September 22, 2021

Is Instagram really bad for teenagers? The quality of the company's secret research into mental health is abysmal

Stuart Ritchie

22.05

Why are women becoming witches? Humans have always turned to magic when they feel helpless

Suzannah Lipscomb

09.02

Facebook’s bid to control the internet Its new Oversight Board could make it more powerful than nation states

James Ball

08.02

Influencers will survive Covid You may disdain their empty existence, but they represent a promise

Sarah Ditum

04.05

The wicked truth about Cottage Core This vogueish online idealisation of rural life is another way of ignoring its struggles

Tanya Gold

29.04

Pity the out-of-work influencers Don't mock their empty and decadent jobs: the Instagrammers were only trying to forge a new path

James Bloodworth

19.03

Get off social media and help! Across the country, offline support groups are rising up to deal with the crisis

Mary Harrington

12.12

Why 2019 became the Instagram election Trust in politicians is so low that they've adopted the 'staged authenticity' of celebrity influencers

Paolo Gerbaudo

04.02

Do we really have a ‘suicidal generation’? There's no evidence that social media is to blame for an increase in teen deaths

Tom Chivers

04.10

The truth about Gen Z

Eliza Filby