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Rebecca Black performs at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park on August 10, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Dana Jacobs / WireImage)

Rebecca Black started the ragebait era

Alex Galbraith
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Can Facebook use AI to fight abuse?

Daniel Lowd - The Conversation
(Flora Thevoux/Getty/MatiasEnElMundo)

Inequality in the source code

Keith A. Spencer
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The Internet's Bigot Crisis

Amanda Marcotte
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Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne (Fred Prouser/Reuters)

It's not funny, Osbournes

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Donald Trump, Azealia Banks (Reuters/Chris Keane/AP/Robert Altman/Photo montage by Salon)

Azealia Banks' Twitter ban

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Trolls will love Peeple

Rachel Kramer Bussel
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Twitter's toxic party

Arthur Chu
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Donald Trump (AP/Julie Jacobson)

Welcome to Twitter hell

Erin Coulehan
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Victory for the douchebags

Arthur Chu
(AP/Richard Drew)

Jenny Kutner
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo (AP/Lionel Cironneau)

"Was that really harassment?"

Katie McDonough
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Dick Costolo, Roger Goodell (AP/Lionel Cironneau/Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Twitter's NFL moment

Katie McDonough
Artie Lange, Andrew Sullivan (AP/Stuart Ramson/HBO)

Artie Lange's lame downfall

Katie McDonough
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