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07. #MeToo
It was extraordinary, even by Hollywood’s colossal standards. The downfall of one of Tinseltown’s most powerful figures was a confluence of raging sexual misconduct events unified by a revealing social media hashtag: #MeToo. This movement, which gained momentum in…
08. Twitter
Often described as the “SMS of the Internet,” Twitter burst onto the scene in 2009, when Oprah and Ashton Kutcher encouraged more than 60 million people to become “tweeps.” Twitter, rebranded as X, has long been considered a vital barometer for gauging public…
09. Social Media
In March 2002, Jonathan Abrams, a 33-year-old Canadian software coder who had been laid off by Netscape, founded Friendster, an invitation-only social network. Abrams made no secret of his intention to play the dating game against Yahoo! and Match.com. Within months…