.

Taylor Lorenz

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#FML

Hackers Make Searchable Database to Dox Instagram Celebs

The flaw that hackers used around the time someone targeted Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber has been fixed—but not in time to protect the privacy of thousands of Instagrammers.

Joseph Cox

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Talk Soup

Gossip Can Save Your Life

Gossip, says an Oxford University evolutionary psychologist, provides vital physical and psychological benefits—and benefits society. But you have to do it right.

Tim Teeman

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Back to the Future

New Apple Music Looks a Lot Like MySpace

Apple has turned back the clock with its new music app, Connect, following in the path of MySpace in an attempt to ‘humanize’ the world of music online. But does it need humanizing?

Abby Haglage

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Members Only

Travelling with the A-List

Can we see your membership card? Lizzie Crocker reports on the perks of being a world-class jetsetter.

Lizzie Crocker

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