Harvey Weinstein was a gate-keeper — a position that existed in multiple industries, including the media. That entire structure, though, is untenable on the Internet, and that’s a good thing.…
DHH Nazism Funded by 1Password VP Who Wrote “Honest Security”
Jason Meller wrote a security rulebook. I read it. He is in direct violation of it.
Could this be the beginning of the end for the billionaire-owned media propaganda blitz?
A campaign to free our national press from foreign billionaires like Rupert Murdoch is gaining momentum and attracting big-name support
He Was a Hacker for the NSA and He Was Willing to Talk. I Was Willing to Listen.
Redirecting internet traffic from entire countries was one of the "ridiculously cool" projects undertaken by an NSA hacker who spoke with The Intercept.
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate
An Attack on Tech Freedom, an Assault on Dissent
We live in a world of surveillance states, militarized police, and crackdowns on dissent. Meanwhile, corporate behemoths will often ally with the state to shut down dissident speech or aid and abet surveillance. In this context, it’s important for independent groups to develop and maintain encrypted communications platforms and independent web hosting. But the Trump...
The Neo-Nazi Enforcer Who Helped Build Peter Thiel’s Online Influence Empire
New Epstein-linked revelations show how neo-Nazi operative Andrew Auernheimer became a crucial link between Peter Thiel and the online far-right subcultures waging ‘memetic warfare’ against their enemies
Opinion | Twitter Has an Old Media Problem. Here’s a Solution. (Published 2016)
The company has become an indispensable news source for millions but as a business, it needs a white knight to swoop in.
The Disastrous Bari Weiss Experiment May Be Coming To An End At CBS/CNN
When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby son David) hired blog-troll Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, prin…
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error. It’s a global assault on reason and informed consensus, and corporations and authoritarian bullies like Donald Trump are both architects and benefactors. For decades, academics warned anybody who’d listen
No, The FBI Is NOT ‘Paying Twitter To Censor’
Sigh. Look. I want to stop writing about Twitter. I want to write about lots of other stuff. I have a huge list of other stories that I’m trying to get through, but then Elon Musk does someth…
Here's how Epstein broke the internet
His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
The smartest guys in the room: the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron
There were dozens of books about Watergate, but only Al…
Who are the rightwing influencers filling Trump’s head with visions of antifa?
Meet the content creators whose videos from Portland and Chicago shape the president’s distorted view of reality
