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On Saturday, 26 April, the Dutch celebrated their King’s Day, with spontaneous parties and celebrations taking place across the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, hundreds of thousands of people dressed in orange flooded the city centre and canals.

April 13 marked the fourth installment in the 2025 Formula 1 season. The Bahrain Grand Prix was an action packed spectacle under the lights. Oscar Piastri with McLaren secured a dominant victory, George Russel coming in second and Lando Norris in third.

Social media makes news spread fast, but with that speed comes a lot of misinformation. Viral content often pushes serious journalism aside, making it hard to tell what’s real. So, is social media actually keeping us informed, or just blurring the truth?

Once upon a time, journalists had one main goal: to report the truth. But in today’s world of social media, speed often wins over accuracy. With platforms like Twitter and Facebook, news spreads in seconds. But does that mean it’s always true?

A question for you: which would you believe, given the option? A popular newspaper, or a piece of news that you see on tiktok? If you are not a tiktok addict, then probably the newspaper, right?

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, attended to Trump's inauguration and soon Instagram was showing no search results for 'democrats'. How scared should we be?

With social media on the rise and traditional media facing declining audiences the question is raised which of those two is winning the fight. I argue that there should be no fight and that unless journalism starts embracing social media both are losing.

Every morning, we wake up and scroll through Instagram. What is actually true in this sea of information? Are we getting lost in misinformation, or is it just easier to accept what's handed to us?