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November 10, 2020
Jacob Silverman
Postelection Misinformation and Massacre Threats on Conservatives’ Favorite New Social Media App
Ted Cruz and Dinesh D’Souza have huge followings on Parler, a right-wing Twitter clone that has exploded in popularity since the election.
October 8, 2020
Elizabeth Pankova
The Social Dilemma and the Rise of the Clickbait Documentary
Why the Netflix movie falls short as a critique of Silicon Valley
September 15, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Era of Disaster Militiaism in America
The vigilantes running wildfire checkpoints in Oregon are the latest right-wing militants to take advantage of a crisis.
August 19, 2020
R.E. Hawley
The Lazy Liberalism of Instagram Slideshows
A boom in “instagraphics” indulges the desire to project social-justice values rather than act on them.
July 16, 2020
Alex Shephard
Twitter Is Not Prepared for the 2020 Election
This week’s unprecedented security breach revealed the platform’s terrifying flaws, and the potential chaos hackers could cause in the future.
June 25, 2020
Matt Ford
Why Isn’t the Supreme Court on Twitter?
The high court’s low profile on social media is a mistake—and a missed opportunity.
May 29, 2020
Alex Shephard
Mark Zuckerberg Comes to Trump’s Defense
Casting himself as a free speech warrior, the Facebook CEO reveals his company’s increasingly rightward bent.
May 27, 2020
Alex Shephard
Twitter Can’t Rein In Donald Trump
Fact-checking the president—or even deleting his tweets—is a futile exercise.
May 13, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Coronavirus Is Making Us All Camgirls
For millions of newly remote workers, doing your job now involves looking the part, figuring out your angles, and performing for the camera.
April 13, 2020
Adrian Daub
The Rise of the Lurker
We don’t quite leave social networks we don’t trust. We stay for the friends who still post. We lurk.
September 18, 2019
Jasper Craven
Russian Trolls Love Targeting U.S. Veterans
Building on congressional intelligence, a new report offers a broad view on the dirty tricks trolls use to hook American servicemembers.
August 22, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Jawline Explores the Teenage Dream of Social Media
A new documentary charts the rise and fall of a would-be internet star.
August 16, 2019
Dustin Kurtz
Why Amazon’s Twitter Ambassadors Are So Sad
They're real people, yes—and they're also a window into Amazon's approach to labor.
July 11, 2019
Alex Shephard
Trump Assembles His Gang of Social-Media Deplorables
Thursday's "summit" shows the increasingly paranoid president is desperate for allies who back him unequivocally.
June 3, 2019
Jake Flanagin
How YouTube Became a Breeding Ground for a Diabolical Lizard Cult
A mysterious murder reveals the ways in which the video-sharing site has spread conspiracies of all kinds—very much including those created by rightwing supporters of President Trump.
February 13, 2019
Kia Gregory
How Videos of Police Brutality Traumatize African Americans and Undermine the Search for Justice
February 1, 2019
Una Hajdari
Serbian Journalists Are Under Attack. Does the International Community Care?
Supported by the U.S. and EU, praised at Davos: President Aleksandar Vucic is on a roll. No one seems to want to contemplate the appalling assaults on press freedoms.
January 16, 2019
Jo Livingstone
The Real Villain of Fyre Festival
Two new documentaries take on Billy McFarland and his disastrous music festival. But who's to blame, really?
October 8, 2018
Alex Shephard
Google covered up a data breach out of fear of more government regulation.
August 21, 2018
Alex Shephard
Why Jack Dorsey’s Apology Tour Backfired
The Twitter CEO is creating controversy on a media campaign designed to quell it.

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