Definitely up there in the pantheon of modern insipid phrases. It's also just not a good use of the phrase. "Breaking the internet" is somewhat dismissive and

Definitely up there in the pantheon of modern insipid phrases. It's also just not a good use of the phrase. "Breaking the internet" is somewhat dismissive and implies that something was viral and hacked its way into feeds. But in this case the story was incredibly newsworthy. In this case, it would have been better to call it a "bombshell" to borrow older, insipid phrases.