Posts by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AqDfKFbhtmzLPx0Q1A by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-01-18T14:37:05Z
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TikTok also has more than double the concentration of news content creators who identify as LGBTQ+ or advocate for LGBTQ+ rights vs other platforms, and 73% of teens who identify as Democrats or lean left use TikTok, compared to 52% of teens who identify as Republican. https://www.usermag.co/p/the-great-creator-reset
(DIR) Post #AqDfKJudtKVmlptb5U by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-01-18T14:38:45Z
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With Meta and X outright embracing right wing ideology, and YouTube becoming increasingly saturated, progressive creators who found a haven on TikTok, now face the near impossible task of rebuilding their communities on platforms that are hostile to their content. Most will fail. https://www.usermag.co/p/the-great-creator-reset
(DIR) Post #AqDfKO6UJEMbljT76e by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-01-18T14:42:24Z
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TikTok is also my biggest platform, if you want to support my work please buy a yearly subscription to UserMag.co, if it's not something you can afford please subscribe for free and/or share links!! Every little bit helps when you're up against an entire massive right wing media structure.https://www.usermag.co/
(DIR) Post #ArhfRdwK7kH5KzWlsW by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-03-04T04:42:58Z
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Viral claims about family influencers fleeing the state of California are completely false. TikToks and YouTube videos have amassed millions of views pushing this conspiracy.My article debunking it only has.... 2 shares. Journalism feels so fruitless sometimes. https://www.usermag.co/p/no-family-vloggers-are-not-fleeing-california-over-a-child-labor-law-viral-tiktok-false
(DIR) Post #AsirQfbcVyKFpkxcOm by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-04-03T16:24:05Z
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SCOOP: YouTube removes 'gender identity' from hate speech policy. "YouTube quietly removing ‘gender identity and expression’ from its list of protected groups is a major radical shift away from best practices in the field of trust and safety." https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from
(DIR) Post #AsirQl4sAdhCnvgYBk by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-04-03T16:27:55Z
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Under the list of examples of hate speech provided on YouTube’s policy site, the line “[Protected group status] is just a form of mental illness that needs to be cured,” was also removed. https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from
(DIR) Post #AsirQqX3tGDPinudJw by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-04-03T16:28:27Z
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Just a few weeks ago, the governor of Iowa specifically removed “gender identity” from the state's anti-discrimination protections, becoming the first state to make such a change. https://www.usermag.co/p/youtube-removes-gender-identity-from
(DIR) Post #Aspr6aGYIGLQ1MJxpI by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-04-06T23:15:19Z
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Does anyone who follows me have any connections with anyone in the government in Ireland? 🇮🇪 Or any business leaders in/from Ireland? Please reach out ASAP! 🇮🇪☘️
(DIR) Post #Atcgwle8vk94V94zSq by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-04-30T00:46:33Z
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Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins
(DIR) Post #AtrOPVw5G0H0I6V3Ls by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-05-07T18:43:45Z
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SCOOP: Meta bans largest Muslim news page in India. The company is working hand in hand with the government to censor social media influencers and journalists in the region for 'anti-national content' following the terror attack in Kashmir. https://www.usermag.co/p/meta-bans-largest-muslim-news-page-in-india-muslim-news-bjp
(DIR) Post #Au1yuoWLkScOq4Hovo by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-05-12T19:16:01Z
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Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics. He was asked whether or not he’d interviewed Hamas, Houthis, or Hezbollah members. He was questioned about his opinions on Trump and Israel https://www.usermag.co/p/hasan-piker-detained-at-the-border-and-questioned-for-hours-over-politics-trump-immigration
(DIR) Post #Au1yutcYmnYaemELo0 by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-05-12T19:16:37Z
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"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently" https://www.usermag.co/p/hasan-piker-detained-at-the-border-and-questioned-for-hours-over-politics-trump-immigration
(DIR) Post #Au46I0qv9YQNjzpyqW by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-05-13T22:13:55Z
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Texas is trying to making texting and posting about abortion online illegal. Please watch my video with @eff.org's Jennifer Pinsof about this terrifying bill and how free speech and bodily autonomy are intricately connected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB-d3NLWxfg
(DIR) Post #AvGcS2U3W8bsTqNBGC by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-06-18T21:05:22Z
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$25 covers the purchase and shipment of a pair of femme tucking garments to 1 trans youth.$50 covers the purchase and shipment of brand-new chest binders to 3 trans youths.$100 covers the processing and postage to mail garments to 35 trans youths. When you donate to Point of Pride, your $ goes directly towards funding life saving gender care for trans people in need. Trans rights are under attack, and we need to do everything we can to respond https://secure.givelively.org/donate/point-of-pride/taylor-lorenz-s-pride-2025-fundraiser-for-point-of-pride
(DIR) Post #AvGeRJduR2pRJglTEW by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-06-11T16:53:09Z
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I wrote about how right wing creators are dominating L.A. protest coverage while independent journalists and left-leaning creators and independent journalists are struggling to make ends meethttps://www.usermag.co/p/right-wing-creators-are-dominating
(DIR) Post #Awe7izRkGeDQ4dYGae by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-07-29T23:28:44Z
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SCOOP: Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog. The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the "white nationalist community." Another Nazi blog is being promoted in Substack's "Rising in History" list https://www.usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-push-alert-promoting-nazi-white-supremacist-blog
(DIR) Post #AzDkNQiPwPNoGeAYcK by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2025-05-09T18:28:21Z
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Police are hiring PR teams to make them go viral, Normanticisation, Polymarket's flop era, dating app perma-bans, Gen Z super-subscribers, logos going bold, Grok fact checks, and the death of the screenplay industrial complex-- All in today's newsletter!!! https://www.usermag.co/p/police-are-hiring-pr-teams-to-make
(DIR) Post #B21P07MEZSPJRYhWzI by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2026-01-06T20:02:57Z
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This anthropomorphized framing of Grok in the media (claiming that Grok has "apologized") only serves the interests of these tech companies. It gives the appearance that some entity has taken responsibility for what is happening, when in reality no one has. https://www.usermag.co/p/is-anyone-going-to-take-accountability
(DIR) Post #B21P0CcizZZLm9SGsy by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2026-01-06T20:04:10Z
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It would be like if Google (the corporation) did something bad and journalists began quoting headlines that came up in Google search results as an official corporate response.https://www.usermag.co/p/is-anyone-going-to-take-accountability
(DIR) Post #B2jZ5IOLxcLmfC8JO4 by taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
2026-01-28T04:54:05Z
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With all the tiktok drama I have been telling people Mastodon is still here and kicking!! I love this app and I really think the decentralized model is the best for social media. Still, people don’t want to join! What do you think Mastodon’s biggest barriers are to courting new users? What could be done to improve the product and grow the user base in a positive way?