The Story of ‘Mo Bamba’: How a SoundCloud Rap Track Goes Viral Today, a rap recorded in 20 minutes can go from internet obscurity to a Drake-approved club smash. The artists Sheck Wes, 16yrold and Take A Daytrip show us how they did it. Read More…
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Cesar Sayoc’s Path on Social Media: From Food Photos to Partisan Fury By the time he was arrested, Mr. Sayoc appeared to fit a familiar profile of a modern extremist, radicalized online and sucked into a vortex of partisan furor. Read More…
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The Girl Who Seized the Internet Tara Fares fashioned herself into the Instagram queen of Iraq. Then she was shot to death. Read More…
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Twitter Bars Alex Jones and Infowars, Citing Harassing Messages When Facebook and YouTube booted Mr. Jones, the internet provocateur, last month, Twitter did not. On Thursday, it joined them. Read More…
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Satellite Images and Shadow Analysis: How The Times Verifies Eyewitness Videos Visual investigations based on social media posts require a mix of traditional journalistic diligence and cutting-edge internet skills. Read More…
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The World Is Watching Him. He’s Watching the World. Stefanos Tsitsipas has focused on his creative side as he has risen up the world rankings. Read More…
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How ‘The Nun’ Buries You Alive The director Corin Hardy narrates a scene that brings one of many people’s worst fears to reality. Read More…
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His Novel Describes the Dark Side of Internet Fame. Hank Green Knows Something About That. In “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing,” which debuts on the list at No. 1, a YouTube video transforms its creator into an overnight media sensation. Read More…
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How to Create a Terrifying Home Invasion in ‘Assassination Nation’ The writer and director Sam Levinson discusses a chilling sequence from his film, shot outside of a home in a continuous take. Read More…
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