Start your day with essential news from Salon. Sign up for our free morning newsletter, Crash Course. Rebecca Black’s “Friday” didn’t invent being nasty online. The theorem that online anonymity ...

Try to remember where you were the first time you experienced Rebecca Black’s song “Friday.” It shouldn’t take long. Released on Feb. 10, 2011, the music video picked up a few thousand views over the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rebecca Black performs at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park on August 10, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Dana Jacobs / ...

Rebecca Black’s “Friday” didn’t invent being nasty online. The theorem that online anonymity breeds rude behavior was commonplace well before Black’s parents paid Ark Music Factory a few thousand ...