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March 14, 2024
Tori Otten
Ulterior Motive Much? Shady Trumper Has Plans to Buy TikTok
Donald Trump’s former treasury secretary says he’s preparing to buy TikTok.
March 12, 2024
Alex Shephard
The Simple Reason Trump Is Suddenly Defending TikTok
The president thinks backing the embattled short-form video app will help him and his rich friends.
March 11, 2024
Tori Otten
Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Incomprehensible Rant About TikTok
The Republican Party’s front-runner, everyone.
February 2, 2024
Alex Shephard
The Messenger Didn’t Stand a Chance
Yes, the founders of The Messenger were clueless. But the news site was doomed to fail no matter who was in charge.
December 27, 2023
Alex Shephard
Elon Musk Is The New Republic’s 2023 Scoundrel of the Year
He proved this year that he’s not just evil, but deeply stupid, too.
December 18, 2023
Tori Otten
Elon Musk May Finally Face Consequences for Wrecking Twitter
X is under scrutiny in Europe as part of an investigation into toxic content.
December 13, 2023
Alex Shephard
Tucker Carlson Is Fading Away
The former Fox News host has his own “network” now. But recapturing his Fox News relevance won’t be easy.
December 7, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Nikki Haley Thinks TikTok Is Magic
The Republican presidential candidate thinks exposure to the app turns users into antisemites—and she has (extremely) dubious stats to back it up.
November 28, 2023
Michael Tomasky
No, TikTok, Joe Biden Doesn’t Control the Price of a Quarter Pounder
What does the president of the United States have to do with the price of eggs? Nothing. But try telling that to social media.
November 21, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Wants to Destroy the Media
By suing Media Matters, Musk is sending a message to news outlets: Cover him critically, and risk destruction.
October 13, 2023
Ella Sherman
Taylor Lorenz on How Everyday People Made the Internet Great
“People think, ‘Oh, it’s just snapping pictures of yourself; it’s very easy to generate attention.’ It’s actually very hard.”
October 11, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Week Twitter Went Evil
The platform has gone from being a useful resource during a breaking news event to a dangerous respository of lies and fakery.
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.

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