Move over AVON and Herbalife Nutrition, multi-level marketing (MLM) corporations have found a whole new sector to take advantage of.

Wolfgang Beltracchi, who is best known for his decades-long scheme of forging famous works of art, is joining the world of nonfungible tokens. His first pick? The 500-year-old ‘Salvator Mundi’ painting.

Following Frances Haugen’s testimony is a string of changes over at Facebook. But the social media giant, once again, seems to only introduce regulations that it’s comfortable with.

The Graham cracker is a loveable and staple addition to every American household. But the origin of the snack is weirder than you might think.

“Twenty Montana. Twenty Matana. Twenty Mytana,” chanted American rapper Future in his 2011 song ‘Tony Montana’. Enter mumble rap, a form of rapping synonymous with ‘wait, what?’ and misheard lyric videos on YouTube.

From Sarah Everard to Sabina Nessa, every day we hear more and more examples of violence against women. To us women and feminine-presenting people, it’s unfortunately not a shock. With the UK government and police issuing useless advice, another issue is on the rise—date rape drugs.

Until now, all sex toy manufacturers had been able to use a labelling loophole to categorise their products as “novelty items,” which exempted them from testing and safety protocols that other sectors are subject to.

On 7 October 2021, two artists and former cancer patients launched the UK’s first sex shop designed for people who have cancer. How different is it from your regular sex shop?

‘Behind every successful man, there is a woman’, goes the common lore. Now, a faction of the internet is opposing their own rights to literally manifest themselves into the backbone of men’s rights activism.

While Twitch’s massive data leak confirms the painstakingly obvious fact that most successful content creators on the platform are men, what’s shocking is the disparity—coupled with a racial pay gap. Out of the top 100 highest-earning streamers, only three of them are women—out of whom only one is a woman of colour.

It is the first study of individualised brain stimulation to treat severe depression. The woman, who had been living with depression since childhood, said the device has allowed her to “rebuild a life worth living.”

As Facebook’s failures and conscious negligence of protecting its users from explicit content continue to surface, Ofcom steps up to enforce some stricter rules for certain platforms. Apps like TikTok and Twitch could face large fines and heavy restrictions if they fail to adhere to the government-approved regulatory body’s new rules.

In just five hours, Zuckerberg dropped to the sixth richest person in the world (down from fourth) due to the outages of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. Here’s what happened and why it matters.

Is digital sex work bound to be eradicated? We spoke to sex workers who have been affected by OnlyFans’ policy change limbo about how it impacted their constant fight for space across digital platforms.

As with any activism, initiating change and persuading people to listen is always an uphill battle. Enter TOMS with its Good On The Ground summit—a digital event featuring a diverse group of grassroots organisers who promise to immerse you into their world of local activism.

‘Blurred Lines’ has been a controversially debated and justifiably critiqued song. It's dangerous messaging around consent—or lack thereof—is no longer isolated to the lyrics as new allegations surface. Emily Ratajkowski has come forward to accuse Robin Thicke, one of the song’s lyricists, of groping her on the set of the music video.