List of Social Media articles
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An illustration shows the Twitter logo displayed on a mobile phone with Elon Musk in the background on Nov. 19. What We Lose if We Lose Twitter
Twitter’s destruction would be a geopolitical catastrophe not only for the United States but also for the democratic world.
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Elon Musk in Berlin To Save Twitter, Elon Musk Should Fire Himself
Musk’s conflicts of interest make him too dangerous to run the global public sphere.
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Twitter headquarters stands on 10th Street in San Francisco, California. Elon Musk’s Twitter Chaos Is Going to Be Even Worse Overseas
Gutting the workforce will make it harder to protect dissidents and police misinformation.
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A woman walks past election signs ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Oct. 28. Chinese Election Meddling Hits the Midterms
Beijing-linked cyberactors seek to sow divisions, discourage Americans from voting, and discredit the election process.
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Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran. Meet Iran’s Gen Z: the Driving Force Behind the Protests
They’re shaking up the aging clerical establishment to a degree not seen since the 1979 revolution.
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monkeypox vaccination Kremlin Claims Monkeypox Could Be a Secret U.S. Bioweapon
Washington needs to stop being a pushover in the global info war.
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Filipino American journalist Maria Ressa gives a statement after posting bail at a regional trial court in Manila on Feb. 14, 2019. Maria Ressa Wants to Save Journalism
The Filipino American journalist and Nobel laureate explains what it’s like to be a government target—and how to safeguard a free press.
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Then-Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev gives a press conference. The Fall and Fall of Dmitry Medvedev
How the former Russian president went from geeky technocrat to deranged war hawk.
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A Syrian refugee has coffee and cake in Sweden. Swedengate Was a Lesson in How Easily Misinformation Spreads
One person’s anecdote became a false lesson in national character.
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Young men wearing headphones sit in front of computer screens showing a scene from an online game. Iran’s Leaders Are Scared of the Internet
They should be more scared of shutting it off.
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People holding pro-Trump flags are shown heading toward the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The Democratic Paradox
The right to say anything has been a challenge to every democracy that has ever existed.
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A man wears a QAnon shirt while boarding a shuttle bus. Americans, Like Swedes, Need Help Telling Fact From Fiction
A botched disinformation board shouldn’t be the end of efforts to educate the public.
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Cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the U.S. Capitol as part of a protest against disinformation on the social media platform, in Washington on April 10, 2018. Texas’s New Social Media Law Will Create a Haven for Global Extremists
A new law restricting content moderation will have ripple effects far beyond the state.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a meeting of the National Confederation of Industry in Brasília, Brazil, on Dec. 7, 2021. Bolsonaro Is Already Undermining Brazil’s Upcoming Election
The populist president and his devotees are casting a dark cloud over the October vote.
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A picture taken on Sept. 4, 2019 shows logos of social networking websites Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, displayed on smart-phone screen, in Lille, northern France. The Real Threat to Social Media Is Europe
The EU is passing legislation that will weaken free speech laws beyond the breaking point.
