Everyone's Googling How to Delete Facebook. Here's What That Actually Means
Meta's embrace of MAGA isn't mere capitulation – it's a calculated gamble that network effects and user habit will outweigh the exodus of outraged advertisers and users.
Joan Westenberg
Elon Musk's AfD Kingmaking is Distributed Dictatorship in Action
Tech billionaires like Elon Musk are transforming their platforms into global political tools, leveraging centralized control over information to reshape political discourse and consolidate unprecedented power.
Alito, Trump and the Death of Plausible Deniability
When a Supreme Court Justice openly coordinates with a litigant, we’ve crossed a threshold that jeopardizes what’s left of democratic guardrails.
TikTok and the New Mercantilism
The TikTok case highlights a new geopolitical struggle over digital sovereignty, where the battle for global influence now revolves around control of data, algorithms, and online attention.
What Bluesky's $700m Valuation Really Means
Can a VC-funded platform truly offer refuge from billionaire-controlled social media, or is it simply a matter of trading one form of corporate influence for another?
Trumpist Economics Are Coming Home to Roost
Markets have been clinging to a fantasy of consequence-free Trumpism, but today’s tariff threats shattered that delusion, forcing a harsh reality check.
Britain Just Banned Deepfake Porn. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Britain just announced it will criminalize the creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfakes.