What Were the Twitter Files?

While it’s clear Matt Taibbi made some serious factual errors, criticisms of the disclosures have ignored the role of the FBI and other parts of the national security state.

Branko Marcetic

Letters: 23andMe and Your Biodata

A scientist from 23andMe and a historian of science discuss aspects of the genetic-testing corporation’s DNA-for-profit model.  

Sex Workers Have Been Banned From Airbnb for Years. Will You Be Next?

Using surveillance technology, platforms have found new ways to continue targeting marginalized groups.

Olivia Snow

The Prying Eyes of Social Media

The lack of regulation of online platforms puts our private lives up for sale.

Patricia J. Williams

A Mirror on Every Wall—and a Microphone Behind Every Mirror

The work of belonging is never done.

David Bromwich

A Manifesto for Dignity in a Digital Age

On Ro Khanna’s bold vision.

Martha C. Nussbaum

Why I Opposed the Patriot Act

Reckoning with 20 years of the surveillance state.

Russ Feingold

Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data

Many universities have yet to reckon with the data justice implications of learning technologies—now, with online learning the norm, these practices deserve more scrutiny.

Britt Paris, Rebecca Reynolds and Catherine McGowan

Will the Democrats Renew Their Membership in the War Party?

Regardless of which party is in power, US foreign policy since 9/11 has meant a unified government under the masters of war.

David Bromwich

Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him

A sore-loser president is promoting a last-minute assault on the underpinnings of discourse on the web.

John Nichols