Josh Hawley’s ‘Big Tech’ Book Overthrows the Tyranny of Reality

The senator’s new book is an assault not just on Big Tech, but on basic facts…

On Social Media, American-Style Free Speech Is Dead

Major platforms’ policies aren’t actually inspired by the First Amendment. This legal scholar says that’s a good…

Why Lawmakers Are Interested in Apple’s and Google’s ‘Rents’

You can’t understand the app store debate without knowing a crucial piece of antitrust jargon.

Antitrust and Privacy Are on a Collision Course

Facebook is being sued for weakening data protections. Google is being sued for strengthening them. Can…

Antitrust and Privacy Are on a Collision Course

Facebook is being sued for weakening data protections. Google is being sued for strengthening them. Can…

Social Media CEOs Can’t Defend Their Business Model

Everyone knows Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube make money by keeping users engaged. Why won’t their executives…

This Group Wants to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’

A new front is opening in the fight to reform Facebook and Google—right at the heart…

Google and the Age of Privacy Theater

The demise of surveillance capitalism has been greatly exaggerated.

Amazon Has Made Rich Cities Richer—and Also More Dystopian

In a new book, Alec MacGillis explores the growing divide between winner-take-all cities and everywhere else,…

Amazon Has Made Rich Cities Richer—and Also More Dystopian

In a new book, Alec MacGillis explores the growing divide between winner-take-all cities and everywhere else,…