With Twitch, Amazon Tightens Grip on Live Streams of Video Games Google and Facebook are struggling to catch up with Twitch, a service that Amazon bought four years ago for $1.1 billion. Read More…

‘Vegan Bodybuilder’: How YouTube Attacker, Nasim Aghdam, Went Viral in Iran Nasim Najafi Aghdam, the woman who attacked YouTube on Tuesday, had a strong following for her often bizarre videos. Read More…

The Era of Streaming Niche Sports Dawns A new generation of niche sports is looking to streaming instead of big networks to find more exposure and new fans. Read More…

Beauty Is More Diverse Than Ever. But Is It Diverse Enough? Influential stylists and makeup artists would most likely say: It’s only a start. Read More…

On Social Media, No Answers for Hate Despite efforts against hateful and false content, those posts and videos are thriving. One Instagram search produced nearly 12,000 posts with the hashtag “#jewsdid911.” Read More…

China’s King of Internet Fluff Wants to Conquer the World You may never have heard of Bytedance or used any of its products. But chances are your teenager is already glued to the company’s music video app. Read More…

Kaboom! Cody! Rudi! Young Flippers Embrace Gtramp, a New Sport for the Instagram Set The trampoline offshoot blends the countercultural aspect of skateboarding with the raw daring of parkour and freestyle snowboarding, all of it fueled by social media. Read More…

On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full The social media site has become a haven for neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other extremists. It won’t change its policies, its founder says. Read More…

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…