Internet

A pop culture battle turned into a nationalist frenzy and a propaganda problem.

Millions of people stuck at home will turn to social media, where disinformation is rife. Radical Islamists and far-right groups are exploiting widespread confusion and fear to spread hate.

Epidemics raise worrying questions about how to limit state power.

Social media giants are finding it hard to quarantine fake news.

London’s justification for cooperating with the Chinese telecommunications company is riddled with obvious contradictions.

The European Union is running in circles in pursuit of “digital sovereignty.”

The fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago was a giddy moment, but the subsequent rush to tear down walls everywhere has yielded a global system in which bad actors are no longer held accountable. 

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has been a key player in the Iranian government’s campaign of repression and censorship.

The only way to save journalism is to make readers direct participants in making, and paying for, the media.

Online forums rally fans to defend national pride abroad.

New Delhi clamps down on internet access in Kashmir as it moves to limit the troubled region’s constitutional autonomy.

Anxious about its failure to establish cultural hegemony, the Erdogan government is going after internet stars.

Donald Trump is gathering his favorite meme-makers and trolls for a White House summit.

Han Kuo-yu came out of nowhere to win a critical election. But he had a little help from the mainland.

UBS is the latest company to cave to irrational but politically powerful demands.

The doctored Nancy Pelosi video hardly marks the first time the social media giant has faced backlash. Consider Germany in 2015.

A blue-haired 20-something music-mashup influencer has sent Angela Merkel’s party into a tailspin.

Europe’s new rules put creators and consumers back in the driving seat.

The quiet New Zealand city has endured natural disaster. But until March 15, it had never faced an unnatural one.