YouTube
Opinion
Social media
Do you recognise this man? He has 300 million die-hard fans but isn’t famous
MrBeast created possibly the single largest mass-truancy event in Australian history this week, and yet you probably haven’t even heard of him.
- by Waleed Aly
Latest
The grey zone of misinformation: Iran, Russia’s payments to US media outlet revealed
Legal experts say US journalists who were paid by sanctioned Iranian media entities could be in legal jeopardy.
- by Joseph Menn
Determined, tone-deaf and glib: Rebel Wilson tells her own story
Wilson is a talented actor, but she can’t replicate that talent in her memoir.
- by Stephen Brook
Exclusive
Crime
The ABC reporter, the underworld postman and the ‘sinister threats’
Award-winning ABC reporter Mahmood Fazal passed on menacing messages from an organised crime gang to journalists, one of whom became so fearful he reported it to police. Fazal denies any wrongdoing.
- by Kate McClymont
‘You’re not such a crazy conspiracy theorist any more’: Preppers go mainstream
In a world hyper-alert to impending catastrophe, the doomsday survivalist business is booming.
- by Antony Loewenstein
Meet the mature influencers showing the TikTok generation how it’s done
They were born before the internet was invented, but they’ve taken social media by storm.
- by Amber Schultz
Analysis
Defamation
‘Thespian flair’: Unlikely video star at heart of Lehrmann defamation case
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has won legions of fans following the Bruce Lehrmann trial with his wit and humanity.
- by Deborah Snow
From criminal to cancelled: How Spanian became a social media sensation
After a recent visit to a Queensland suburb ended in multiple arrests, Australian rapper-turned-influencer Spanian is back in the headlines. But who is he?
- by Thomas Mitchell
Opinion
Social media
The case that could change the internet forever
It all started when laws were passed in response to decisions by Twitter and Facebook to boot Donald Trump after the attack on the US Capitol in 2021.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘You win, you run this city’: Death threats force FriendlyJordies to remove video
The firebombing of Jordan Shanks’ home in 2022 was linked to a prominent crime family which featured in the “Coronation” video.
- by Kate McClymont
The anti-Andrew Tate: How MrBeast turned niceness into a $150m YouTube empire
MrBeast is top talent in both a new and old-school way – and billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos both want the 25-year-old YouTuber for their platforms.
- by Stephen Armstrong
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