Grammarly Stole Writers' Identities; Heated Rivalry Fanfic; Uber's Women-Only Rides; & Is Instagram Dying? – NEWS ROUNDUP
There Are No Girls on the Internet
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🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Joey cover the tech news stories you might have missed.
Do Normies Have The Right to Read Heated Rivalry Fanfic: https://www.gq.com/story/heated-rivalry-fanfic-privacy
A writer is suing Grammarly for turning her and other authors into ‘AI editors’ without consent: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/a-writer-is-suing-grammarly-for-turning-her-and-other-authors-into-ai-editors-without-consent/
He Tried to Stop Adobe From Training its AI on His Photo Library – He Lost: https://petapixel.com/2026/03/11/he-tried-to-stop-adobe-from-training-its-ai-on-his-photo-library-he-lost/
Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users: https://www.404media.co/viral-quittr-porn-addiction-app-exposed-the-masturbation-habits-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-users/
Panic World’s episode on the NoFap movement: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qXJNaFl2dIzwXC9h8no4p
Uber’s women-only option goes nationwide in the US: https://apnews.com/article/uber-women-safety-9c974f92dfd7fb25d504d173b2429d06
Listen to Alison Turkos on TANGOTI: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/she-was-sexually-assaulted-during-a-lyft-ride-now/id1520715907?i=1000555658403
Buffer Report: Declines in Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads Engagement: https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/featured/buffer-report-declines-in-instagram-linkedin-threads-engagement/
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.2 | There are No Girls on the Internet as a production of IHeart Radio and UnBossed Creative. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet. |
| 0:22.0 | Welcome to There Are No Girls on the Internet, where we explore the intersection of technology, |
| 0:26.1 | identity, and social media. |
| 0:28.0 | And this is another installment of our weekly news roundup where we dig into all the stories |
| 0:32.1 | that you might have missed on the Internet this week so you don't have to. |
| 0:35.4 | And if you're hearing a little extra twang or drawl in my |
| 0:39.2 | voice, it is because I'm coming to you from Austin, Texas, where I'm here for South by Southwest, |
| 0:44.3 | where I just finished a talk on why audiences do not like AI in their media. Y'all, I'm kind of geeked |
| 0:51.0 | right now because after I finished that talk, I rushed over to see Steven Spielberg |
| 0:55.4 | do a whole talk about aliens on the big picture podcast with Sean Fantasy. I am basically in |
| 1:02.3 | nerd heaven. It was awesome. But what is also awesome is having Joey back on the podcast. Joey, |
| 1:10.0 | it is so nice to have you back on the show. |
| 1:12.8 | After, believe it or not, we've been making this podcast together for years. |
| 1:15.9 | We finally met in person for the first time at the on-air festival in New York City, which was delightful. |
| 1:22.1 | We did, yes. |
| 1:24.4 | Yeah, so excited to be back on the show. |
| 1:26.4 | And it was so nice to finally meet you in person. |
| 1:30.5 | On Air Fest was great. Shout out to everybody that organized that. I'm wearing my hat that I got from it right now. It says ESPN podcast, which has been great because I'm trying to do this bit right now where I pretend to know things about sports when I don't. |
| 1:45.9 | Which I think leads really well to our first story. |
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