Happy 25th year, blogging. You’ve grown up, but social media is still having a brawl
The blogosphere remains a valuable source of information and insight
How to survive a Twitter storm
Tanya Gold published a piece about a plus-size mannequin one Sunday. By Monday morning the internet had gone mad and was out for her blood
From Succession to The Bold Type: how recap culture made us love television more
Not only have blogs, explainers and podcasts made good TV better; they’ve also made bad TV good
The best way to deal with online trolls? Do like Rachel Riley – starve them of oxygen
As Countdown’s human calculator has shown with her Twitter abusers, blocking them – and not engaging – is a better way of dealing with them
NYT columnist quits Twitter after daring critic to ‘call me a bedbug to my face’
Free speech advocate Bret Stephens emailed David Karpf’s boss to complain about ‘bedbug’ joke – and then quit Twitter after being widely mocked
Social media must not rob us of the right to change our minds
To avoid charges of hypocrisy, Twitter users become dogmatic. It’s poisoning our public discourse, says journalist Peter Ormerod
Social media is now a dangerous space for public servants – they are being locked out of modern life
The restrictions on public servants were nicknamed after me. This week’s high court ruling is troubling
Twitter won’t ruin the world. But constraining democracy would
Tech empowering people was once seen as a good thing. Why do some now fear it?
It’s a scary thought, but Logan Paul just might be the fastest YouTuber on the planet
After losing his way in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, the vlogger is back, bigger and richer than ever
The Trump rule? World leaders that violate Twitter rules will get warning label
Move is a shift in efforts to balance its ideological commitment to free expression with rules against harassment and hate speech
New app Trash from ex-head of Vine uses AI to make short clips
Social video app uses machine learning ‘to automate the un-fun parts of video editing’
What happens to our online identities when we die?
By 2100 there could be 4.9bn dead users on Facebook. So who controls our digital legacy after we have gone? As Black Mirror returns, we delve into the issue
Who is ‘cliff wife’? What is a ‘wife guy’? Why is it a meme?
A video of a woman falling down a steep hill went viral, and Twitter found a new man to mock. One Guardian Australia staffer asked another to explain the ‘wife guy’ phenomenon … quickly
How far can a viral tweet get you? Be careful what you wish for
Adam Koszary’s ‘absolute unit’ sheep led to a job at Tesla, but his new boss, Elon Musk, has had less social media success – with one missive landing him in court
Ukip candidates urge followers to switch to far-right social network Gab
Hate-filled platform has no restrictions on antisemitic, misogynist or racist content