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Graphic of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Free speech
China’s tech weapons roll in to quell demonstrations, identify protesters
Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 28, 2021
Conflict & Justice
‘I hold Facebook directly responsible for my father’s murder’: Lawsuit alleges platform fueled violence in Ethiopia
A view of the TikTok app logo, in Tokyo, Japan
Social media
TikTok can be a ‘dangerous tool for hatemongers,’ Kenyan govt warns ahead of elections
A screenshot of Ukrainian President and onetime actor Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video he posted online.
Ukraine
Why Zelenskiy’s ‘selfie videos’ are helping Ukraine win the PR war against Russia
A woman sits on a bed using her phone with another woman in the hallway doing the same
Science & Technology
The lost art of listening
The app Smart Voting is displayed on an iPhone screen in Moscow, Russia
Elections
Apple, Google remove opposition app as Russian voting begins
Green WhatApp icon surrounded by other apps on a smart phone
Social media
WhatsApp sues Indian government over unconstitutional internet laws, privacy encroachment
Teenager logs into social media app on phone
Identity
Your digital footprint can come back to haunt you, says media historian
Social media icons on a window
Science & Technology
How social media has changed society
The Facebook logo and binary cybercodes are seen in this illustration dating to Nov. 26, 2019.
Free speech
Turkey passes ‘draconian’ social media legislation
Onlookers attend the opening of the exhibition on Greek art with the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos, in front, in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 5, 2014.
Coronavirus Art
Battle of the bums: Museums compete over best artistic behinds
A man kisses a woman wearing blach shorts on a rooftop overlooking a pink skyline
Justice
As Iran arrests Instagram influencers, some seek safety abroad 
A Twitter logo seen in front of cyber code
Top of The World
Twitter purges state-backed disinformation accounts; US sanctions ICC staff, Syria
The sound collage, “Social Distance, Haiku, and You,” pulls together haikus about life in quarantine from all over the world.  
Coronavirus Art
Quarantine projects curate pandemic-inspired art
Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany, on Feb. 15, 2020.
Analysis: Facebook is undermining democracy
Silhouettes of laptop users
Justice
Facebook content moderators sue over psychological trauma
YouTube team trees
Environment
‘The largest YouTube collaboration ever’ wants to plant 20 million trees
Instagram
Indonesia’s newest Gen Z craze? Marrying someone you’ve never even dated.
A man sits in front of two computer monitors.
Science & Technology
Internet ‘deepfakes’ threaten truth and reality
a smiling vladimir putin on the phone
Arts, Culture & Media
How to avoid accidentally becoming a Russian agent
A man in a blue shirt is in focus among a group as he looks at his cellphone.
Technology
WhatsApp tipline to fight fake news ‘too little, too late,’ Indian police chief says
A group of people leave flowers outside a building with signs table to a column that say "#turntolove" and "#love will win terror will lose"
New Zealand shooting video was ‘made to make us watch it.’ This professor says don’t.
A man holds a cell phone in front of a computer screen.
Lifestyle
How to step away from the screen
Man stands at entrance to internet cafe.
Media
Shutting down the internet doesn’t work – but governments keep doing it
France MeToo
Women & Gender
LOL League harassment restarts #MeToo conversation in France
The Facebook logo is reflected in the lenses of a woman's glasses
We asked listeners why they can’t quit Facebook. Here’s what you said.
A glowing Facebook sign hangs above a man in a suit
Facebook is a persuasion platform that’s changing the advertising rulebook
Two people look at a museum displaying showing a history of Donald Trump's tweets
Technology
Historian: Technology and politics has always been dysfunctional in the US
Twitter bird with Chinese flag colors in a cage.
Media
Crackdown in Beijing: ‘Using Twitter is more dangerous than street demonstrations’
A former UN official campaigning for peace shows a threatening message posted against him on social media by separatists
Media
Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop stoking hate
Jair Bolsonaro pictured with his mouth.
Global Politics
Will fake news carry Brazil’s favored far-right candidate to victory?
Brazil's President Michel Temer with "FAKE" spelled out behind his head
Global Politics
Brazil fights online misinformation during election season
LinkedIn logo
US accuses China of running aggressive LinkedIn spying program
fake news
On eve of Mexican election, fake news still thrives on social media
A protester holds an European Union flag next to cardboard cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a demonstration ahead of a meeting between Zuckerberg and leaders of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, May 22, 2018.
Technology
European lawmakers had tough questions for Mark Zuckerberg. For the most part, he ducked them.
A hand holds a mobile phone with a Facebook logo and the message "this site cannot be reached."
Global Politics
For years, activists in Southeast Asia warned Facebook that content on the platform could lead to real-life violence. Then it did.
Green Russian social media post
Conflict
Russian ‘green’ trolls are targeting the US energy sector, House report claims
New artificial-intelligence-enabled algorithms have allowed video editors a whole new array of tools to make fake videos even more believable.
Culture
AI-based fake videos pose the latest threat to what we perceive as reality — and possibly our democracy
young people seated in grass around a cross
Media
Russian bots seize on Parkland shooting to amplify messages
All tweets are part of the presidential record.
Election 2016
Donald Trump’s tweets are now presidential records
An illustration picture shows the Twitter logo reflected in the eye of a woman in Berlin.
Technology
Social media companies could face big fines in Germany if they don’t remove hate speech
Amir Rashidi, an Internet security researcher who has worked with Telegram users who were victims of hacking, works at the offices of International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., July 27, 2016.
Technology
Amid protests, Iran is blocking social media apps and other web services
social media
Global Politics
UN: Traffickers use social media to lure migrants to slavery, death
us capitol
Election 2016
Watch live: Social media giants to testify in Senate Russia hearing on disinformation
President of the Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini welcomes students from Sicily to the Italian Parliament. Photo from Facebok, October 2, 2017.
Global Politics
This Italian politician wants kids to become ‘fake news hunters’
Facebook logo with the Russian flag
Global Politics
Britain asks Facebook for information about suspected Russian influence in Brexit
WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017.
Global Politics
The new DHS plan to gather social media information has privacy advocates up in arms
A woman in London's Trafalgar Square at a vigil for the victims of an attack on concert goers in Manchester Arena.
Conflict
The possible motives behind the Manchester attack
Youth in Istanbul, Turkey protest the results of a referendum on their president's powers.
Global Politics
Turks vote by a slim margin to expand their president’s powers, and dissent erupts on social media
UNC professor Zeynep Tufekci says Facebook is offering the news equivalent of Halloween candy.
Media
How to stop Facebook when its newsfeed ‘serves Halloween candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner’
Feri Yadi, a resident of Muara Baru in North Jakarta, stands atop the seawall recently built to protect his neighborhood. He has little confidence that the wall will work as expected. "Like in the past, this will be broken somehow" he says.
Environment
Need the latest news on flooding? In Jakarta, there’s an app for that.
Nicolás Maduro
Global Politics
Venezuela’s president finally discovers Facebook, constituents flood his profile
texting in the rain
Technology
Maintaining real relationships in the digital world
This hand-drawn diagram for the route from Turkey to Germany was recently posted on the Facebook page of one of Abdul-Ahad's Kurdish friends in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
Justice
Make an undocumented journey to Europe in 20 basic steps
SafeMode conversation with Zeynep
Conflict
8 things we learned about activism in Marco Werman’s conversation with Zeynep Tufekci at SXSW
Birds fly across the sky on a polluted day in Wuhan, Hubei province, on February 16, 2015.
Culture
Where’s the perch? These birds might be flying for longer than they expected
Mohamed was important in Libyan's revolution, helping to defeat and ultimately capture Muammar Gaddafi. His younger brother missed out on Libya's revolution — so he decided to make his own fame by going to Syria to fight in the violent revolution there.
Global Politics
2014 was the year youth protesters found their voice and hacking became an everyday fear
@ShamiWitness account no longer exists on Twitter.
Technology
The man behind a top ISIS Twitter account lives in India
Alanah Pearce is a game reviewer on a web TV show called Button Bash
Culture
This journalist replies to young boys who send her rape threats on Facebook by telling their mothers
Bill Cunningham takes photos during the Naeem Khan Spring/Summer 2013 collection show at New York Fashion Week in 2012.
Arts
Old-school photographer Bill Cunningham opens up on Instagram