infinite scroll

An internet culture news podcast that explores themes surrounding viral stardom, the creator economy, and how social media is shaping Gen Z. Hosted by Centennial World founder Lauren Meisner & deputy editor Annabel Bendavid. Follow us @infinitescrollpodcast

  1. MINI TECH SCROLL: AO3 exits beta after 17 years, OpenAI acquires tech show + Australia's youth social media ban flops

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    MINI TECH SCROLL: AO3 exits beta after 17 years, OpenAI acquires tech show + Australia's youth social media ban flops

    The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from April 8th, 2026. Join our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/CentennialWorld   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:44 OpenAI acquires viral tech talk show, TBPN 11:00 AO3 exits beta 15:10 The Australian under-16s social media ban isn’t working  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.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/technology/tbpn-silicon-valley.html  https://jdahl.substack.com/p/breaking-down-the-magic-behind-tbpn  https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-tbpn/  https://www.wired.com/story/openai-acquires-tbpn-buys-positive-news-coverage/  https://www.smh.com.au/technology/why-billionaire-tech-bros-are-buying-up-media-companies-20260403-p5zl5o.html  https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f-8260-40c6-a2cc-aa93fe9f142e/economic-research-chatgpt-usage-paper.pdf  https://www.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2025/women-and-generative-ai.html? https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/25023_52957d6c-0378-4796-99fa-aab684b3b2f8.pdf  https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/34626  https://www.theverge.com/tech/906346/ao3-archive-of-our-own-beta-exit      https://www.esafety.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-03/SocialMediaMinimumAgeComplianceUpdateMarch2026.pdf?v=1774896024240  https://www.techpolicy.press/early-lessons-from-australias-teen-social-media-ban-for-the-rest-of-the-world/  https://social-media-age-tracker.onrender.com/  https://theconversation.com/social-media-giants-are-not-complying-with-under-16s-social-media-ban-new-report-finds-279555  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/australia-teen-social-media-ban-criticism  https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/31/australias-teen-social-media-ban-isnt-working-yet/

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  2. MINI TECH SCROLL: Chappell Roan bot backlash, response to the social media addiction lawsuits + is KATSEYE using AI?

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    MINI TECH SCROLL: Chappell Roan bot backlash, response to the social media addiction lawsuits + is KATSEYE using AI?

    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 response 19:13 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

    25 min

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An internet culture news podcast that explores themes surrounding viral stardom, the creator economy, and how social media is shaping Gen Z. Hosted by Centennial World founder Lauren Meisner & deputy editor Annabel Bendavid. Follow us @infinitescrollpodcast

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