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    Waterpolo player Tilly Kearns has half a million followers on TikTok.

    How female Olympians are boosting their popularity without media help

    Enthusiasm for lesser-known sports tends to die off at the end of each Olympic Games but some women are doing their own promotion.

    • Lucy Slade

    This Month

    Kickboxer-turned-influencer Andrew Tate’s brand of toxic masculinity has found a willing audience among young men.

    Frustration, confusion and Andrew Tate driving extremism in the young

    Extremism experts warn that young men are becoming radicalised after looking to social media for simple answers to complicated economic and social questions.

    • Gus McCubbing

    July

    Local broadcasters are hoping for big growth in their streaming and catch-up services but face significant competition from Netflix and other international groups.

    Streaming, catch-up services on verge of eclipsing TV advertising

    Revenue growth has slowed significantly across the media and entertainment sector – particularly in news – a widely followed annual PwC survey has found.

    • Kylar Loussikian
    Aly McCormick’s Kamala mix on TikTok.

    What is the KHive?

    Likely Democrat nominee Kamala Harris has supporters embracing her quirky style and turning her cringiest moments into social media memes.

    • Madison Malone Kircher

    ‘Old people sometimes scare me’, says Gen Z

    Today’s teens know they are missing out on some of the fun, but are baffled previous generations did so many adult things so young says psychologist Jean Twenge.

    • Julie Hare
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    The ACCC says Meta is recording revenue from Australians overseas.

    ‘Unclear’ how much Meta makes from Australian users: ACCC

    It is clear Meta banks billions in revenue from Australians offshore, the competition watchdog said responding to questions from a government inquiry.

    • Sam Buckingham-Jones
    Sam Kroonenburg says he sees a similar convergence of technology capability and market opportunity for Cuttable, that he enjoyed with A Cloud Guru.

    Aussie who sold cloud start-up for $2b jumps on AI for ads

    Three years after selling A Cloud Guru in a bumper payday, Sam Kroonenburg is teaming up with advertising entrepreneurs with big plans and investors in tow.

    • Paul Smith
    The children of parents who spend a lot of time on their own phones are found to spend 40 minutes more on their phones.

    I gave up my phone as an example to my teenagers – it was disastrous

    Before you ban your kids from using smartphones, ask yourself why.

    • Bethan Ryder
    Trump T-shirts were available minutes after the shooting.

    ‘Grazed, but not Dazed’: Trump T-shirts go viral

    Entrepreneurs in Asia were quick to cash in on the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump.

    • Marcus Lum and Sophie Yu
    What we get wrong is thinking that just because scrolling mindlessly through social media is unproductive and feels like “time out” we are therefore properly relaxing when we engage in it.

    If you really want to relax, put that phone down

    The dopamine hit of smartphones, described as the modern-day hypodermic needle, is not the same as switching off.

    • Jemima Kelly
    Mark Zuckerberg surfs to celebrate Independence Day.

    Mark Zuckerberg shows he is, like a teen, desperate to be cool

    The man who has everything is still stung by criticism and anxious for validation online, proving his critics right about Meta’s effects on mental health.

    • Nick Bonyhady

    ‘I feel helpless’: techies are banning their kids from social media

    The professionals who understand most how social media and other tech platforms work are keeping their own children away from them for as long as possible.

    • Paul Smith
    Research conducted by the eSafety Commissioner found the average age when Australian children first
encounter pornography is around 13.

    Big tech ordered to develop solutions to stop kids finding porn

    The eSafety Commissioner has given internet companies six months to find a plan to stop kids stumbling across porn while searching for sites such as YouTube.

    • Tess Bennett
    Natassia Grace, Founder & CEO at Conserving Beauty.

    Brands hit up TikTok as Instagram, Facebook lose their lustre

    The Victorian Chamber of Commerce found expanding marketing was a top priority for members, striking a deal with the platform to educate owners how to do it.

    • Patrick Durkin

    June

    Last week Nine Entertainment chief executive Mike Sneesby told parliament jobs will go if Meta’s deals do.

    Nine Entertainment to cut 200 jobs as Meta content deal ends

    CEO Mike Sneesby made the announcement as Nine battles a weaker advertising market and a content deal with Meta, which runs Instagram and Facebook, ends.

    • Max Mason
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    Tennis player Anna Kournikova popularised the no-show sock.

    Are your socks showing your age?

    Millennials are having to up their game in the sock war with Gen Z.

    • Ashley Fetters Maloy and Samantha Chery
    There is a balance between being career advancing and sounding like “The Office” character David Brent.

    There’s nothing funny about LinkedIn’s ‘weird’ makeover

    If the professional social network is now a place for personal posts, why isn’t it funnier?

    • Emma Jacobs
    Nine’s Mike Sneesby, News Corp’s Michael Miller and Seven West Media CEO Jeff Howard in Canberra on Friday.

    Calls to ban Facebook and Instagram in Australia

    The heads of major media organisations say Meta’s refusal to renew about $70 million in commercial deals with news outlets will likely lead to job losses and newspaper closures.

    • Updated
    • Hannah Wootton
    Luxury brands like the creativity and immediacy of Pinterest and Snap.

    Instagram and TikTok are threatened, so fashion is switching channels

    Snap, Pinterest and Substack are poised to pick up where other social media platforms once dominated.

    • Lauren Sams
    US legislators have likened technology’s impact on youths to that of big tobacco.

    US surgeon-general urges tobacco-style warnings on social media

    Vivek Murthy’s call to action comes as regulators and legislators increasingly scrutinise links between social media use and children’s mental health.

    • Cristiano Lima-Strong and Aaron Gregg