Internet

Tumblr's unique culture normalized queerness and social justice. Without it, where will Gen Z turn?

• By Emma Sarappo

Private security firms—like Fortalice Solutions—are taking on cases of cyber abuse and bullying when law enforcement and technology companies won't step in.

• By Sonia Weiser

Vezt trumpets itself as the savior of the struggling performer. But can the fledgeling start-up help artists get by? And can the company itself survive long enough to find out?

• By Jack Denton

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

• By Emma Sarappo
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A recent vote further damages the government's ability to accurately study the nation's access to broadband—and it could damage the 2020 census.

• By Amir Nasr

The Chinese Communist Party is exploiting and exporting technological innovations to establish a panoptic form of governance—one through which it becomes possible for the state to constantly monitor individuals.

• By Michael Clarke

As more time is spent recruiting and spreading ideology online, more of this speech will spill over into the real world.

• By Evanna Hu & Hugh Brooks

The state government has started to institute work requirements for its medicaid program that includes logging work hours online, but broadband coverage in the state is sparse—at best.

• By Sarah Holder

As negative comments accumulate, they start to come across as bullying—even if they're justified.

• By Tom Jacobs

If liberal-democratic countries don't do more to challenge trends toward authoritarian Web practices, the reigning view of the Internet may soon become far more restrictive.

• By Robert Morgus & Justin Sherman

Lack of trust in the news in the U.S. runs deep.

• By Francie Diep

This move threatens to leave millions of Americans, particularly from communities of color, without the opportunities that come with connectivity.

• By Amir Nasr

A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokesman says the scrubbing was part of "routine updates and maintenance."

• By Francie Diep

The scrubbing is part of a larger effort to weaken the Affordable Care Act, according to one health policy expert.

• By Francie Diep

A new book explores the racial implications of the algorithms that structure our lives.

• By James McWilliams

Ken Auletta's latest book explores the chaotic world of contemporary advertising.

• By Peter C. Baker

On Wednesday, the Senate made use of an obscure legislative procedure to challenge the FCC's proposed changes to net neutrality regulations. We chatted with a law professor to break down the specifics.

• By Jack Denton

A recently uncovered social media post by Alek Minassian, the suspected Toronto killer, provides further evidence of 4chan's slow descent from chatroom for the esoteric into incubator for hatred.

• By Dale Beran

Has Facebook fundamentally transformed human behavior—and is such damage irreparable?

• By Jared Keller

The T-Mobile settlement is a stark reminder that waiting for private industry to make the investment is a losing proposition.

• By Jared Keller

Broadband-mapping efforts from both the federal government at large and the FCC have had critical flaws that disproportionately affect rural and minority communities.

• By Eric Null

The most disturbing insight into the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal has little to do with either Facebook or Cambridge Analytica.

• By Jared Keller

What good are financial technologies if low-income folks don't have high-speed Internet to access them?

• By Dwyer Gunn

Falsehoods spread faster and deeper into the Twittersphere—and humans, not bots, are to blame.

• By Kevin Charles Fleming