The @WIRED headline team simply cannot be beat wired.com/story/emma-waters-…

There is a corner of the internet I had never heard of before I started reporting this story. It’s called the “burnerverse”: a sprawling network of anonymous college-sports accounts that can look, at first glance, like ordinary shitposting. Then I started looking closer. And what I found was a highly coordinated network of hundreds of anon accounts, dedicated to doxxing girls and ruining their lives. My investigation for @WIRED — including some of the men allegedly behind some of these accounts — is out now. wired.com/story/burnerverse-…

NEW from @WIRED: if you’re wondering why TikTok let Perez Hilton harm himself and traumatize thousands of people on live stream, it’s because someone internally flagged it and then, due to “moderator error,” he was allowed to keep streaming.

So here's a little scoop: you know Goose, that new gay dating app? It's apparently been using a network of AI-generated Instagay accounts to lure dudes onto the app. Here's what we learned in our @WIRED investigation: 🧵

For @WIRED, I spoke to a med student in India who made thousands of dollars duping MAGA fans by creating a blonde AI influencer named "Emily Hart." Here's how he did it.

For my @WIRED debut I chatted with @hifortesa about her awesome new book about kiddie influencers. We chatted about the dark underbelly of family vlogs, feat. the Mormon church, Taylor Frankie Paul, and menstrual period sponcon (ick)