Internet

While once relatively concentrated in a few countries like China and Russia, digital authoritarianism online is spreading.

They grew up with phones in their hands—and learned early not to blindly trust the Internet.

The little-known provision that empowers tech companies to experiment with new ways of imposing and enforcing norms on new sites of discourse could be changed.

Welcome to the return of Internet nationalism.

The government-administered Lifeline is designed to make the Internet more affordable, but Ajit Pai's FCC has kneecapped the program.

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

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.

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?

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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