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The US Far Right Helped Stoke the Attack on Brazil’s Congress

History Repeating

The US Far Right Helped Stoke the Attack on Brazil’s Congress

Vittoria Elliott

The Twitter Bubble Let Democrats Defy Political Gravity

Ideas

The Twitter Bubble Let Democrats Defy Political Gravity

Katherine Alejandra Cross

Twitter’s Moderation System Is in Tatters

Skeleton Crew

Twitter’s Moderation System Is in Tatters

Vittoria Elliott and Chris Stokel-Walker

Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode

Security Roundup

Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode

Dhruv Mehrotra

A Race to Bridge the Analog Divide in US Politics

Social Networking

A Race to Bridge the Analog Divide in US Politics

Matt Laslo

Inside the ‘Election Integrity’ App Built to Purge US Voter Rolls

Truth Hurts

Inside the ‘Election Integrity’ App Built to Purge US Voter Rolls

Dhruv Mehrotra

The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense

Your Eyes Only

The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense

Lily Hay Newman

Twitter’s Ex-Election Chief Is Worried About the US Midterms

Tweetstorm

Twitter’s Ex-Election Chief Is Worried About the US Midterms

Chris Stokel-Walker

A Pro-China Disinfo Campaign Is Targeting US Elections—Badly

Like and Divide

A Pro-China Disinfo Campaign Is Targeting US Elections—Badly

Andy Greenberg

假新闻

China's WeChat Is a Hot New Venue for US Election Misinformation

Jennifer Conrad

The Election-Swinging, Facebook-Fueled, Get-Out-the-Vote Machine

ms. info

The Election-Swinging, Facebook-Fueled, Get-Out-the-Vote Machine

Nancy Scola

Brazil's Far Right Plots Its Own January 6

Disinformation

Brazil's Far Right Plots Its Own January 6

Vittoria Elliott

This Vote Could Change the Course of Internet History

Open Web

This Vote Could Change the Course of Internet History

Justin Ling

So, You Want Twitter to Stop Destroying Democracy

Ideas

So, You Want Twitter to Stop Destroying Democracy

Katherine Alejandra Cross

Kenya’s Threat to Ban Facebook Could Backfire

meta

Kenya’s Threat to Ban Facebook Could Backfire

Vittoria Elliott

The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats

Danger Zone

The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats

Lily Hay Newman

Have Pollsters Cleaned Up Their Act in Time for the Midterms?

Election 2022

Have Pollsters Cleaned Up Their Act in Time for the Midterms?

Gilad Edelman

Democracy Is Asking Too Much of Its Data

Ideas

Democracy Is Asking Too Much of Its Data

Dan Bouk

The January 6 Hearings Are Fighting for Your Attention

The Monitor

The January 6 Hearings Are Fighting for Your Attention

Angela Watercutter

Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections

moderation

Disinfo and Hate Speech Flood TikTok Ahead of Kenya’s Elections

Vittoria Elliott