There Are No Girls on the Internet
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There Are No Girls on the Internet
Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being on...
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Drake Defamation Diss; Trump loses Nobel Prize; Robin Williams’ daughter slams Open AI’s Sora; Google Drops Women; YouTuber kills as "vengeance" for Charlie Kirk - NEWS ROUNDUP!
Welcome to the weekly News Roundup! Bridget and Producer Mike recap the week's tech stories that you might have missed.
It’s True: The Internet...
Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You Talking About Abortion on Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is all about free speech, just not when it comes to abortion.
New reports from the Electronic Frontier Foundation...
Elon boycotts Netflix; Ted Cruz Hates Privacy; Kash Patel Calls ADL Terrorists; Extremism is Bad for Marriage; RIP AOL – NEWS ROUNDUP!
Transgender for everybody! Everything is computer! We’re in a silly, tangent filled mood for this one!
Every week Bridget recaps the tech...
Tylenol Autism Claims are Harming Women While Wellness Grifters Profit
Wellness influencers are perfecting the art of turning pseudoscience into profit. Whether they're selling supplements, offering classes, or just chasi...
Charlie Kirk Snitch App Data Leak; TikTok Rapture; David Lynch AI Reddit Revolt; Meta Exploits Parents' Photos – NEWS ROUNDUP
App for outing people who were insufficiently mournful of Charlie Kirk critics leaked its own users’ personal data through security blunders: https://...
Karen Attiah, last Black columnist at Washington Post, fired for insufficiently mourning Charlie Kirk
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Trump Administration and their collaborators are prosecuting a widespread crackdown on free expression. Kare...
Jimmy Kimmel Fired by Disney; Karen Attiah Fired from the Post; DOJ Hides Far Right Extremism; Ads On Your Fridge! – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ L. Joy Williams
Not gonna lie - it's been a rough week. The Trump administration has used Charlie Kirk's murder to crack down on dissent, shocking even their allies w...
Love Island Fandoms Get Dark ; Kristi Noem Writes the Rules at CBS; Girls Do Porn Creator Convicted; AI Podcast Startup - NEWS ROUNDUP! w/ Ashley Ray
Welcome to our weekly news round up, where we dig into some of the tech stories you might have missed. This week, Bridget is joined by guest co-host A...
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Is Being Rewritten. Remember Who He Was.
Charlie Kirk built his career by debating students and spreading rhetoric that was too often dismissed as “spirited debate.”
Now, in the wake o...
The Dark Money Scandal Rocking Democratic Influencers
Last week in Wired, Taylor Lorenz published an exposé on Chorus, a new force in Democratic politics that is funding Democratic influencers. Her piece...
Joe Rogan falls for AI deepfake; Elon Musk ignores abuse victim; Meta celeb bots flirt with kids; Luigi's new Shein modeling gig – NEWS ROUNDUP!
On this week's edition, Bridget runs through the news with Producer Mike. Tech companies saying, "Our policies prohibit the harm that is rampant on ou...
Debunking “Trans Terror” Moral Panic After the Minneapolis Shooting
Rightwing media often spread the myth that trans people are violent or dangerous — a false narrative with zero evidence. These “trans terror” stories...
Will Smith's AI Fans; ICE hides deportation flights using Taylor Swift’s loophole; DC Sandwich Thrower Free; TikTok Hawks Stalker Tech – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Nima Shirazi of Citations Needed
For this week's News Roundup, Bridget is joined by her longtime friend and colleague Nima Shirazi, co-host of the OG podcast "Citations Needed" about...
The Internet Wasn’t Always Run by Villains. Anil Dash Explains What Happened
Why does it feel like the main voices dominating tech today are basically super villains? Billionaires who don’t care if the world gets worse, just as...
Kendall Jenner inspired Meta chatbot lures a man to his death; AI TikToks distort DC; VTubers Sell Out Stadiums; Kayfabe is Everywhere; Tea App Update – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Dexter Thomas
Bridget is joined in this week's news roundup by tech journalist Dexter Thomas, prolific writer, videographer, and host of the excellent podcast "Kill...
We Watched Amazon Prime’s War of the Worlds So You Don't Have To
Bridget and Producer Mike are taking a break from the dystopian surveillance nightmare unfolding in their city of Washington, DC, to review Amazon's n...
Introducing podcast “Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet” - EPISODE DROP
We're excited to share the first episode of Peabody Award-nominated podcast Long Shadow’s new season, Breaking the Internet.
Hosted by Pulitzer...
Trump's DC Takeover is About White Supremacy, Not Crime – A Rant from DC
This week, President Trump seized control of Washington DC's police. It's national news, but it's also deeply personal for Bridget, who was born in DC...
People are in Love with AI. The ChatGPT-5 Launch and Kendra’s Viral Therapist TikTok Saga Force a Reckoning.
A woman named Kendra went viral on TikTok with a series of videos about her relationship with her human psychiatrist, but the videos took a surprising...
AOC and Taylor Swift AI Deepfakes; TeaOnHer App; Crypto Bros Harass WNBA; Meta Loses Flo Lawsuit – NEWS ROUNDUP!
This week, Bridget is joined by Producer Mike to break down the tech stories you might have missed.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve had some eloquent, p...
Epstein was connected to power. What happened when women called it out?
Everyone is asking questions about Trump’s connections to Jefferey Epstein, but the president isn’t the only powerful person or institution linked to...
Sydney Sweeney's jeans; Jet2 Holiday meme hijacked by DHS; Tea app hack lawsuit; Substack promotes Nazis – NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Abbie Richards
This week Bridget recaps the tech stories you might have missed with longtime friend of the show indispensable Internet advocate Abbie Richards.
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Tea App Didn’t Just Spill Data; It Endangered Women
The Tea App promised a safe, anonymous space for women to share personal experiences with men they dated. Instead, it leaked their private data.
Candace Owens sued by French President; Mehdi Hasan and Jubilee’s fascist “debate;” Trump’s grifty war on “Woke AI” – News Roundup (w/ Dope Labs’ Dr. Titi Shodiya)
Bridget runs through this week's tech news you might have missed with the brilliant Dr. Titi Shodiya, co-host of the excellent podcast Dope Labs.
The Twitter-to-Fame Pipeline of the 2010s (w/ Celebrity Memoir Book Club)
Remember the 2010s? Ubers were cheap, Obama was president, and you could get legitimately famous just by having a lot of Twitter followers.
Clai...
Epstein files firestorm shows the power of online conspiracy
The Epstein story won’t die and in MAGA circles, it’s becoming a problem. This episode breaks down why the conspiracy has such staying power, who’s ru...
Target Scammed Black Vendors and We Have Receipts
In 2020, Target pledged to support Black creators and communities. Target spotlighted their products, and made headlines with its public commitments t...
Joe Rogan has Trump Regrets; Linda Yaccarino says bye Elon; Jeff Bezos Eyes Vogue?; NYT Helps Smear Mamdani – NEWS ROUNDUP!
The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: Capturing The New York Times https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capturing-the-new-york-times/id1570901784?i=1000620995...
Candace Owens Wants You to Think She’s Changed. She Hasn’t.
What is behind Candace Owens’ rebrand? Bridget explains Owens’ new playbook to Anney and Sam over at the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You.
Princess Treatment is Going Viral on TikTok, But at What Cost!? (A rant)
TikTok’s “Princess Treatment” trend has gone viral, and so has Bridget's response.
It started with creator Courtney Joelle, whose videos depict...
#SkinnyTok Was Banned from TikTok. So Why Is It Still Everywhere?
Welcome to #SkinnyTok — a corner of TikTok where extreme thinness is framed as “discipline,” wellness becomes control, and disordered eating i...
Jeff Bezos’ tacky wedding; RFK Jr. hawks wearables; Racist AI TikToks; Minnesota murderer's data brokers; AI bands on Spotify; BarbieGPT – NEWS ROUNDUP!
This week, Bridget is joined by Producer Mike to break down the tech stories you might have missed.
Weird AI-generated videos depicting Black wo...
TikTok Minstrel Shows Are Mocking Black Women Using Digital Blackface
Have you seen this wave of racist over the top AI generated videos featuring Black women on TikTok?
Since the release of Google’s VEO3 AI video...
How Dating Apps Are Failing Black Women | IRL: Online Life is Real Life
Dating apps aren’t broken; they’re working exactly as designed. And for Black women, that’s a problem.
In this season premiere of IRL: Online Li...
MoviePass was his idea. HBO documented the chaos, but now he’s taking it back.
In the 2010s, MoviePass became a cultural phenomenon, but behind the viral success was Stacy Spikes, a Black entrepreneur and visionary who co-founded...
Elon’s Extortion Play; All-In Goes MIA; LA Protests Flooded With Disinfo; ChatGPT Plays Therapist — NEWS ROUNDUP w/ Ed Zitron of Better Offline
This week, Bridget is joined by very special guest Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast, to break down the tech stories you might have missed...
Disney’s Movie Smart House is a Blueprint for Today’s Tech
We're not just a tech podcast; we're a tech & culture podcast. So today, we’re revisiting the charming and prescient 1999 Disney Channel Original movi...
Introducing: Our Ancestors Were Messy
Coco Hill Productions’ new podcast, Our Ancestors Were Messy, might be my favorite new pod of the year, perfect for avoiding the heavy news cycle!
Musk and Trump's Big Breakup: America's Sweethearts Calling it Quits
When Musk started working with Trump last year, we all knew it was only a matter of time before they had a big, messy, public split-up. We waited and...
Why Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Matters
Culture has always had the power to move people. To shift narratives. To shape politics.
Which is why when Bridget heard that one of Trump’s fir...