Change The MeasureDecoding the ‘Fat Tax’: Why the Indian Fashion Industry Charges More for Bigger Clothes A strict adherance to an international size ideal is not serving Indian customers who don't fit that ideal. By The Swaddle Team
The Slippery SlopeAll the Arguments You Need: to Convince People They Need a Free Media There’s more at stake than your favorite TV show. By Rajvi Desai
Public Display of EmotionThe Internet Is an Emotional Outlet for Many — But Is Crying Into the Void Helping People Heal? After model Chrissy Teigen shared photos of her miscarriage on Instagram, social media users started debating the value of processing emotion online. By Rajvi Desai
A Thorny IssueYouTube Will Remove Misleading Videos About Coronavirus Vaccines The platform will take down videos that allege vaccines kill people or insert microchips into human bodies, or make other false claims. By Rajvi Desai
Not-So-Free To Be Online1 in 3 Women Suffer Mental Stress Due to Harassment on Facebook, Instagram: Global Survey Online harassment is leading women to quit social media altogether -- widening the existing gender gap on the internet in India. By Devrupa Rakshit
Looking In The Mirror‘The Social Dilemma’ Told Us What We Already Knew. Then Why Was it So Shocking? The film got industry insiders to tell us we’re lab rats in a huge technological experiment, with no clear purpose or end in sight. By Rajvi Desai
Going DownWhat Would Happen If Facebook Failed? ‘Catastrophic’ Consequences, Says Oxford Report “The demise of...Facebook could have catastrophic social and economic consequences for innumerable communities that rely on the platform on a daily basis." By Rajvi Desai
Bubbling CauldronWhy Do Internet Witches Keep ‘Hexing’ Things? Hexes, including recent ones targeting Trump or cops and even the moon, have become a means to register cultural disgust. By Aditi Murti
End Hate SpeechInstagram, Facebook Ban Conversion Therapy Content and Advertisements While this is a win, the company's slapdash approach to fighting hate on its platforms continues to confound. By Aditi Murti
Keep It CleanAs We Fight for Social Justice Online, We Have to Ensure Our Voices Don’t Become Noise Having a voice involves backing opinion with action, showing up, engaging with research, and investing the time to learn. By Pritika Rao
Children Are Not PropsA Parenting Influencer Re‑Homed Her Son, Raising Questions About Digital Privacy, Exploitation When personal lives become monetizable brands, children, who cannot consent to the exposure, are at risk for emotional damage. By Aditi Murti
Hold UpTwitter Tests New Policy That Warns Users Before They Tweet Offensive Language The policy is an attempt to stop people from tweeting something they might regret later, a company spokesperson said. By Rajvi Desai
Tell Me The TruthLabeling Fake News Impairs Our Ability to Recognize It: Study Facebook's 2016 move to put warning labels on fake news has backfired. By Rajvi Desai
Copy SnacksStudy: Social Media Can Influence the Food Users Eat Participants in a study ate a little more fruits and veggies for every portion they thought their social media peers ate. By Aditi Murti
Also Known As ConsequencesCancel Culture Is Not Making People Intolerant; It’s Empowering Them How else will marginalized groups, whose needs are often overlooked in mainstream culture, have their voices heard? By Rajvi Desai
Mental BalanceTeenage Girls Experience Worse Mental Health and Self‑Harm More Than Boys: Study Sexist notions around body type are among the leading factors driving up rates of self-harm. By Anubhuti Matta
Step On My FaceThirst Tweets Walk a Thin Line Between Sexual Expression and Objectification Videos of male celebrities getting visibly uncomfortable reading out sexually explicit tweets from their women fans are gaining popularity. By Akshaya Chandrasekaran
In Between91% of 15‑Year‑Olds Can’t Separate Fact From Opinion In the era of fake news, an inability to distinguish between the two has real-world implications. By Anubhuti Matta