Internet and New Media

ISIS Wants You to Share This

ISIS Wants You to Share This ISIS Wants You to Share This

How the well-meaning public became a handmaiden for terror.

Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria

This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality

This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality This Is Why John Oliver Supports Net Neutrality

Standing in opposition to net neutrality is tantamount to standing against innovation, against small business, against private-sector job creation and against competition.

Dec 2, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Is the First Article We Ever Published About the Internet

This Is the First Article We Ever Published About the Internet This Is the First Article We Ever Published About the Internet

Authors Kevin Cooke and Dan Lehrer accurately foresaw in 1993 the debate over net neutrality we’re having today.

Nov 19, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Andrew Sullivan Versus the Social-Justice Warriors

Andrew Sullivan Versus the Social-Justice Warriors Andrew Sullivan Versus the Social-Justice Warriors

The famous blogger needn’t panic. Twitter’s new partnership with the feminist group WAM! is an attempt to fight abuse, not impose ideological censorship.

Nov 12, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg

Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’

Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’ Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’

The president calls for the reclassification of Internet services under telecommunications in the name of an open Internet.

Nov 12, 2014 / John Nichols

The Worst Metaphors Politicians Have Used to Describe the Internet

The Worst Metaphors Politicians Have Used to Describe the Internet The Worst Metaphors Politicians Have Used to Describe the Internet

Is it a series of tubes or a Coke bottle?

Nov 12, 2014 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

The Truth About Anonymous’s Activism

The Truth About Anonymous’s Activism The Truth About Anonymous’s Activism

A look behind the mask reveals a naïve techno-utopianism.

Nov 11, 2014 / Feature / Adrian Chen

Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’

Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’ Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’

The president calls for the reclassification of Internet services under telecommunications in the name of an open Internet.

Nov 10, 2014 / John Nichols

Act Now to Save the Open Internet

Act Now to Save the Open Internet Act Now to Save the Open Internet

The FCC is reportedly considering a “hybrid” plan that could still leave us with exactly what we don’t want: fast lanes for the 1% and slow lanes for everybody el...

Nov 6, 2014 / NationAction

Haterz Gonna Hate?

Haterz Gonna Hate? Haterz Gonna Hate?

There are limits to what the law can do to police cyberabuse.

Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum

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