Commentary / World Jan 18, 2021
Tech censorship is the real gift to Putin
by Leonid Bershidsky
Authoritarians these days have to pay lip service to freedom of speech; what the social media platforms have done takes that concern out of the equation.
Commentary / World Jan 11, 2021
What America has learned from Iranian social media
by Eli Lake
The U.S. State Department’s new approach treated social media as a channel to learn what Iranians thought about both their own regime and U.S. policy.
World Jan 11, 2021
Parler, seen as safe haven by Trump fans, becomes free speech case study
by Jack Nicas and Davey Alba
So many new users signed up as other networks clamped down on false claims that the 2020 election had been rigged, they overloaded Parler’s systems.
World / Politics Jan 10, 2021
Short on alternatives, fans trash Twitter's Trump ban — on Twitter
Friends, family and advisers to Donald Trump have been bitterly complaining that Twitter's ban of the president after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol amounts to an assault on free speech by radical leftists. Ironically, given the enormous influence of the platform, they have aired ...
World / Politics | ANALYSIS Jan 9, 2021
Facebook and Twitter crackdown around U.S. Capitol siege is too little, too late
by Katie Paul, Elizabeth Culliford and Joseph Menn
For weeks, content on big tech platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well as upstart fringe social networks foretold the storming of the U.S Capitol.
World / Politics | FOCUS Jan 9, 2021
Facebook and Twitter suspended him. Cabinet officers have abandoned him. And members of Congress want to impeach him — again. But even as Silicon Valley and Washington drew the line with U.S. President Donald Trump after he encouraged supporters to descend on the U.S. Capitol ...
Commentary / World Jan 8, 2021
Facebook’s Trump ban is necessary triage
by Tae Kim
Both Facebook and Twitter have struggled in recent months to take a harder stance over Trump’s often inflammatory posts.
World Jan 7, 2021
Twitter and Facebook reach Trump breaking point after siege of Capitol
Twitter Inc. — the social media giant that for years gave Donald Trump wide latitude to rally supporters, spread misinformation and foment unrest — was on the brink of imposing a ban on the U.S. president after he used the platform to egg on ...
Commentary / World Dec 25, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg has another answer to Bitcoin
by Lionel Laurent
As German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz put it, referring to Libra’s name change, "a wolf in sheep’s clothing is still a wolf.”
Commentary / World Dec 23, 2020
The Brussels effect comes for Big Tech
by Anu Bradford
To avoid the cost of complying with multiple regulatory regimes around the world, companies often extend EU rules to their operations globally.
World / Politics Dec 22, 2020
Big Tech's stealth push to influence the Biden administration
by Nandita Bose
The moves come as a pushback against tech firms from progressive groups and regulators grows.