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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from April 1st, 2026.Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/CentennialWorld  Timestamps:00:00 Intro 1:06 Was the Chappell Roan backlash driven by bots? 9:46 The social media addiction lawsuits & the internet’s response19:13 KATSEYE ‘Pinky Up’ AI allegations Subscribe to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18cqrQI7gMiVfxIMRAeULF    Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/infinite-scroll/id1499785732    Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/    Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/    Follow our publication: https://www.tiktok.com/@centennialworld    Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/    Follow Lauren on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenmeisner_ Please consider buying us a coffee to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld   Sources:  https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/chappell-roan-controversy-bots  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gudea_turns-out-a-lot-of-the-chappell-roan-discourse-activity-7443064982042218496-k5Dr https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/69370c45ee6946ee05e9618a/69a8cf61c9840e888415cca9_Bad%20Bunny%20-%20Anatomy%20of%20a%20Narrative%20-%20by%20GUDEA.pdf https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/69370c45ee6946ee05e9618a/6938f591279bf559ec50cd1c_GUDEA%20-%20Taylor%20Swift%20_%20Anatomy%20of%20a%20Narrative.pdf  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4xgk41jvec   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/what-to-know-about-the-social-media-addiction-trials.html  https://lsj.com.au/articles/tiktok-and-snapchat-settle-in-first-of-major-us-lawsuits/  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24g8v6qr1mo  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/landmark-verdict-against-meta-and-google/686536/  https://theconversation.com/meta-and-google-just-lost-a-landmark-social-media-addiction-case-a-tech-law-expert-explains-the-fallout-278409  https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/everyone-cheering-the-social-media-addiction-verdicts-against-meta-should-understand-what-theyre-actually-cheering-for/  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-26/what-the-social-media-addiction-trial-means-for-australia/106497250    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-20/kpop-hybe-ai-song-multiple-languages/102627838  https://www.reuters.com/technology/k-pops-biggest-music-label-hybe-looks-lift-language-barrier-with-ai-2023-07-19/  https://351studio.com/about-us  https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ai-in-music-how-used-now-1235536484/  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opinion/free-speech-social-media-court-ruling.html 

Thank you to The Commons for supporting this episode: https://www.thecommons.com.au/ The biggest stories on the internet from March 31st, 2026.Join our Patreon here!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/CentennialWorld/ Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:47  Alex Cooper's Unwell Winter Games cast criticism6:43 Clavicular arrest & mini deep dive 16:27 New 2026 Joe Exotic memeFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

The biggest stories on the internet from March 30th, 2026.Join our Patreon here!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/CentennialWorld/Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:16 Barbie Dream Fest disaster7:35 Kris Jenner viral profile pics11:50 Creator apologises for misogynistic "progressive" takeFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

Thank you to BRITA for supporting the podcast, helping us keep our deep dives going, and, of course, keeping us hydrated!Check out BRITA here: ⁠https://www.brita.com.au/This episode explores if accountability can actually be enforced online. From Couch Guy to the Coldplay CEO scandal to various celebrity scandals, we break down how accountability culture has evolved into a tool for public shaming, who bears the heaviest burden of that shame, and why the people causing the most harm are often the least likely to face consequences. Join our Patreon here!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/CentennialWorld/Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Timestamps:00:00 Ad read00:46 Intro3:46 What is accountability culture?8:03 Recent examples of “accountability culture” & what accountability culture looks like online11:20 Why are social media users so obsessed with demanding accountability from literal strangers?16:35 Who enforces accountability culture? Exploring audience, individual, and elite enforcers23:47 Can people online ever truly be held accountable?28:33 ConclusionFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ Sources: Kelly, E. I. (2024). Accountability in criminal justice. Journal of Social Philosophy, 55(2), 317–335. https://doi.org/10.1111/josp.12560Pelsinger, C. (2025). Beyond punishment: Towards a framework of transformative accountability. Punishment & Society, 27(4), 785–804. https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745251319345 Dawson, A. J., Williams, S., & Wilson, A. E. (2025). A Tale of Two Tweets: What Factors Predict Forgiveness of Past Transgressions on Social Media? Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(7), 1259–1280. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231214629https://www.tiktok.com/@eltheegg/video/7527051338040053006Bates, L. (2025). The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny. Simon & Schuster UKhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJqTYQbu4lk&t https://www.tiktok.com/@tiffchat/video/7580546574976175390 Foucault, M., & Sheridan, A. (1996). Discipline and punish : the birth of the prison (2nd Vintage books ed.). Vintage Books, a division of Random House.https://ethics.org.au/ethics-explainer-panopticon-what-is-the-panopticon-effect/Dai, R., Thomas, M. K. E., & Rawolle, S. (2025). Revisiting Foucault’s panopticon: how does AI surveillance transform educational norms? British Journal of Sociology of Education, 46(5), 650–668. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2025.2501118 https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/Journalism/index1766.html?page_id=21   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/09/grifter-political-insult-2025-con-artist https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/grifter  

The biggest stories on the internet from March 26th, 2026.Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/CentennialWorld  Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:36 Trisha Paytas announces memoir, "Crying on the Kitchen Floor" 4:00 Alix Earle officially announces Reale Actives5:52 Security guard involved in Chappell Roan fan saga speaks out8:20 Andrew Siwicki launches YouTube channel10:15 Creator Elena Taber accidentally exposes her anonymous Reddit accountSubscribe to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18cqrQI7gMiVfxIMRAeULF   Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/infinite-scroll/id1499785732   Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/   Follow our publication: https://www.tiktok.com/@centennialworld   Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/   Follow Lauren on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenmeisner_Please consider buying us a coffee to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld 

The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from March 25th, 2026.Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/CentennialWorld  Timestamps:00:00 Intro 1:28 Google is rewriting headlines with AI7:46 OpenAI is ending Sora 11:03 Tubi and TikTok collaborate for creators to pursue long form content14:27 Investigation into digital Blackface and the representation of  AI-generated Black womenSubscribe to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18cqrQI7gMiVfxIMRAeULF   Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/infinite-scroll/id1499785732   Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/   Follow our publication: https://www.tiktok.com/@centennialworld   Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/   Follow Lauren on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenmeisner_Please consider buying us a coffee to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld  Sources: https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment https://www.theverge.com/tech/865168/google-says-ai-news-headlines-are-feature-not-experiment https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-search-seo-ai-tactics-5efb9f99 https://corporate.tubitv.com/press/tubi-partners-with-tiktok-to-offer-creators-a-pathway-to-develop-premium-long-form-content/ https://deadline.com/2025/11/youtube-late-night-stand-up-comedy-creator-slate-1236615805/ https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/896648/tubi-tiktok-creatorverse-incubator  https://deadline.com/2026/03/tubi-tiktok-creators-long-form-series-1236760456/ https://www.riddance.ai/p/ai-blackface-profiting-on-racist https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c070e283k8vo https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-set-to-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-a82a9e4e https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-set-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-wsj-reports-2026-03-24/ https://openai.com/index/disney-sora-agreement/ 

Welcome to Touch Grass, a mini series where we explore the implications of being chronically online with the creatives who can’t escape it.In this episode, host Lauren Meisner interviews Megan Pustetto, the host of Australia's biggest reality TV podcast, So Dramatic!, and founder of Kind Regards Network.During this chat, Megan discusses her rapid rise to success in the podcasting industry, the hard parts of building a new business, the toll that internet trolls have had on her mental health, and how her audience keeps her going.Touch Grass is brought to you by BRITA: www.brita.com.au⁠Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

Thank you to The Commons for supporting this episode: https://www.thecommons.com.au/The biggest stories on the internet from March 24th, 2026.Join our Patreon here!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/CentennialWorld/Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:58 Alix Earle's puzzle tease brand announcement goes viral6:39 Aussie influencer Georgie Stevenson faces backlash over fuel price Reel12:46 Shy Girl pulled after internet sleuths accuse novel of being AI slopFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

The biggest stories on the internet from March 23, 2026.Join our Patreon here!!! https://www.patreon.com/c/CentennialWorld/ Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:26 Taylor Frankie Paul's Bachelorette cancelled11:23 Jorginho vs. Chappell Roan 20:30 Jools Lebron opens up about the challenges of her viral momentFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

Welcome to Touch Grass, a mini series where we explore the implications of being chronically online with the creatives who can’t escape it.In this episode, host Lauren Meisner interviews Crystal Andrews, Reader's Editor at Crikey and founder of Zee Feed.Throughout this conversation, Crystal talks about how she juggles an editor role while building her own media business, how complicated it feels to get viral traction off bad news, and what the future of journalism looks like amid the rise of ragebait content and AI slop.Touch Grass is brought to you by BRITA: www.brita.com.au⁠/ Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/