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⚠️ Social Media Risks

From privacy breaches to mental health erosion, these books map the dangers lurking beneath the convenience and connection of our digital lives.
The Happiness Effect
by Donna Freitas • 2017
A generation learned to perform happiness online; the emotional bill is now coming due.
3.31
265
🌐 Digital Culture⚖️ Social Comparison😨 Fear Of Missing Out
The Happiness Effect Summary
The Happiness Effect 91%
A generation learned to perform happiness online; the emotional bill is now coming due.
by Donna Freitas 2017
3.31
265 ratings
🌐 Digital Culture⚖️ Social Comparison😨 Fear Of Missing Out
Antisocial Media
by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2018
Facebook promised connection; it delivered surveillance, outrage, and a gift to authoritarians.
3.86
590
📱 Social Media Criticism👀 Attention Economy🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism
Antisocial Media Summary
Antisocial Media 90%
Facebook promised connection; it delivered surveillance, outrage, and a gift to authoritarians.
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2018
3.86
590 ratings
📱 Social Media Criticism👀 Attention Economy🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier • 2018
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
3.58
18k+
📱 Social Media Critique⚖️ Tech Ethics🧠 Behavior Modification
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now 90%
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
by Jaron Lanier 2018
3.58
18k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique⚖️ Tech Ethics🧠 Behavior Modification
Superbloom
by Nicholas Carr • 2025
Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.
4.04
2k+
📱 Social Media Critique💻 Digital Culture🌐 Media Ecology
Superbloom Summary
Superbloom 90%
Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.
by Nicholas Carr 2025
4.04
2k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique💻 Digital Culture🌐 Media Ecology
Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media
by Carrie James • 2009
Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.
3.53
112
🏛️ Digital Citizenship🧠 Adolescent Development🎭 Online Identity
Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media Summary
Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media 89%
Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.
by Carrie James 2009
3.53
112 ratings
🏛️ Digital Citizenship🧠 Adolescent Development🎭 Online Identity
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
by Katherine Ormerod • 2018
Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.
3.49
801
📱 Social Media Critique🧘 Digital Wellness🎣 Attention Economy
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life Summary
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life 89%
Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.
by Katherine Ormerod 2018
3.49
801 ratings
📱 Social Media Critique🧘 Digital Wellness🎣 Attention Economy
Broken Code
by Jeff Horwitz • 2023
Instagram harmed teen mental health. Facebook buried proof; whistleblower documents forced it out.
3.88
677
📱 Social Media Platforms⚖️ Big Tech Accountability📣 Tech Whistleblowers
Broken Code Summary
Broken Code 89%
Instagram harmed teen mental health. Facebook buried proof; whistleblower documents forced it out.
by Jeff Horwitz 2023
3.88
677 ratings
📱 Social Media Platforms⚖️ Big Tech Accountability📣 Tech Whistleblowers
The Filter Bubble
by Eli Pariser • 2011
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
3.79
5k+
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation
The Filter Bubble Summary
The Filter Bubble 89%
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
by Eli Pariser 2011
3.79
5k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation
Get Rich or Lie Trying
by Symeon Brown • 2022
The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.
3.85
922
🤑 Influencer Economy🏗️ Platform Capitalism👁️ Attention Economy
Get Rich or Lie Trying Summary
Get Rich or Lie Trying 89%
The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.
by Symeon Brown 2022
3.85
922 ratings
🤑 Influencer Economy🏗️ Platform Capitalism👁️ Attention Economy
The End of Absence
by Michael Harris • 2014
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
3.63
2k+
🌐 Internet Criticism📺 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence 89%
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
by Michael Harris 2014
3.63
2k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Criticism📺 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy
Dataclysm
by Christian Rudder • 2014
Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.
3.73
12k+
📊 Big Data💘 Online Dating🖥️ Digital Anthropology
Dataclysm Summary
Dataclysm 89%
Big data from dating sites and social media exposes the uncomfortable truths we hide from ourselves.
by Christian Rudder 2014
3.73
12k+ ratings
📊 Big Data💘 Online Dating🖥️ Digital Anthropology
Filterworld
by Kyle Chayka • 2024
Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.
3.62
5k+
🔄 Algorithmic Curation🏛️ Cultural Homogenization👀 Attention Economy
Filterworld Summary
Filterworld 89%
Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.
by Kyle Chayka 2024
3.62
5k+ ratings
🔄 Algorithmic Curation🏛️ Cultural Homogenization👀 Attention Economy
How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News
by Noah Giansiracusa • 2021
Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.
3.25
20
⚖️ Algorithmic Bias📰 Online Misinformation🎭 Deepfakes
How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News Summary
How Algorithms Create and Prevent Fake News 89%
Algorithms chase engagement, not truth. Lies outperform facts every time, and platforms know it.
by Noah Giansiracusa 2021
3.25
20 ratings
⚖️ Algorithmic Bias📰 Online Misinformation🎭 Deepfakes
Born Digital
by John Palfrey • 2008
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
3.62
1k+
🌐 Digital Culture🔬 Internet And Society👤 Digital Identity
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital 89%
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
by John Palfrey 2008
3.62
1k+ ratings
🌐 Digital Culture🔬 Internet And Society👤 Digital Identity
Careless People
by Sarah Wynn-Williams • 2025
Facebook's growth playbook from the inside: trade free speech, erode privacy, ignore the bodies.
4.12
137k+
🏢 Big Tech Critique📢 Corporate ExposéS📱 Social Media Platforms
Careless People Summary
Careless People 89%
Facebook's growth playbook from the inside: trade free speech, erode privacy, ignore the bodies.
by Sarah Wynn-Williams 2025
4.12
137k+ ratings
🏢 Big Tech Critique📢 Corporate ExposéS📱 Social Media Platforms
Mindf*ck
by Christopher Wylie • 2019
Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.
4.36
8k+
🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🗳️ Electoral Interference
Mindf*ck Summary
Mindf*ck 89%
Fifty million profiles. Two elections. One whistleblower who built the weapon and then broke it.
by Christopher Wylie 2019
4.36
8k+ ratings
🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🗳️ Electoral Interference
Screen People
by Megan Garber • 2026
When screens started watching us back, everyone became a performer and reality became a set.
3.42
184
🌐 Digital Culture📺 Media Ecology🎭 Performance Of Self
Screen People Summary
Screen People 89%
When screens started watching us back, everyone became a performer and reality became a set.
by Megan Garber 2026
3.42
184 ratings
🌐 Digital Culture📺 Media Ecology🎭 Performance Of Self
Everyday Cybersecurity
by Christopher Cox • 2019
The non-techie's playbook for shutting out hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.
5.00
1
🛡️ Personal Cybersecurity🔐 Digital Privacy🌐 Internet Safety
Everyday Cybersecurity Summary
Everyday Cybersecurity 89%
The non-techie's playbook for shutting out hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.
by Christopher Cox 2019
5.00
1 ratings
🛡️ Personal Cybersecurity🔐 Digital Privacy🌐 Internet Safety
American Girls
by Nancy Jo Sales • 2016
Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.
3.60
3k+
👧 Teen Girl Culture💋 Sexualization Of Girls💔 Hookup Culture
American Girls Summary
American Girls 89%
Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.
by Nancy Jo Sales 2016
3.60
3k+ ratings
👧 Teen Girl Culture💋 Sexualization Of Girls💔 Hookup Culture
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul • 2021
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
3.39
3k+
🌐 Internet Culture🧠 Attention Economy📱 Digital Distraction
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet 89%
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
by Pamela Paul 2021
3.39
3k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Culture🧠 Attention Economy📱 Digital Distraction
Kindness Wins
by Galit Breen • 2015
Your kids know the safety rules. Here is how to teach them the kindness ones.
4.73
111
📱 Digital Parenting🧑‍💻 Social Media Literacy🛑 Youth Cyberbullying
Kindness Wins Summary
Kindness Wins 88%
Your kids know the safety rules. Here is how to teach them the kindness ones.
by Galit Breen 2015
4.73
111 ratings
📱 Digital Parenting🧑‍💻 Social Media Literacy🛑 Youth Cyberbullying
Lurking
by Joanne McNeil • 2020
Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.
3.75
889
🕰️ Internet History💻 Digital Culture🌐 Online Communities
Lurking Summary
Lurking 88%
Quiet observers were the heart of the early web. Then the internet turned them into data.
by Joanne McNeil 2020
3.75
889 ratings
🕰️ Internet History💻 Digital Culture🌐 Online Communities
Mindmasters
by Sandra Matz • 2025
Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.
3.96
399
💻 Digital Psychology⚖️ Tech Ethics🏭 Surveillance Capitalism
Mindmasters Summary
Mindmasters 88%
Algorithms read personality from digital traces. The fix isn't privacy; it's collective ownership.
by Sandra Matz 2025
3.96
399 ratings
💻 Digital Psychology⚖️ Tech Ethics🏭 Surveillance Capitalism
The Art of Invisibility
by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2017
From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.
3.98
5k+
🛡️ Digital Privacy🔒 Operational Security👁️ Mass Surveillance
The Art of Invisibility Summary
The Art of Invisibility 88%
From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2017
3.98
5k+ ratings
🛡️ Digital Privacy🔒 Operational Security👁️ Mass Surveillance
Journalism and PR
by John Lloyd • 2014
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
3.78
9
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption
Journalism and PR Summary
Journalism and PR 88%
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
by John Lloyd 2014
3.78
9 ratings
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
by Jean M. Twenge • 2025
Ten rules for stopping screens from stealing your child's sleep, safety, and sanity.
4.30
706
📱 Digital Parenting🧠 Teen Mental Health😴 Sleep Deprivation
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World Summary
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World 88%
Ten rules for stopping screens from stealing your child's sleep, safety, and sanity.
by Jean M. Twenge 2025
4.30
706 ratings
📱 Digital Parenting🧠 Teen Mental Health😴 Sleep Deprivation
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert
by Manfred Spitzer • 2015
From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.
3.78
203
📱 Digital Addiction👶 Children And Screens🧠 Attention And Distraction
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert Summary
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert 88%
From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.
by Manfred Spitzer 2015
3.78
203 ratings
📱 Digital Addiction👶 Children And Screens🧠 Attention And Distraction
Behind the Screen
by Sarah T. Roberts • 2019
The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.
3.65
168
🛡️ Content Moderation⚖️ Platform Governance🖥️ Digital Labor
Behind the Screen Summary
Behind the Screen 88%
The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.
by Sarah T. Roberts 2019
3.65
168 ratings
🛡️ Content Moderation⚖️ Platform Governance🖥️ Digital Labor
The Internet of Us
by Michael Patrick Lynch • 2016
Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.
3.50
545
🔍 Epistemology💻 Digital Culture📚 Information Overload
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us 88%
Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.
by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016
3.50
545 ratings
🔍 Epistemology💻 Digital Culture📚 Information Overload
Digimodernism
by Alan Kirby • 2009
The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.
3.49
78
🖥️ Digital Culture📡 Media Theory🔄 Postmodernism Critique
Digimodernism Summary
Digimodernism 88%
The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.
by Alan Kirby 2009
3.49
78 ratings
🖥️ Digital Culture📡 Media Theory🔄 Postmodernism Critique
Dragnet Nation
by Julia Angwin • 2014
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
3.68
659
🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance
Dragnet Nation Summary
Dragnet Nation 88%
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
by Julia Angwin 2014
3.68
659 ratings
🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance
Privacy is Power
by Carissa Véliz • 2020
Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.
4.02
1k+
🔒 Digital Privacy💰 Data Economy📹 Mass Surveillance
Privacy is Power Summary
Privacy is Power 88%
Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.
by Carissa Véliz 2020
4.02
1k+ ratings
🔒 Digital Privacy💰 Data Economy📹 Mass Surveillance
An Ugly Truth
by Sheera Frenkel • 2021
Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.
3.96
7k+
🏛️ Big Tech Accountability🔒 Data Privacy⚖️ Content Moderation
An Ugly Truth Summary
An Ugly Truth 88%
Same data that built Facebook's empire fueled election chaos and a genocide. The leaders knew.
by Sheera Frenkel 2021
3.96
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Big Tech Accountability🔒 Data Privacy⚖️ Content Moderation
Alone Together
by Sherry Turkle • 2011
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
3.62
6k+
🤖 Social Robotics📱 Digital Isolation🎭 Online Identity
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together 88%
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
by Sherry Turkle 2011
3.62
6k+ ratings
🤖 Social Robotics📱 Digital Isolation🎭 Online Identity
Facts and Other Lies
by Ed Coper • 2022
The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.
4.16
242
🗳️ Political Disinformation📡 Media Ecosystems💻 Digital Politics
Facts and Other Lies Summary
Facts and Other Lies 88%
The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.
by Ed Coper 2022
4.16
242 ratings
🗳️ Political Disinformation📡 Media Ecosystems💻 Digital Politics
Doppelganger
by Naomi Klein • 2023
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
4.19
37k+
🗳️ Political Memoir🕳️ Conspiracy Theories🎭 Digital Identity
Doppelganger Summary
Doppelganger 88%
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
by Naomi Klein 2023
4.19
37k+ ratings
🗳️ Political Memoir🕳️ Conspiracy Theories🎭 Digital Identity
Hype
by Gabrielle Bluestone • 2021
Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.
3.32
1k+
🎣 Internet Scams📱 Influencer Culture🚀 Startup Hype
Hype Summary
Hype 88%
Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.
by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021
3.32
1k+ ratings
🎣 Internet Scams📱 Influencer Culture🚀 Startup Hype
The Anxious Generation
by Jonathan Haidt • 2024
A global teen mental health crisis started in 2012. The culprit fits in a pocket.
4.30
207k+
🧠 Adolescent Mental Health📱 Screen Time Effects⚠️ Social Media Harms
The Anxious Generation Summary
The Anxious Generation 88%
A global teen mental health crisis started in 2012. The culprit fits in a pocket.
by Jonathan Haidt 2024
4.30
207k+ ratings
🧠 Adolescent Mental Health📱 Screen Time Effects⚠️ Social Media Harms
To Save Everything, Click Here
by Evgeny Morozov • 2013
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
3.67
1k+
💻 Tech Criticism🗳️ Internet Politics⚖️ Algorithms And Bias
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here 88%
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
by Evgeny Morozov 2013
3.67
1k+ ratings
💻 Tech Criticism🗳️ Internet Politics⚖️ Algorithms And Bias
Our Biggest Fight
by Frank H. McCourt • 2024
Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.
4.15
27
🌐 Big Tech Critique💰 Data Monopolies⏳ Attention Economy
Our Biggest Fight Summary
Our Biggest Fight 88%
Your mind is the product, and the price is democracy. A new protocol offers a buyback.
by Frank H. McCourt 2024
4.15
27 ratings
🌐 Big Tech Critique💰 Data Monopolies⏳ Attention Economy
Context
by Cory Doctorow • 2011
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
3.66
372
🕸️ Internet Freedom📜 Copyright Reform🔐 Digital Rights
Context Summary
Context 88%
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
by Cory Doctorow 2011
3.66
372 ratings
🕸️ Internet Freedom📜 Copyright Reform🔐 Digital Rights
The Art of Social Media
by Guy Kawasaki • 2014
How to optimize every profile, post, and reply so your social media earns its own audience.
3.55
3k+
🧑‍💻 Social Media Marketing🗂️ Content Curation🔄 Shareable Content
The Art of Social Media Summary
The Art of Social Media 88%
How to optimize every profile, post, and reply so your social media earns its own audience.
by Guy Kawasaki 2014
3.55
3k+ ratings
🧑‍💻 Social Media Marketing🗂️ Content Curation🔄 Shareable Content
Free Speech
by Timothy Garton Ash • 2017
Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.
3.96
312
🗣️ Free Speech🌐 Internet Freedom📰 Media And Democracy
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech 88%
Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017
3.96
312 ratings
🗣️ Free Speech🌐 Internet Freedom📰 Media And Democracy
Google Archipelago
by Michael Rectenwald • 2019
Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.
3.84
120
🤖 Big Tech Criticism🚫 Cancel Culture🔇 Digital Censorship
Google Archipelago Summary
Google Archipelago 88%
Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.
by Michael Rectenwald 2019
3.84
120 ratings
🤖 Big Tech Criticism🚫 Cancel Culture🔇 Digital Censorship
Reclaiming Conversation
by Sherry Turkle • 2015
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
3.80
5k+
🛑 Techno Skepticism🌐 Media Ecology📱 Attention Crisis
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation 88%
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
by Sherry Turkle 2015
3.80
5k+ ratings
🛑 Techno Skepticism🌐 Media Ecology📱 Attention Crisis
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang • 2020
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
3.61
1k+
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis 88%
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
by Tim Hwang 2020
3.61
1k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles
Trust Me, I'm Lying
by Ryan Holiday • 2012
Blogs run on lies. A former insider shows who supplies them and why truth loses.
3.85
12k+
📰 Media Manipulation📈 Attention Economy🔍 Misinformation
Trust Me, I'm Lying Summary
Trust Me, I'm Lying 88%
Blogs run on lies. A former insider shows who supplies them and why truth loses.
by Ryan Holiday 2012
3.85
12k+ ratings
📰 Media Manipulation📈 Attention Economy🔍 Misinformation
Privacy in the Age of Big Data
by Theresa Payton • 2014
Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.
3.56
112
🔒 Digital Privacy👁️ Data Surveillance📊 Personal Data
Privacy in the Age of Big Data Summary
Privacy in the Age of Big Data 88%
Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.
by Theresa Payton 2014
3.56
112 ratings
🔒 Digital Privacy👁️ Data Surveillance📊 Personal Data
One Million Followers
by Brendan Kane • 2018
A million followers in 30 days: the hands-on playbook of testing, partnerships, and emotional hooks.
3.42
2k+
📱 Social Media Marketing👤 Personal Branding🚀 Growth Hacking
One Million Followers Summary
One Million Followers 88%
A million followers in 30 days: the hands-on playbook of testing, partnerships, and emotional hooks.
by Brendan Kane 2018
3.42
2k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Marketing👤 Personal Branding🚀 Growth Hacking
The New Age of Sexism
by Laura Bates • 2025
Deepfake porn and biased code run AI, and the industry is looking away.
4.26
11k+
🎯 Algorithmic Bias📵 Online Harassment📜 Tech Regulation
The New Age of Sexism Summary
The New Age of Sexism 88%
Deepfake porn and biased code run AI, and the industry is looking away.
by Laura Bates 2025
4.26
11k+ ratings
🎯 Algorithmic Bias📵 Online Harassment📜 Tech Regulation
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