Who Is Social Media Actually Helping At This Point? Two documentaries from Tribeca Festival, and what social media is taking from us

Using the documentaries TikTok Never Dies and Miss Representation: Rise Up, which both premiered at the 2026 edition of the Tribeca Festival in New York, this essay examines the harms of social media, the government’s efforts to contain it & why that effort has always been misguided, and the pushback that this containment effort has received from many members of the public. Read the essay here.