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In a world of micro-managed social media posts, the slop being served up and shared online is something to celebrate.

Your cooking looks disgusting. Please, never stop posting it on Instagram

In a world of micromanaged social media posts, the slop being served up and shared online is something to celebrate.

  • Thomas Mitchell

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Pavel Durov is the founder of Telegram and was arrested by French authorities as part of an investigation into criminal activity on the messaging app.

Billionaire to leave fortune to 100 children he’s fathered

Pavel Durov has just written his will – and won’t let his children touch his fortune for 30 years.

  • Matthew Field
A few years ago, Addison Rae was dancing on TikTok. Now, she’s touring the world.

New shows added to TikTok superstar Addison Rae’s Australian tour

The 24-year–old is storming the charts with her critically acclaimed debut album and heading out on a world tour.

  • Nell Geraets
South African-born, Brisbane-raised artist CJ Hendry lives and works in New York City, moving there in 2015 to “play with the big boys” when it became clear she wouldn’t “fit the mould” of an Australian artist.

CJ Hendry rejects the ‘high-end’ art world. Maybe that’s why her works sell for $300k

She has a cult following around the globe and a years-long waiting list. But it’ll be a cold day in hell when the Australian artist enters the Archibald Prize.

  • Bronte Gossling
She's got a cult following across the globe thanks to her skill with a pen and social media prowess, but you won't see her in the Archibald Prize. Here's why.
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Australian artist CJ Hendry rejects our 'high-end' art world

She's got a cult following across the globe thanks to her skill with a pen and social media prowess, but you won't see her in the Archibald Prize. Here's why.

Leon Salvaggio

Would you screen potential partners based on height? The dating filter fuelling an online gender war

Tinder users can now sort profiles by height, a move some say is excluding shorter men from the dating pool.

  • Nick Newling
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Disclosure-related backlash faced by Sydney influencer Indy Clinton and TBH Skincare co-founder Rachael Wilde has highlighted the grey areas of Australia’s current approach to influencer marketing.

We were promised a crackdown on ‘deceptive’ influencer advertising. The ACCC has yet to deliver

It’s a global industry worth $37 billion, but in Australia, it’s largely unregulated. Both consumers and social media stars are paying the price.

  • Bronte Gossling
After 17 years, the ABC’s Monday night panel discussion show, Q+A, has been axed.

I loved confronting the left-wing mob on the Q+A panel. I’ll miss it dearly

It wasn’t Q+A’s makers who killed the show; it was the online group think and outrage that attempted to silence any voices of dissent.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
The cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s upcoming album Man’s Best Friend.

Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover has sparked uproar. Here’s what you need to know

The star has revealed when her new album Man’s Best Friend is set to drop – but it’s the cover image that has everyone talking.

  • Nick Newling
Lucre went from a “nobody” to a conspiratorial sensation on X.

Master of outrage: The ‘nobody’ who became a leading right-wing influencer

Dominick McGee was walking into the White House in April and couldn’t believe his luck.

  • Stuart A. Thompson

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