Social Media
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X moves Karnataka HC against Centre using IT Act to censor content
Scroll Staff
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Eternally young: Women in their 20s grapple with impossible beauty standards
Nadine Shanahan, The Conversation
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‘Digital luddites’ aren’t anti-progress – they want to democratise technology
Raffaele F Ciriello, The Conversation Rick Sullivan, The Conversation Vitali Mindel, The Conversation
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Guns for sale: Illegal trade flourishes on WhatsApp in India, shows research
Yashraj Sharma, Rest of World
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Is social media an ‘addiction’? This study looked at bodily responses while scrolling Instagram
Niklas Ihssen, The Conversation
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The psychology of shame and envy – and how to be happy with what you have
Joshua Forstenzer, The Conversation
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Railways tells X to remove videos of deaths in New Delhi railway station stampede
Scroll Staff
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How to spot pseudoscientific health and nutrition claims
Aimee Pugh Bernard, The Conversation
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Ads selling illegal wildlife products, animal parts thrive online in Vietnam
Carolyn Cowan
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How to replace doomscrolling with a mindful hobby
Emma Palmer-Cooper, The Conversation
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Digital afterlife: The possibilities and problems of living on after death
Patrick van Esch, The Conversation Yuanyuan (Gina) Cui, The Conversation
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Elon Musk: The oligarch who tweets democracy away
Pius Fozan
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Power in chaos: Trump’s brand of ‘disaster politics’ could inspire more autocrats – and democracies
Chris Ogden, The Conversation
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How the new digital data protection rules infantilise people with disabilities
Nivedita Krishna
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Social media bans won’t keep teenagers safe – Finland shows a better approach
Susan Grantham, The Conversation Aida Hurem, The Conversation
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YouTube influencers, not mainstream media, dominate political interviewing in India: Study
Scroll Staff
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Parents don’t always know best: The problem with gatekeeping children’s internet access
Salik Khan
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Meta’s decision weakens the battle against misinformation
Ned Watt, The Conversation Michelle Riedlinger, The Conversation Silvia Montaña-Niño, The Conversation
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When death becomes viral discourse: A moment of reckoning for the muted obituary
Ghazala Jamil
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Parental consent mandatory for children to create social media accounts: Draft data protection rules
Scroll Staff