Topic: Social Media

Ali Velshi Asks Can Meta Ever Be Trusted?
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with two third-party fact-checkers formerly working with Meta about the real threats facing social media in this new era.
By Ali Velshi
Suck it Musk?
Why The Citizen is not abandoning X despite — actually, because of — the divisiveness and disinformation that abounds
By Olivia Kram
12 Easy Tips for Reducing Post-Election Anxiety
Social media feeds with political gotcha moments overwhelming you? Scared of getting into it with your family member / person in line at Target / your neighbor with the big sign in their window? Dr. Z has advice
By Lauren McCutcheon
Caitlin Clark, Race and the WNBA
A public intellectual and former Penn professor on how Black women are once again getting the short end of the sports media narrative
By Michael Eric Dyson
Is Jeff Yass the Last, Best Hope for Free Speech?
The much-vilified Bala Cynwyd-based billionaire, political donor, part TikTok owner may be the only person left who doesn’t want to shut everybody else up
By Larry Platt
Let’s Hire an Attorney General!
The Citizen held its latest Ultimate Job Interview Monday for the state’s most important election. See what you missed, learn about the candidates — and vote
By Malcolm Burnley
Your Local (Art) DJ
Video artist Rashid Zakat’s Revival! ingeniously mixes R&B, cartoons, TikToks and gospel. Now, he’s dreaming of becoming Philly’s foremost (only?) art DJ
By Logan Cryer
The TikTok Historian
Isa Segalovich brings critical race theory to the short video site. Can she defy the platform’s notorious frivolity in favor of serious discussion?
By RJ Rushmore
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Hassan Abbas
The MSNBC host speaks with the professor about the fallout from his book, The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After the Americans Left
By Ali Velshi
Sit On It, Neighbor
Stoop (step?) sitting is fundamental to Philly rowhome living. Let’s bring it back, for all of our sakes
By Josh Kruger