Social media
Ditch the phone: Five healthier ways to spend your time on public transport
Sick of the daily doomscroll on your morning commutes? Here are some other options if you want a digital detox from your phone.
- Cindy Yin
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- Editorial
- Education
Parents should heed social media warnings given to their kids
Eastern suburbs private school Cranbrook had to write to parents last week to shut down rumours spread on WhatsApp.
- The Herald's View
The White Lotus is over, but online the drama has just begun
What’s in an Instagram follow? Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood played this season’s Romeo and Juliet, but rumours are now swirling about the actors’ private lives.
- Meg Watson
- Exclusive
- Crime
Defence contractor under police investigation over threat to bomb Burgertory outlet
A social media post under the profile of an army veteran-turned-defence industry expert suggested parking bombs outside a restaurant owned by prominent Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh.
- Chris Vedelago
- Opinion
- Family holidays
On holiday, it’s time for parents to draw a line in the sand
The Netflix series Adolescence is a warning to parents about kids spending too much time online. A holiday is the perfect circuit-breaker.
- Lee Tulloch
I paid an athlete $120 to send me a personalised video. You can, too
Thousands of celebrities are sending personalised videos to paying fans. But how exactly does it work?
- Gemma Grant
- Opinion
- Baby Boomers
The one thing that separates old and young people online
Once the darling of social media and a powerful tool for mobilising the masses, the #hashtag must now be used only ironically, or preferably not at all unless you’re a parent.
- Thomas Mitchell
Trump extends lifeline for TikTok amid growing trade war with Beijing
The US president acknowledged the tariffs on China may complicate a potential deal, and said he did not want the app to “go dark” in the meantime.
- Michael Koziol
After ‘Adolescence’: How a TV show made Britain confront its problem with lost boys
Boys are falling into a dangerous world full of anger and entitlement, experts say, and it shouldn’t take a TV show to stop it.
- Rob Harris
- Opinion
- Spectrum
I want to follow people who wear the ‘wrong’ thing and stay out too late
Does my brand look big in this? How influencers sold their souls.
- Brodie Lancaster
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