Internet

Deplatformed extremist groups are turning to providers in authoritarian states.

Liberal democracies must work to recreate a sense of shared identity online.

As Silicon Valley flails to combat an insurrection at home, Europe is marching ahead with a plan to revise the web’s basic rulebook.

In the global internet economy, India’s tech industry has a leg up on China’s.

The epic SolarWinds hack affecting thousands of government agencies and companies could mark the beginning of the end of the open internet.

The coziness between Washington and Big Tech is over.

Here’s how to stop bleeding information about yourself online.

After the pandemic pushed people online, Islamist extremist groups reached an even wider audience. But the authorities are fighting back.

Almost 500 extremist channels on Telegram, VKontakte, and other networks spread propaganda and vie for recruits. Most of them have ties to the Islamic State.

Corporate mergers and backstage coercion have expanded Putin’s control.

The United States can lead the way on innovation in technology regulation—but instead it has fallen far behind.

China and Russia are ramping up their disinformation campaigns in the lead-up to the November vote. It’s time for Washington to fight back.

As the United States abandons demands for human rights, young Afghans are embracing free speech the only place they can—on the Internet.

With humanitarian aid and internet services restricted, the conflict-torn state could soon face a public health disaster.

In India, education under lockdown and a deep digital divide threaten to undo real progress in rural areas.

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.