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May 19, 2023
The Supreme Court Has Decided Not to Break the Internet—Yet
In a rare unanimous ruling, the nine justices left Section 230 intact—and ruled not to hold social media companies liable for terrorist-related content.
Elie Mystal
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April 26, 2023
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
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April 26, 2023
Tucker, Twitter, and Taibbi
On this episode of The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer, Ryan Cooper discusses the reactionary media and its allies.
Jeet Heer
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February 23, 2023
The Supreme Court Just Heard 2 Cases That Could Break the Internet
At the heart of the cases is whether social media companies like YouTube and Twitter should be held accountable for their users’ posts.
Elie Mystal
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January 10, 2023
Access to Journalism Is a Human Right
Corporate overlords and repressive governments want to control the Internet. But information belongs to us.
Maria Bustillos
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December 30, 2022
How the GOP Learned to Hate the FBI
And why it matters that Democrats and Republicans have switched positions on the national security state.
Jeet Heer
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December 27, 2022
What I Learned From the Darkest Corners of the Internet
There’s no path out of our strange, increasingly conspiratorial moment, filled with viral lies and rampant disinformation, without rewriting the algorithms governing our lives.
Andy Kroll
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December 20, 2022
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?
Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.
Ross Barkan
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December 13, 2022
Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media
The aspiring Twitter impresario has taken the major problems of the industry and kicked them into overdrive.
Chris Lehmann
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December 6, 2022
The Twitter User Taking on the Chinese Government
“Teacher Li” has become a one-person news outlet and a crucial source of information about the protests in China for those both inside and outside the Great Firewall.
Han Zhang