Grace Stanley

There’s no doubt that TikTok is a shady business. But with so many people’s livelihoods and businesses at stake, blanket bans or forced divestitures are not the answer.

Last Thursday, Feb. 29, a group of YouTube music workers who unionized under the Alphabet Workers Union testified to the city council in Austin, Texas. Mid-way through the testimony, they were all laid off.

On Jan. 31, creator commerce platform Kajabi released a new study examining over 2,000 high-earning creators across the world who make over $100,000 per year. The study covered some of the various “strategies, behaviors, mindsets, and demographics” that set six-figure-earning creators apart from the rest of the crowd. It was estimated by Goldman Sachs in 2023 that only 4% of all content creators are able to reach this income bracket.

There are a lot of interesting stats to explore from the full

Is anyone else feeling the crushing boot of techno-capitalism on their necks more than usual this work week? I know I am. I started my career as a production assistant, prompted by the fierce love of documentaries I developed in college — obsessed with the weird tragic comedy of “Grizzly Man,” the gripping editing and narrative thrust of “Hoop Dreams,” the colorful, poetic whisperings of Agnes Varda. I hustled to get jobs with local filmmakers, trying not to care if I had to water their plants,

In one of the latest music videos from 27-year-old Canadian musician Alexander Gumuchian, also known as bbno$ or baby no money, the early 2000s planking trend is seeing a nostalgic resurgence.

In the PowerPoint-style official music video for his new song “still,” photos transition on the screen of Gumuchian defying gravity by planking with his head in a toilet, in the arms of a construction worker, on the beach, under a bus. His fans also ch

A TikToker named Chef Pii, who has been selling and marketing a condiment she calls “Pink Sauce” over the past two months, is under fire after users expressed safety concerns over its perishability and shipping.

On March 17, Investigation Discovery released the highly-anticipated docu-series Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. It chronicles alleged abuse and child neglect that occurred at Nickelodeon on shows like Zoey 101, Drake and Josh, and The Amanda Show. One of the most damning and talked about interviews in the series was with Drake Bell, a child star and musician who worked with the network in the 90s and 2000s.

In the show, Drake Bell shared that he was a victim of sexual abuse at the hand

YouTuber Quackity has responded to accusations from multiple former moderators on his private Minecraft server, named QSMP. Moderators allege that they were underpaid and overworked.

According to claims online, QSMP had multiple unpaid moderators working behind the scenes to run the server. Their stories quickly exploded on social media, with the QSMP trending on Twitter with over 75,000 posts on March 4.

Quackity is a streamer with nearly 20 million followers across YouTube, Instagram, and Tw

Banning content creators from social media platforms, aka deplatforming, is controversial. Creators who have been on the receiving end of social media bans rail against it. Others believe it is a vital method of keeping online conversations civil. Some acknowledge its successes and failures at the same time. Platforms have banned enormous names not just in the creator space but worldwide — including at least one former US president.

A new analysis looks not just at the impact of social media ba

Hasan Piker started his Saturday, Feb. 24 stream as usual. Before the political pundit fed the daily dose of news to his 2.6 million followers, he updated his audience on what was happening in his life.

The day before, after spending nine and a half hours talking on camera, Piker went to his producer’s housewarming party. After one drink of alcohol, Piker quickly realized his “social battery” had depleted after his time on Twitch.

Within 15 minutes of telling that story, a viewer clipped a 20-