The notion that capitalism metabolizes dissent is no longer theoretical but embodied in the architecture of its most profitable corporate technologies.
A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It
An 8-year-old’s YouTube snafu—and one unlikely parent activist—sparked a nationwide debate on the tech giant’s ubiquity and handling of children’s data.
Both advocacy groups and political leaders tend to assume that misinformation persists on social media because the platforms are unwilling to get rid of it—a gross and unhelpful oversimplification. Some of the largest technology companies in the world spend tens of billions of dollars each year ...
New Jersey residents want to protect their community's rural character from a million-square-foot warehouse. But the local democratic process turns out to be complicated and – for some – suspiciously lacking in transparency.
‘A sword against journalists.’ Schmitt’s office seeks emails of Mizzou fact checkers
The partnership has not issued a new fact check since 2020. It only fact checked Schmitt once and found the claim it was looking into to be “mostly true.”
How Serena Williams forced sports journalists to cover tennis as more than a game
Early coverage sidestepped conversations about the unique kinds of gendered racism that a Black girl from a working-class California neighborhood might face on the professional tour.
Trump's Truth Social Can Only Make Mastodon Stronger
The Trump-backed Twitter lookalike looks near to launch, and for better or worse, this will draw more attention than ever to my favorite social network.