Published Aug 22, 2026, 7:00 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source

The faces behind the feeds: Gen Z’s private lives and public posts – in pictures

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The faces behind the feeds: Gen Z’s private lives and public posts – in pictures

S ocial media arrived just as I, a younger millennial, was on the brink of teenhood. My friends and I signed up for accounts on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, as well as less remembered sites such as the now defunct Bebo. We didn’t know what we were doing; no one did. We posted indiscreet messages and photos on public feeds that we wouldn’t want any future employer – or really anyone, for that matter – to see. Then gradually we, and our parents and their parents, too, learned what it means to li