Social Media

Big Tech ignored policies that enable disinformation and propaganda across the continent.

Intense interest by diplomats and state media underscores the significance of Russia’s intervention.

Fringe players take on Big Tech, governments start regulating, and AI could finally prove its worth.

Persistent contact with fake news disrupts even stable societies—but in war zones, it can be lethal.

China’s state-linked influence operations get very little engagement on Twitter.

Silicon Valley executives should recognize Palestinian statehood in line with U.N. norms.

Now that all the major U.S. platforms have left the country, what does the world’s largest social media market look like?

Beijing is not content to stop stifling free speech at the water’s edge. Western companies and institutions must put liberty before profits.

Meanwhile, Nigeria teeters on the path to failed statehood.

Why the tech giant is on the wrong side of history yet again.

Since Washington launched the Wuhan lab leak investigation, Beijing has been pushing bizarre narratives.

As the Federal Trade Commission chair, the best thing she can do to regulate tech is nothing.

The social media company faces tough questions in talks with the government to restore access to 40 million users.

A hasty and extralegal restriction has been imposed by an increasingly tyrannical president.

Big Tech companies see an opportunity for growth on the continent, but they risk becoming accessories to authoritarian regimes.

China’s wolf warrior diplomacy has discovered the Middle East, catching Washington unprepared.

In deciding what to do about Donald Trump, the platform’s own “Supreme Court” punted.

Apple cutting the social media giant off from iPhone user data could force a healthy change.