How the Media Enabled US Drone Policy How the Media Enabled US Drone Policy
Eric on Tom Jones and what people are syaing about his book, and Reed on media and drones.
May 23, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service Fighting Facebook, a Campaign for a People’s Terms of Service
Social media companies say consumers’ loss of privacy is just the cost of doing business. But what would happen if they actually had to bargain with users on equal footing?
May 22, 2013 / Ari Melber, Woodrow Hartzog, and Evan Selinger
CISPA Is ‘Dead for Now,’ Thanks to a Left-Right Coalition for Online Privacy CISPA Is ‘Dead for Now,’ Thanks to a Left-Right Coalition for Online Privacy
Industry lobbyists outspent activists 38-1, but a grassroots coalition and dissenting members of Congress appear to have rendered CISPA “dead for now.”
Apr 26, 2013 / John Nichols
The Problem With Public Shaming The Problem With Public Shaming
Unmasking racists and trolls on the Internet may feel like justice, but it does not drive social progress.
Apr 24, 2013 / Cole Stryker
Who’s Afraid of Sheryl Sandberg? Who’s Afraid of Sheryl Sandberg?
Feminists were quick—too quick—to question the Facebook COO's motives for writing Lean In, her self-help manifesto.
Mar 6, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Patent Offers Clues on How Google Controls the News Patent Offers Clues on How Google Controls the News
Google is one of the most important “publishers” in the world, and the company’s lucrative algorithm reveals a picture of the future of profitable content.
Feb 22, 2013 / Ari Melber
Stalker Stalker
For the novelist James Lasdun, being stalked online is like “swallowing a cup of poison every morning.”
Feb 13, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
To Magazines! To Magazines!
Newsweek is out of print and other magazines have drastically cut back, but titles like Mother Jones, The Nation and now The New Republic are carrying the ...
Jan 31, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Internet’s Toxic Relationship with HBO’s ‘Girls’ The Internet’s Toxic Relationship with HBO’s ‘Girls’
You could call Girls groundbreaking artistic work. You could also say it’s Internet trolling elevated to an art form.
Jan 28, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Why Graph Search Could Be Facebook’s Largest Privacy Invasion Ever Why Graph Search Could Be Facebook’s Largest Privacy Invasion Ever
Facebook's new program will allow anyone to search for, say, "Chinese residents who have family members that like Falun Gong."
Jan 27, 2013 / Ari Melber