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Made in China
The Chinese App That Puts Instagram to Shame
In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the country’s tourism industry.
Louise Matsakis
Private Prompt
WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
Lily Hay Newman
Master of Disguise
A Kid With a Fake Mustache Tricked an Online Age-Verification Tool
Fernanda González
Face Swap
Why Does Wikipedia Think I’m Evan Spiegel?
Maxwell Zeff
Lost Language
This Indigenous Language Survived Russian Occupation. Can It Survive YouTube?
Paresh Dave
Click Bait
Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
Maddy Varner
Checks and Balances
Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here
Valentina Neri
Called Out
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
Dell Cameron
Housekeeping
Meta Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Industrialized Scamming
Lily Hay Newman
Bye Bye
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Kate Knibbs
Access Denied
Apple Blocks US Users From Downloading ByteDance’s Chinese Apps
Zeyi Yang
Taking the Stand
Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony
Miles Klee
Your Honor
Meta Goes to Trial in a New Mexico Child Safety Case. Here’s What’s at Stake
Lauren Goode
Trust Issues
TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners
Zeyi Yang
and
Vittoria Elliott
Child Safety
Meta Seeks to Bar Mentions of Mental Health—and Zuckerberg’s Harvard Past—From Child Safety Trial
Lauren Goode
Half Measures
Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed
Matt Burgess
Grotesque
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Caroline Haskins
Free Bird
Operation Bluebird Wants to Bring ‘Twitter’ Back to Life
Cyrus Farivar
App Control
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
Zeyi Yang
and
Louise Matsakis
Lift the Veil
Scam Ads Are Flooding Social Media. These Former Meta Staffers Have a Plan
Craig Silverman
The Big Interview
Kara Swisher Would Rather Work for Sam Altman Than Mark Zuckerberg
Katie Drummond
Power Play
Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors
Zeyi Yang
Tick Tock
Donald Trump Is Saying There’s a TikTok Deal. China Isn’t
Zeyi Yang
and
Jake Lahut
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