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October 16, 2020
Alex Shephard
Facebook and Twitter Have Made a Mess of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden Story
Big Tech has had four years to prepare for an onslaught of election interference. It still isn’t ready.
October 7, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Imagining the Post-Trump Internet
The idea that social media platforms need to be made civilly or even criminally liable for harmful content appears to be gaining ground in Congress.
August 6, 2020
Stella Levantesi, Giulio Corsi
Climate “Realism” Is the New Climate Denial
Climate change deniers like Naomi Seibt claim to be fighting Greta Thunberg’s “alarmism,” but their real target is climate action itself.
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 4, 2020
Eleanor Cummins
The Dark Search for a “Silver Lining” to the Coronavirus
Fewer humans do not a healthier planet make.
March 10, 2020
Libby Watson
In Defense of Rude Politics
Very online vitriol can be counterproductive, but anger is often the last resort of the dispossessed.
December 31, 2019
Jason Linkins
The Death of the Good Internet Was an Inside Job
A decade of squandered potential can be laid at the feet of those you trusted to create a democratic online world.
October 23, 2019
MagazineMicah Hauser
Picturing the Future
How a shadowy consortium controls the evolution of emoji
October 21, 2019
MagazineNathaniel Friedman
Moments Without Truth
Making sense of online discourse in the age of Trump
October 11, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Fox and Foes
Trump is accusing the network of disloyalty, but he's missing the point.
September 23, 2019
Osita Nwanevu
The “Cancel Culture” Con
Dave Chappelle, Shane Gillis, and other alleged victims would rather scold their critics than come up with fresh material.
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 10, 2019
Adam Weinstein
It’s Plainly Obvious That Donald Trump Has No Iran Policy
His dim tweets and rash threats have pinned the U.S. in a corner with Tehran.
May 2, 2019
Jacob Silverman
Down and Out in the Gig Economy
Journalism's dependence on part-time freelancers has been bad for the industry—not to mention writers like me.
April 23, 2019
Jacob Silverman
What’s the Best Way to Keep Incendiary, Violent Content Offline?
After the Christchurch shootings, Australia passed a law imposing harsh penalties on tech platforms that don't remove certain types of content. Should the U.S. do the same?
March 22, 2019
Elizabeth Tsurkov
Trump’s Golan Heights Tweet Is a Gift to the Far Right
The tweet will help Israel's prime minister—currently facing indictments—to reelection and in all probability lead to violence in the West Bank.
March 19, 2019
Matt Ford
Devin Nunes’s Ridiculous Lawsuit Is a Masterpiece of Republican Grievance
Several Twitter users mocked the congressman, and he won't stand for it.

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