Social Media

Online trolls from both sides of the political spectrum are outfoxing social media platforms.

Changes to the platform have systematically amplified authoritarian state propaganda.

A new generation of Russians glorifies war, death, and Vladimir Putin.

The finance sector is adjusting to a world where a single tweet can trigger a catastrophic bank run.

As bans of the video app pile up around the world, the question is how far the U.S.—and its allies—will go.

Washington urgently needs a 21st-century communication strategy.

The deadly earthquake has forced the billionaire to face his biggest test of Twitter's global responsibility thus far—but it won’t be his last.

Silicon Valley has spent years courting India, but its companies face an increasingly tricky censorship minefield in the world’s largest democracy.

The social media app’s data collection practices are not unlike its competitors’, but its links to China add a sinister layer to the debate.

The social network is global, but what comes next may not be. 

Twitter’s destruction would be a geopolitical catastrophe not only for the United States but also for the democratic world.

Musk’s conflicts of interest make him too dangerous to run the global public sphere.

Gutting the workforce will make it harder to protect dissidents and police misinformation.

Beijing-linked cyberactors seek to sow divisions, discourage Americans from voting, and discredit the election process.

They’re shaking up the aging clerical establishment to a degree not seen since the 1979 revolution.

Washington needs to stop being a pushover in the global info war.

The Filipino American journalist and Nobel laureate explains what it’s like to be a government target—and how to safeguard a free press.

How the former Russian president went from geeky technocrat to deranged war hawk.

One person’s anecdote became a false lesson in national character.

They should be more scared of shutting it off.