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twst’s internet obsessions: Kate Bush and TikTok psychics

The Welsh artist shares her favourite online rabbit holes, from social media psychics to Charleston-dancing YouTubers

Music

Dec 04, 2023

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Life & Culture

Wait... that’s not Kendall: WTF is going on with Meta’s AI celebrities?

Kendall Jenner, Snoop Dogg, and Paris Hilton are among the first wave of Meta’s AI-generated influencers, with rumours of $5 million deals for the rights to their faces

Life & Culture

Oct 12, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

My boyfriend cheated on me with a scam sex bot

‘It doesn’t make it any less painful to know that it’s AI’

Life & Culture

Oct 02, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Is the golden age of posting over?

Social media algorithms and top-down trend cycles have ruined memes as we know it, but perhaps we’re approaching a new posting epoch

Life & Culture

Sep 29, 2023

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Art & Photography

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Hysteric Rooms: inside the homes of Britain’s subcultural youth

From cutesy Sanrio plushies to anime figurines, photographer Daisy Davidson is granted access to their subject’s extreme sanctuaries in new project, Hysteric Rooms

Art & Photography

Aug 28, 2023

Sola Adeaga

Art & Photography

10 kink and fetish-focused Instagram accounts to follow

Follow the gimps, artists and erotic creators pushing the boundaries of sexual expression on the notoriously prudish platform

Art & Photography

Aug 17, 2023

Anastasiia Fedorova

Life & Culture

Lil Tay: A brief explainer on the teen rapper’s sinister world

With all the mystery surrounding Lil Tay’s life and alleged ‘death’, we unpack everything we know about the teen rapper

Life & Culture

Aug 10, 2023

Halima Jibril

Life & Culture

Is it ever OK to surveil your boyfriend’s internet activity?

Increasing numbers of women seem determined to forbid their partners from watching porn or even liking influencers’ photos

Life & Culture

Aug 02, 2023

Eli Cugini

Life & Culture

Instagram keeps banning sex-positive and kink accounts

Meta says the accounts were banned ‘in error’ and have since been reinstated – but creators say this isn’t the first time this has happened

Life & Culture

Jun 29, 2023

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Meta says freeing the nipple is a basic human right

Instagram and Facebook are considering reversing their notorious nudity ban

Life & Culture

Jan 19, 2023

Thom Waite

Life & Culture

Is demystifying the algorithm the key to safer social media?

Under fire for promoting harmful content to vulnerable teens, TikTok has announced plans to make its recommendations more transparent

Life & Culture

Dec 22, 2022

Thom Waite

Beauty

10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and erotica

Managing to (mostly) slip under the radar of Instagram’s notorious censorship rules, these are the flesh-baring accounts you need to follow

Beauty

Nov 15, 2022

Isabelle Truman

Art & Photography

Harley Weir’s uncanny nudes explore beauty in the age of Instagram

The photographer has published her first ever self-portrait series – here, she discusses the otherworldly allure of sex dolls, being enlightened by porn, and why she chose to turn the camera on herself

Art & Photography

Sep 13, 2022

Thom Waite

Science & Tech

Here are all the ways you can spot fake news on TikTok

The social media platform is the fastest growing news source for young adults in the UK, with Instagram in the top spot – a professional fact-checker shares her tips for navigating news feeds filled with misinformation

Science & Tech

Jul 28, 2022

Thom Waite

Science & Tech