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    Why you're wrong about Palantir, and TL;DR Tolkien

    The mysterious tech giant sparking online backlash

  9. Whistleblowers, dolphin memes, and a million dollar toilet

    The algorithmic arms race driving the spread of harmful content

  10. Sleuth wars, incels in STEM, and just want Harambe back

    The deaths of three sisters have led to rampant speculation online

  11. Shooting conspiracies, breakup texts, and Dana White's cortisol spike

    Behind the false claims that recent assassination attempts were 'staged'

  12. School wars, Dubai's crisis PR, and is Fabrizio cancelled?

    How phantom trends cause real-world hysteria

  13. Nancy Guthrie, TikTok sleuths, and Starmer's cringeposting era

    Influencers have descended on the Arizona home of the missing 84-year-old

  14. Misogyny, boomers, and China just got Krissed

    How AI is supercharging online abuse towards women

  15. Meta, YouTube, and a damning addiction verdict

    The companies were found liable in a landmark California case

  16. Kalshi, Polymarket, and gamifying the future

    Prediction markets have exploded online but they're inviting scrutiny.

  17. Is Hasan Piker NSFW now? And Tung Tung's generational run

    The Twitch streamer has been denied entry into the UK

  18. Iran, slopaganda, and the lego-inspired creator behind it all

    Explosive Media are accused of working for the Iranian government

  19. Introducing... Top Comment

    We talk through the stories behind your social media feed.

  20. Haley Beck explained, and the crypto operation hijacking the BBC

    The sister of an influencer is facing serious allegations

  21. Decline porn explained, and why Clavicular is misunderstood

    Episode 1 of Top Comment is here.

  22. Decline porn (part II), VPN patriotism, and Charli XCX's finsta drop

    How coordinated foreign accounts are amplifying anti-immigrant rhetoric

  23. Dare Market, hantavirus, and wtf is going on at JPMorgan?

    Meet the founder of the website being compared to Black Mirror

  24. Coachella, GRWM fakers, and Justin Bieber is chronically online

    Why the California festival is known as the 'Influencer Olympics'

  25. BONUS: Taylor Lorenz says "don't blame social media"

    Many western countries are pursuing stricter internet regulation

  26. BONUS: Live at Maida Vale Studios

    Highlights from our appearance at BBC Castfest