OAKLAND, Calif. — For months, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube prepared to clamp down on misinformation on Election Day. On Tuesday, most of their plans went off without a hitch. The […]
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Back to news homeIt’s the End of an Era for the Media, No Matter Who Wins the Election
There’s a media phenomenon the old-time blogger Mickey Kaus calls “overism”: articles in the week before the election whose premise is that even before the votes are counted, we know […]
Dan Bongino Has No Idea Why Facebook Loves Him
Just a few years ago, Dan Bongino was a B-list pundit working on the fringes of conservative media. A former police officer and Secret Service agent, Mr. Bongino ran for […]
Big Tech Continues Its Surge Ahead of the Rest of the Economy
While the rest of the U.S. economy languished earlier this year, the tech industry’s biggest companies seemed immune to the downturn, surging as the country worked, learned and shopped from […]
To Do Politics or Not Do Politics? Tech Start-Ups Are Divided
Rob Rhinehart, a co-founder of nutritional drink start-up Soylent, declared in a blog post last week that he was supporting Kanye West for president. “I am so sick of politics,” […]
Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
OAKLAND, Calif. — When Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, the chief executives of Apple and Google, were photographed eating dinner together in 2017 at an upscale Vietnamese restaurant called Tamarine, […]
F.T.C. Decision on Pursuing Facebook Antitrust Case Is Said to Be Near
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is moving closer to a decision about filing an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook for its market power in social networking, according to two people […]