Politics

• 4chan’s feud with the U.K. previews the future of social media regulations
• Starmer says the U.K. says will go “further than any country in the world” to keep teens off social media

  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his plan to follow Australia's lead by banning social media apps among U.K. teens.

  
• Zohran Mamadani’s Twitch show brings government “where New Yorkers already are”

  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is bringing the town hall format to a Twitch show that will pair him with his constituents.

  
• Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others

  A study published in the journal Nature found that Republican social feeds featured less negative content than Democrat feeds.

  
• Many leaders have banned TikTok on government devices. Zohran Mamdani is moving NYC in the other direction.
• The activists who want No Kings are using Twitch to signal boost their next round of rallies
• Johnny Harris is one of YouTube’s premier creator-journalists. He’s building Newpress to help others like him.
• Firearms enthusiast Brandon Herrera has a great chance to become the first YouTuber in Congress
• Creators have become indispensable political pundits. For NBC, that means more “Kornacki Cam.”
• Youth social media bans are spreading across the world. Spain’s will be an important case study.
• Democrats need creators during the 2026 midterms, so a group of Senators is reaching out
• Right-wing creators dominate political discourse online. Can a lefty startup flip the script?