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March 20, 2018
Alex Shephard
Cambridge Analytica Is Shady. But Facebook Is Shadier.
A massive privacy scandal lays bare what the social network is really selling.
March 15, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook Has a Genocide Problem
A U.N. report on Myanmar's campaign against the Rohingya reveals the ways in which oppressive regimes can use social media for ill.
March 13, 2018
Alex Shephard
Don’t Look to Democrats to Regulate Big Tech
Why the party of regulation is taking a hands-off approach to Silicon Valley
March 6, 2018
Mark Oppenheimer
The Death of Civility in the Digital Age
I wrote a foolish take on Harvey Weinstein's Judaism, and was mobbed for days on social media. Then I rediscovered the joys of life offline, where humans treat each other with decency.
February 23, 2018
Alex Shephard
YouTube’s Fake News Problem Isn’t Going Away
The vulnerabilities that Parkland conspiracy theorists are exploiting are baked into the video site’s DNA.
February 23, 2018
Jeet Heer
Ban Facebook Before Elections
The company refuses to regulate fake news, so the U.S. government should regulate the company.
February 16, 2018
Alex Shephard
Peter Thiel’s Lonely Culture War
Is the billionaire, libertarian, tech luminary being oppressed?
February 12, 2018
MagazineMoira Weigel
Information Wants to Be Chinese
How investment from the People’s Republic is dividing Washington and Silicon Valley
February 12, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook’s Purpose Is Digital Addiction
How concerns about the social-media platform's targeting of younger users apply to everything it does
January 31, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook and Google Won’t Save Local News
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of the two giants' latest attempts to fill a void in local reporting.
January 26, 2018
Alex Shephard
The Case Against Facebook’s Neutrality
How the social network's laissez-faire ideology plunged it into crisis
January 17, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook Unfriends the News
Why the social network is no longer eager to dominate the media industry
December 29, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Myth of Big Tech’s Comeuppance
Facebook, Google, and Twitter are under bipartisan pressure in Washington, but that doesn't mean they'll be reined in next year.
October 7, 2017
Jeet Heer
Facebook’s Promise of Community Is a Lie
Under increasing criticism for spreading fake news, the internet giant is using communitarianism as a shield.
October 2, 2017
Sarah Jones
Silicon Valley’s Religious Drive
The engineer Anthony Levandowski has reportedly founded a religion led by bots, the latest manifestation of the tech world's spiritual underpinnings.
September 22, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is probably not the friend that Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook want right now.
September 19, 2017
David Dayen
Why You Should Side With Google Against an Anti–Sex Trafficking Bill
August 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Big Tech Breaking Up With the Left?
Google's reported involvement in New America's decision to end an antimonopoly program points to a larger schism in the Democratic Party.
August 21, 2017
Bob Moser
How YouTube Became the Worldwide Leader in White Supremacy
When Google promises to "curb" extremism on its lucrative video platform, it means nothing more than keeping advertisers happy.
August 14, 2017
Brian Beutler
Did Mark Zuckerberg just lose the presidency to the CEO of GoDaddy?

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