Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on the Internet as a subset of science and technology. This includes content about the use and impact of the Internet on society.
The modern world is grappling with a paradox of connectivity. The average person spends two to three hours every day scrolling through social media,…
CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans call on TikTokers across the world to flood the platform for Palestine to #TakeBackTikTok from…
Digital Surveillance and Control Digital corporations, in collaboration with major powers, actively monitor individualsā movements through smart devices and various communication tools.…
For years, Google has been synonymous with its main search product. Generations have grown up relying on the companyās flagship service to…
US Big Tech corporations have essentially colonized the world. In almost every country on Earth, the digital infrastructure upon which the modern…
As millennials become parents and Gen Z grows up glued to smartphones, Congress has come under massive pressure to do something, anything, to…
One thing that all past human societies and civilizations have in common is that they all eventually collapsed. While each of us…
A little more than a year before Microsoftās systems crashed on Friday, creating global chaos in the banking, airline, and emergency service…
During an episode of his program in 2015, the late right wing talk radio demagogue Rush Limbaugh devoted part of a segment…
Something truly remarkable happened in Nairobi on June 18. For the first time since Kenyaās independence, a people-driven movement, ignited largely by…
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