social networks

Apps are just the latest frontier in the U.S.-China contest. Washington is signaling to global firms the risks of doing business with Beijing.

The video app has gone viral worldwide—and will set the precedent for how free societies handle China’s social networks.

The social media giant’s security failures could have allowed far more damage.

The voluntary efforts of tech companies aren’t enough. The U.S. government needs to regulate social media platforms and make election interference illegal.

Ankara shut an institution founded by religious conservatives and attacks tech companies in order to stop young Turks from accessing a free academic and media environment.

A new spurt of cases after the lifting of social distancing restrictions exposes an undercurrent of hate.

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

It isn’t just Trump. All sorts of policymakers are using Twitter to promote their policies and condemn their adversaries.

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

Not content to cause political problems, Moscow’s trolls are also undermining public health.

The self-immolation of the Canadian government is rooted in the way it came to power.

The Kremlin is going after Russian rappers, but the government can't control a culture it doesn't understand.

Latest discovery underscores challenge of countering disinformation campaigns.

Also: Works on India’s rise, the history of U.S. trade politics, and social media’s role in modern conflicts.

Shady tactics failed to pay off in a divisive abortion referendum.

The United States has become identified with the global internet economy — for better and worse.

A new book argues that modern wars will be won with phones and laptops rather than tanks.

Americans have become paranoid about foreign cyberattacks on their political system, but they have nobody but themselves to blame.

We need to demand accountability from social media companies — and from U.S. diplomats.