On “Fake Accounts” and the problems of millennial fiction

The party of the country club tries to embrace a new egalitarian economic agenda.

The conspiracy theory has become a theology of right-wing rebellion.

The Niskanen Center bowed to fake outrage from bad-faith right-wing trolls when it fired Will Wilkinson.

MAGA Nation’s thirst for viral clout is going to get more people killed.

The social media giants that deplatformed Trump claim to be unable to stop the spread of hate, lies, conspiracy theories, and fascistic plots.

Can the largest media platform in the world ever be made safe for democracy?

His book publicity tour has been full of critiques of the media that reveal a lot about the former president himself.

Ted Cruz and Dinesh D’Souza have huge followings on Parler, a right-wing Twitter clone that has exploded in popularity since the election.

Why the Netflix movie falls short as a critique of Silicon Valley

The vigilantes running wildfire checkpoints in Oregon are the latest right-wing militants to take advantage of a crisis.

A boom in “instagraphics” indulges the desire to project social-justice values rather than act on them.

This week’s unprecedented security breach revealed the platform’s terrifying flaws, and the potential chaos hackers could cause in the future.

The high court’s low profile on social media is a mistake—and a missed opportunity.

Casting himself as a free speech warrior, the Facebook CEO reveals his company’s increasingly rightward bent.

Fact-checking the president—or even deleting his tweets—is a futile exercise.

For millions of newly remote workers, doing your job now involves looking the part, figuring out your angles, and performing for the camera.

We don’t quite leave social networks we don’t trust. We stay for the friends who still post. We lurk.

Building on congressional intelligence, a new report offers a broad view on the dirty tricks trolls use to hook American servicemembers.

A new documentary charts the rise and fall of a would-be internet star.