January 11, 2021 Here’s who owns everything in Big Media today It probably won’t look like this for long. The media landscape used to be straightforward: Content companies (studios) made stuff (TV shows and movies)…
January 11, 2021 Every online platform that has cracked down on ***** President Donald ***** speaks during a news conference at the White House July 30, 2020. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Digital exile for “the Ernest…
January 10, 2021 Why conservatives’ favorite Twitter alternative is about to disappear from the internet A general view of the the Parler app icon displayed on an iPhone. | Hollie Adams/Getty Images Far-right violence got Parler kicked off the…
January 8, 2021 Why Twitter finally banned ***** Al Drago/Getty Images The company believes *****’s tweets risk further violence during a critical time for democracy. Twitter permanently suspended President Donald *****’s social…
January 8, 2021 Twitter has permanently suspended *****’s account On Wednesday, ***** posted a video in which he encouraged calm, but also spread election misinformation. The video was eventually taken down, and on…
January 8, 2021 How *****’s internet built and broadcast the Capitol insurrection People associated with far-right online movements such as QAnon breached the Capitol on Wednesday. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Online extremists started planning…
January 7, 2021 The Capitol rioters put themselves all over social media. Now the FBI is watching. A pro-***** rioter poses for a photo with the vandalized statue of former President Gerald Ford. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images How law…
January 7, 2021 Parler, the “free speech” social network, explained Parler is attracting posts that Twitter and Facebook don’t allow, like hate speech and conspiracy theories about the US election. | Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images…
January 7, 2021 Fox News wants its viewers angry enough to watch but not angry enough to riot Pro-***** rioters clash with police outside the Capitol building on January 6. | Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Guess what happens when you tell…
January 7, 2021 Elon Musk dethrones Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person Julian Stähle/picture alliance via Getty Images Musk’s first response upon learning the news: “How strange.” Elon Musk became the wealthiest person in the world…