They're a powerful tool, but very easy to abuse—as the recent controversy over Genius annotations shows.

The internet has given us a new public square. Now law enforcement is trying to harness its power.

That feeling when you hit a million followers, make more money than your mom, push a diet pill scheme, lose your blog, and turn 16.

Or: How refusing to consume everything online can make your life better.

Your Dean Strang obsession might not be so silly after all.

A new posthumous collection of Swartz's work shows his range as a scholar and intellectual.

How we order information can reshape our world.

Why a teenage Instagram star turned against the platform.

What would it take to build an environmentally sustainable internet?

The social network's new icon will enlarge our emotional vocabulary

The director of Human Rights Watch on how social media enables many to spotlight abuse

Sven Birkerts's new book laments our diminished attentiveness to art and friendships