Viola Stefanello
Viola Stefanello is a Milan-based journalist covering tech and culture for Italian newspaper Il Post. Her work has also been published in Wired and Rolling Stone among others.
Koo wants to replace Twitter—but can’t shake its reputation as a home for dictators
Koo’s rise raises questions.
On Mar 1, 2023 by Viola Stefanello
Assh*le Twitter users are barging into Mastodon and demanding it stop being so polite
They’re annoyed it’s a safe space.
On Nov 10, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
How Ken Russell became TikTok’s only good politician
Will virality turn into votes?
On Aug 9, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
The virality of Inside Airbnb’s maps highlight the company’s massive impact on housing shortages
Just how many homes has AirBnB taken off the market?
On Jun 10, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
Keep off the grass: How the anti-lawn meme movement is shaming homeowners for their yards
The grass isn’t greener in this community, but the lawns are better.
On Jun 1, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
New documents reveal ICE’s deal with big data to ramp up deportations in sanctuary states
Big data is fueling deportations in the Rockies.
On Apr 22, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
Police block TikToker after he stitches their copaganda posts with articles about brutality, misconduct
The cops appeared to have a thin skin.
How police persecute the LGBTQ community—and how big tech can help its most vulnerable users
‘They’re forcing their way to them manually, very easily.’
On Apr 13, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
Is Elon Musk’s Starlink actually making a difference in Ukraine?
It’s almost impossible to gauge.
On Mar 22, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
‘God is a freak’ has become a TikTok anthem for those rebelling against their religious upbringing
‘God is a freak’ is resonating on the app.
On Mar 2, 2022 by Viola Stefanello
Social media companies destroyed the history into QAnon
The viral spread of QAnon has been lost to blanket bans by big tech.
On Oct 28, 2021 by Viola Stefanello
TikTok is helping an obscure language find its new voice
Could TikTok make the Interlingua a universal standard?
On Oct 5, 2021 by Viola Stefanello
‘Bookstores are for everyone’: TikTok calls out bigoted customers, sparking wave of LGBTQ book sales
Homophobic and racist customers flip around LGBTQ and BIPOC books.
On Aug 12, 2021 by Viola Stefanello
Instagram bans popular pole-dancing blogger and activist, who says now ‘no one is safe’ with its sex policies
‘This policy disproportionately affects sex workers … but also creators posting nudity and sexuality, which may be mistaken for soliciting.’
On Jul 27, 2021 by Viola Stefanello
Inside TikTokers’ quest to make the platform more transparent
TikTok’s black-box content moderation sparks creator activism.
On May 13, 2021 by Viola Stefanello
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