We don’t quite leave social networks we don’t trust. We stay for the friends who still post. We lurk.

The challenges of collective action under lockdown

What happens when we can no longer march?

Low pay, soaring rents, and cities littered with e-scooters. Welcome to the future.

A decade of squandered potential can be laid at the feet of those you trusted to create a democratic online world.

Peter Thiel's growing influence over the social network underscores its increasingly conservative bent.

How a warming world is sparking calls for a greener web

The 2020 presidential candidate hopes less consolidation, stronger unions, and better regulation will mean more "real journalism" and less clickbait.

How Jia Tolentino’s incisive, capacious essays became essential reading.

How the junior senator from Missouri has become the face of the post-liberal movement—and positioned himself as the philosophical heir to Trump.

Yes, it's more powerful than most companies. But it's not quite like a government, either.

The 2020 presidential candidate raised a mountain of money last quarter, and a lot of it came from Silicon Valley.

What do your smartphone and the world’s most advanced fighter jet have in common? The Trump administration can’t protect them from hackers.

After the Christchurch shootings, Australia passed a law imposing harsh penalties on tech platforms that don't remove certain types of content. Should the U.S. do the same?

The new “Why am I seeing this post?” feature could have unintended consequences—for users and advertisers alike.

Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google are fighting for unbroken control of American life.

Free-market conservatives in the U.S. seem newly fascinated by Chinese state-directed economic policy.

Tech workers are using company mission statements to hold their CEOs accountable.

How rank-and-file workers are changing the politics and culture of Big Tech.