While the social media platform does not allow hateful material on its site, advocates of “incel” ideology are bypassing this rule by continuing to produce their content but via “socially palatable” ...

Incel began as a term for the ache of not being chosen —an ache that, for many young men, has become defining. The birth of 'incel' In the late 1990s, a Canadian woman known only as Alana created ...

This excerpt from Adam Aleksic’s Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language has been abridged for online publication. The book is out on July 15th. The modern-­day incel is ...