Internet and New Media

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next? Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Using surveillance technology, platforms have found new ways to continue targeting marginalized groups.

Dec 26, 2022 / Olivia Snow

Elon Musk and his Twitter profile.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files? Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?

Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.

Dec 20, 2022 / Ross Barkan

Citizen Musk

Citizen Musk Citizen Musk

The rise and fall of a would-be media tycoon.

Dec 19, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

America Online: A Cautionary Tale

America Online: A Cautionary Tale America Online: A Cautionary Tale

On the rise and fall of the quintessential ’90s online service provider—and a warning about today’s social-media giants.

Dec 15, 2022 / Feature / Joanne McNeil

Elon Musk Buys Social Network Twitter

Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media

The aspiring Twitter impresario has taken the major problems of the industry and kicked them into overdrive.

Dec 13, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Exterior view of the New York Times building

We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees

The resurgence of American labor organizing has relied on solidarity beyond the bargaining unit—and that’s what we’re offering.

Dec 8, 2022 / Bryce Covert, Jillian Steinhauer, and Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

Kanye West in California

Kanye West, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the Mainstreaming of Nazism Kanye West, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the Mainstreaming of Nazism

MAGA and cowardly Republicans are whitewashing Hitler fans.

Dec 2, 2022 / Jeet Heer

How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard

How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard How Social Media Ensures that No One Hears Amber Heard

The entertainment-misogyny complex has created a host of incentives for demonizing figures like Amber Heard for speaking out about their trauma. 

Nov 30, 2022 / Deborah Epstein and Ray Epstein

Protesters demanding Julian Assange's release

A United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution A United Front Is Needed to Fight the Threat to Journalism Posed by the Assange Prosecution

The New York Times and major European publications recognize the US Department of Justice’s pursuit of Julian Assange as an attack on press freedom. Now, say it louder.

Nov 29, 2022 / John Nichols

The Upside to FTX’s Downfall

The Upside to FTX’s Downfall The Upside to FTX’s Downfall

Congress has the chance to be bipartisan at last and regulate Big Tech.

Nov 22, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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