Throning prioritizes influence and clout over shared interests and values, meaningful connection, and emotional intimacy.

The trend implies that everyone -- irrespective of their socio-economic privileges -- has the same shot at being "lucky."

With only likes, views, and follows to rely on as evidence, netizens have played a part in actively feeding a flame that may not even exist.

If we blame each other, we’re looking the wrong way.

The move, the latest under Elon Musk's tenure as "chief twit," brings into question how the powerful elite shape the idea of free speech.

A movement whose ideological renaissance happened during the hippie movements of the 60s became a tool for authoritarianism, inequality. How did we get here?

Food and nutrition content are popular on TikTok and Instagram — but experts are missing from the conversation.

Hate speech has risen and verification may no longer be free since Musk’s takeover, prompting questions about what Twitter was fundamentally about.

Despite content moderation guidelines, social media platform recommendations carry implicit harmful biases.

Across 43 countries, children in economically deprived contexts engaged in problematic social media use -- pointing to a public health crisis.

“We can in a very apolitical way help people gain resistance to manipulation online."

A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore.

The shift toward video over photos means we now have to be better at "performing" authenticity too.

"[M]ore experimental studies are needed to test if sexual function is improved by spending less time on social media or by avoiding negative emotions that social media can trigger."

“It's our opinion Twitter didn't do enough to mitigate the platform manipulation and did very little to stop the abuse and targeted harassment.”

A new study points out how the language used online serves as red flags to spot if one is living in a digital bubble.

"Scrolling social media is so ubiquitous that [we] do it almost without thinking from the moment we wake up to when we close our eyes at night."

In no other significant event have meme pages intervened as much to actively drive the narrative and shape public opinion; sparking a concerning trend.