Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for Facebook News

While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed cheerful and even jokey when he took the stage today in front of journalists and media executives (at one point, he described the event as...

Digital democracy will face its greatest test in 2020 | Siva Vaidhyanathan

After a decade of shallow proclamations of their democratic potential, its clear that Facebook, Twitter and Google are major threats to democracyBetween the December 2019 elections in the United Kingdom and the November 2020...

If you love long-winded, hashtag-heavy Instagram captions, these apps can help

Instagram hashtags are a boon and a bother. The tool certainly helps photos and accounts get discovered, and also makes it possible for users with similar interests to find one another… but also,...

Highlights and audio from Zuckerberg’s emotional Q&A on scandals

“This is going to be a never-ending battle,” said Mark Zuckerberg. He just gave the most candid look yet into his thoughts about Cambridge Analytica, data privacy and Facebook’s sweeping developer platform changes...

Twitter’s political ads ban is a distraction from the real problem with platforms

Sometimes it feels as if Internet platforms are turning everything upside down, from politics to publishing, culture to commerce, and of course swapping truth for lies. This week’s bizarro reversal was the vista of...

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower takes a data job at H&M

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie is headed back to his fashion-based roots.Image: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesThe whistleblower who exposed the massive Cambridge Analytica data scandal has found himself an interesting new job. Christopher Wylie, who...