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Sam Altman’s OpenAI CEO drama shows the shortcomings of male leadership in tech S4/ Nov 29 2023
Amanda Knox asks: Who gets to own their story? — Best of TANGOTI S4/ Nov 24 2023
Elon Musk boosts antisemitic tweet and advertisers leave Twitter - Elon’s Media Matters lawsuit explained S4/ Nov 22 2023
PC Gamer can’t name a woman; Is Marvel blaming Black women for bad box office performance?; New AI rules on YouTube; Nikki Haley wants you to use your real name online — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Nov 17 2023
Is TikTok becoming a dystopian QVC? (w/ PrettyCritical) Nov 15 2023
SAG strike ends with AI concessions!; New Facebook whistleblower drops; Omegle shuts down; RIP Jezebel; The Future of Online Media – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Nov 11 2023
Britney Spears released a hit memoir. Are bots shaping the conversation? S4/ Nov 8 2023
Biden’s executive order on AI protects privacy and boosts inclusion. Thank Black women like Dr. Joy Buolamwini. S4/ Nov 2 2023
What’s your favorite scary movie? Scream, the 1996 horror classic, is a commentary on tech and media frights Oct 31 2023
Self-driving car company hid crash video; Gender discrimination at Google; Bipartisan agreement that Facebook is bad; What Gen-Z wants from media; Wage slavery is not your friend – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Oct 27 2023
Matt Walsh (and 100K others) attacked her for being a single woman with no kids online. S4/ Oct 25 2023
Instagram suppresses Palestinians; Don’t use AI to write your closing argument in court!; Elon Musk gets fined; Using VR to help people who hoard — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Oct 20 2023
AI is built by people. We need to listen to their stories S4/ Oct 17 2023
Elon Musk’s Twitter is making the Israel - Hamas conflict worse S4/ Oct 13 2023
On National Coming Out Day, don’t forget that we’re winning! (w/ Kevin Jennings of Lambda Legal) S4/ Oct 11 2023
Grace Hopper Celebration Kens ruin Barbieland; Is Instagram ruining the outdoors?; Boys are being extorted online; Nudify apps are a real problem; Elon gets sued; Telehealth increases abortion access in NYC! – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Oct 6 2023
From those judgy bridesmaids to West Elm Caleb, has TikTik surveillance ruined gossip? S4/ Oct 3 2023
Taylor Swift fans prompt IRS scrutiny on ticket resellers; Linda Yaccarino’s cringey Code interview; Yelp versus Crisis Pregnancy Centers; New Deep Fake legislation – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Sep 29 2023
Just Pearly Things, Andrew Tate and beyond: Inside the Manosphere S4/ Sep 26 2023
Andrew Tate's MLM app removed from Google Play Store; Elon Musk weaponizes sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand; Amazon sued for Prime subscription trickery; Abortion Chatbot Charly provides accurate info; Hero of sex trafficking fantasy movie removed for sketchy behavior – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Sep 22 2023
Ready to leave Twitter? Try Spill instead! S4/ Sep 20 2023
Virginia Dem candidate’s sex livestreams shouldn’t be a big deal; NSFW AI; Parents of trans kids speak up about KOSA; Can AI Drake win a Grammy? – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Sep 15 2023
Ashton Kutcher and the anti-trafficking grift S4/ Sep 13 2023
Elon doubles down on antisemitism; Grindr forces LGBTQ staff back to the office; Your car knows your sex life; Something is rotten at Rotten Tomatoes – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Sep 8 2023
Black women’s entrepreneurship is under attack - STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU S4/ Sep 5 2023
Student journalist exposes creepy clown professor; Rudy Guiliani loses Ruby Freeman defamation lawsuit; Mastercard versus sex workers; Lawmakers keep trying to bubble wrap the internet; Milani makeup gets dragged on Women’s Equality Day – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Sep 1 2023
Canada is burning and Facebook’s ban on news adds fuel to the fire S4/ Aug 30 2023
TikTok surveillance plan revealed; Fresh & Fit manosphere podcast demonetized & emasculated; Elon is blocking links and faking followers; Court affirms copyrights are for humans, not AI; and more — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Aug 25 2023
STRIKE! Writers and actors deserve fair pay! Actor Francesca Ramsey explains how studios weaponize tech against creatives S4/ Aug 23 2023
Jordan Peterson copies Countess Luann; Elon Musk mutes critics and threatens removing the block button; ChatGPT bans books in Iowa schools; Illinois law protects kidfluencers; Wisconsin bill infantilizes adults; $1 billion fine for online harassment campaign; YouTube policy against cancer lies is big if true — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Aug 18 2023
Author Jane Friedman vs. the AI scammers who stole her good name on Amazon GoodReads S4/ Aug 16 2023
Zoom drops (maybe?) AI training policies; Black pregnant women arrested by facial recognition; Twitter CEO (kind of?) Linda Yaccarino gives first big interview; Did Elon ever pay those creators? — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Aug 12 2023
What the History of Autotune Tells Us About the Future of AI S4/ Aug 8 2023
What the History of Autotune Tells Us About the Future of AI (link not available) Aug 8 2023
Henrietta Lacks’ family gets justice; Professional hater targets grants for Black business women; Facebook pulls news in Canada; Online porn privacy update in Utah and Arkansas, Attenzione! New TikTok milkshake duck just dropped; Uber CEO has no idea how much Ubers cost – NEWSCAST S4/ Aug 4 2023
Introducing: The Laverne Cox Show Season 2 (link not available) Aug 2 2023
Johnny Depp case sets standard; Texas A&M President Hiring Fiasco; Senate Bills Save the Children; Google’s Anti-Climate Cash-In; Twitter is X and X gone give it to you — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Aug 2 2023
Lena Dunham and the cruel lie that just won’t die — BEST OF TANGOTI S4/ Jul 29 2023
Moral panic over trafficking gets a movie; The writer who criticized it gets death threats. Interview with Rolling Stone’s Miles Klee S4/ Jul 26 2023
Threads is flopping because Facebook is brand-safe and deeply unsexy; Elon Musk ghosts Kenyan staff; AI bot Harriet Tubman; Gamer guys mad about women in soccer; Misogynoir sinks White House cyber security director; Don’t bring your phone to this island in Finland — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jul 21 2023
Elizabeth Holmes works the press like a pro S4/ Jul 19 2023
Elon Musk turns Twitter into an MLM with payout promises; AI deep fakes put voice actors in porn with lawsuits aplenty; Surgeon live streams and loses license; Buffalo shooting victims sue; Smartphone removable batteries; Happy Birthday TANGOTI! – NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jul 15 2023
What is a journalism? TikTok and the future of news (w/ Vitus Spehar of Under the Desk News!) S4/ Jul 12 2023
Jonah Hill, Keke Palmer, and social media’s role in controlling relationships [PATREON TEASER] bonus S4/ Jul 10 2023
Elon breaks Twitter to save it; Threads app slithers in for the kill; Meghan Markle gets an apology;Digital surveillance in France + Virginia + Sacramento. — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jul 8 2023
Shein’s disastrous brand trip, the future of influencing, and the ethics of fast fashion (w/ Aja Barber!) S4/ Jul 4 2023
Dylan Mulvaney breaks returns to social media; debunking affirmative action myths; Canva’s Black hair backlash; Is ChatGPT stealing your data?; Google blocks Canadian news sites — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jul 1 2023
Is the internet making us all lonelier? (w/ Tinder Live's Lane Moore!) S4/ Jun 28 2023
Elon Musk declares 'cis' a slur; Poll workers targeted by Trump+Giuliani exonerated; RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan say stupid things; Illinois bans book bans; Grammys are for humans; Zuckerburg vs. Musk cage match - NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jun 23 2023
Shiny Happy People: It's not just the Duggars, religious zealots want to control your future (w/ Eve Ettinger) S4/ Jun 21 2023
ChatGPT gets sued; Google's anti-choice cash in; GLAAD grades Twitter; Teslas go full self-rampaging; Women be Gaming — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jun 17 2023
Real Life Beef: Bridget vs Essence Magazine - Listeners demand the truth about that weird 'Vila Davis' postazine S4/ Jun 14 2023
Park Mom Birthday Cake Drama, DeSantis Campaign Deep Fakes, Amazon’s Spy Ring, YouTube Disinfo Is Back, Facebook Still Awful, New Twitter CEO — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jun 9 2023
Sex workers know the future of the internet w/ Dr. Olivia Snow S4/ Jun 7 2023
Elon Musk flirts with AOC impersonator, Surgeon General's Report on social media, AI-generated true crime on TikTok, and more! — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ Jun 2 2023
Tech Won’t Save Us in the future with Paris Marx S4/ May 31 2023
Police conspire with insurrectionists; Google breaks its promise; DeSantis goes on Twitter; Target pulls Pride merch — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ May 27 2023
Mikki Kendall built her career on Twitter. Here’s where she’s going next. S4/ May 24 2023
Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison, Elon Musk’s racist tweets, AI senate hearings, and Montana bans Tik Tok — NEWS ROUNDUP S4/ May 20 2023
Nina Jankowicz was a right-wing target. Now she’s suing Fox News for defamation. S4/ May 17 2023
THERE ARE NO GIRLS ON THE INTERNET IS BACK FOR A BRAND NEW SEASON! trailer S4/ May 10 2023
A trip down Myspace memory lane Apr 18 2023
Banning TikTok would hurt marginalized communities Mar 28 2023
The children of “mommy bloggers” are speaking up - Stuff Mom Never Told You Mar 21 2023
#OscarsSoWhite with April Reign and Dr. Jon Paul Mar 17 2023
Introducing Main Accounts: The Story of MySpace: (link not available) Mar 17 2023
De-influencing 101: Stuff Mom Never Told You Feb 10 2023
Celebrating Black history by preserving our voices - BEST OF TANGOTI Feb 8 2023
BONUS: The Meghan Markle information war Jan 12 2023
UPDATE: Andrew Tate detained in Romania - Tain’t comin’ home soon Dec 30 2022
Part One: Why Trump Targeted Two Black Election Workers Dec 21 2022
Elon Musk’s very weird night on Twitter- STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU Dec 17 2022
Cuties Movie QAnon Controversy Explains Our Current Moment Dec 14 2022
Is social media ruining the holidays for women? Dec 13 2022
What is with those AI images all over Facebook right now? Dec 10 2022
Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files” is a whole lot of nothing. Dec 7 2022
Are genetic testing services protecting our data? Dec 2 2022
Part Two: The Online & Real Life Harassment of Marginalized Elected Officials Nov 30 2022
How extremists are taking over small town governments: Bedrock USA Nov 29 2022
Part One: The Online & Real Life Harassment of Marginalized Elected Officials Nov 23 2022
Rerun: The moral panic behind “groomers” is an attack on marginalized people Nov 23 2022
Introducing: What Future with Joshua Topolsky (link not available) Nov 16 2022
Leslie Jones: How Milo Yiannopoulos Weaponized A Ghostbusters Remake Nov 16 2022
Book bans are on the rise in the US, just ask GirlsWhoCode. Nov 15 2022
What Elon Musk Could Learn from the #EndFathersDay Hoax Nov 9 2022
On election day and after, disinformation is on the ballot Nov 9 2022
What the upcoming midterm election means for women online - STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU Nov 4 2022
DongleGate: The Online Harassment Campaign Against Adria Richards Nov 2 2022
Introducing: Internet Hate Machine (link not available) Oct 26 2022
What is the ‘Internet Hate Machine?’ Oct 26 2022
A woman tweeted about enjoying coffee in her garden and Twitter hated it. Is everyone miserable right now or what? Oct 25 2022
INTRODUCING: INTERNET HATE MACHINE Oct 21 2022
Should EVERYTHING be “content?” What happens when parents overshare their kids online? (with Mom Uncharted) Oct 18 2022
Jeffrey Dahmer to Gabby Petito: Is it possible to make ethical true cr ime? BEST OF TANGOTI Oct 14 2022
Kanye West’s antisemitic, anti-Black antics are another battle in “The Meme Wars” Oct 12 2022
The art of “Anti-influencing” - City CastDC Oct 7 2022
Nicki Minaj stans doxxed a cultural critic online. Now, she’s fighting back against doxxing and online abuse! Oct 5 2022
Women are fighting for change in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini Sep 30 2022
Who is driving Meghan Markle hate online? STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU Sep 27 2022
Serial’s Rabia Chaudry made it her mission to free Adnan Syed, despite harassment - Best of TANGOTI Sep 23 2022