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Social media news and analysis from The Nation
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The peaceful protests on Inauguration Day show what happens when social media companies refuse to let white supremacists use them to organize and incite violence.
December 8, 2020
Dominating Facebook, the world’s largest media platform, enabled the GOP to demonize the Green New Deal.
November 25, 2020
Trump’s supporters, already steeped in white grievance, are predictably receptive to the idea that “illegal voters” have succeeded in stealing their democracy.
October 13, 2020
Tim Hwang thinks we should burst the bubble of the ad-supported internet before it’s too late.
October 9, 2020
An antifa reporter swipes white.
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October 6, 2020
Internal communications exclusively obtained by The Nation show that ICE has singled out journalists and social media users for retaliation.
October 6, 2020
Victor Pickard’s new book argues that without a public intervention American journalism faces a dire future.
September 21, 2020
The corporate media isn’t interested in journalism. It’s up to journalists—and readers—to keep it alive.
August 11, 2020
Joanne McNeil’s Lurking , an account of the last 30 years of online life, reminds us the Internet didn't have to become what it is today.
June 12, 2020
A lefty hockey mom wonders if her Facebook posts are affecting her kids’ social lives.
