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July 13, 2023
Alex Thomas
Hysterical Conservatives Are Accusing Meta’s Threads of Censorship
Their complaints are bad faith attempts to normalize misinformation and conspiracy theories.
July 7, 2023
Rob Pegoraro
A Judge Says Biden Can’t Scold Social Media Firms. That Makes Zero Sense.
His ruling seems more interested in ideological grievance than the First Amendment.
July 3, 2023
Alex Shephard
Elon Musk Finally Broke Twitter
Over the weekend, the social network began limiting how many posts its users could see.
May 24, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Ron DeSantis Twitter Campaign Launch Was a Disaster
The Florida governor’s attempt to kick off his presidential candidacy from deep within Elon Musk’s collapsing empire went exactly as well as you’d expect.
April 17, 2023
Grace Segers
This Democratic Senator Is Making an Unusual Enemy
Connecticut’s Chris Murphy believes loneliness is one of America’s biggest problems—and he’s working on a plan to fight it.
March 24, 2023
Tori Otten
TikTok Is a Problem—but Not Our Biggest Social Media Problem
The TikTok hearing in Congress revealed more about U.S. data privacy laws than anything else.
March 23, 2023
Tori Otten
The Wildest Things Members of Congress Said During the TikTok Hearing
“Does TikTok access the home Wi-Fi network?”
March 21, 2023
MagazineAlex Shephard
What Is Elon Musk Building?
He promised a “digital town square” when he bought Twitter. He has instead promoted right-wing conspiracy theories about Covid-19, Democrats—and even Twitter itself. Welcome to the libertarian superhero capitalist’s conception of the commons.
January 31, 2023
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Is Boring Now
There’s no reason to worry about the former president’s imminent return to Facebook—yet.
January 18, 2023
Andre Pagliarini
Brazil’s Post-Riot Social Media Restrictions Aren’t Worth a Free Speech Freakout
Democracies have the right to act in their own defense—even if that means some people temporarily have to go without tweeting.
January 7, 2023
Jason Linkins
The Viral Stupidity of Politicians’ TikTok Bans
Lawmakers across the country are looking to kill off the social media platform for many of the same sins that Big Tech commits regularly.
December 21, 2022
Jason Linkins
Nimrod of the Year: Elon Musk
Tesla’s CEO was long portrayed as a business genius. His incompetent rule of Twitter proves he’s really just a thirsty, right-wing dimwit.
December 14, 2022
PodcastThe Politics of Everything
Are Twitter’s Troubles the Beginning of the End of Social Media?
It’s hard to imagine life without social networking apps. But maybe Elon Musk is helping us figure out how.
Audio playback is available for this article
November 18, 2022
Laleh Ispahani, Deirdre Schifeling
We’re Done Celebrating. Now Here Are Six Things to Do to Save Democracy.
Resistance is not futile: From reining in social media to passing much-needed political reforms, history shows that we can succeed.
November 11, 2022
Matt Ford
Well, Twitter Looks Doomed!
Elon Musk bought an unprofitable company at a high price and is destroying its long-term value to recoup his losses. What could go wrong?
October 28, 2022
Jason Linkins
Will Elon Musk Ruin Twitter? That’s the Wrong Question.
The Tesla mogul has taken up ownership of a company that may not have much of a future with or without him.
October 26, 2022
Brynn Tannehill
Why Elon Musk’s Idea of “Free Speech” Will Help Ruin America
Twitter without content moderation—and with Donald Trump and others reinvited—means that lies and disinformation will overwhelm the truth and the fascists will take over.
October 10, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Right’s Cynical Embrace of Kanye West
Why Republicans are sticking with him, even after his antisemitic social media posts.
October 6, 2022
Alex Shephard
Twitter Will Be an Albatross Around Elon Musk’s Neck
It’s not clear whether the billionaire mogul wants the company to flourish financially or just become subservient to his whims—but it can’t do both.
September 29, 2022
Megan Burbank
Abortion Activists Rely on Social Media More Than Ever After Roe—and That Has Risks
“That’s really our only pipeline to the public.”

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