Commentary / World Jul 3, 2021
Big tech crackdown could have unintended victims
by Mihir Sharma
Global efforts to rein in U.S.-based social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook Inc. risk restricting democratic freedoms.
Business Jun 30, 2021
Big Tech is gearing up for a massive fight with Modi’s India
by Saritha Rai and Vlad Savov
India is growing more assertive in its efforts to control online communications, challenging Twitter and Facebook’s practices and threatening to set a precedent that could extend worldwide.
Business Jun 19, 2021
Facebook's Neighborhoods feature faces crowded niche market and profiling concerns
by Elizabeth Culliford and Moira Warburton
Facebook, which is rolling out the feature in four U.S. cities, is already playing catch-up in the red-hot market for local social apps.
Life Jun 17, 2021
Before the News Feed, we navigated the internet at our leisure. But one day in 2006, it started organizing itself around us. Video produced by The New York Times; see more at nytimes.com
Business / Corporate Jun 16, 2021
Japan Display, a fading iPhone LCD screen-maker, pivots to virtual reality
by Takashi Mochizuki and Yuki Furukawa
The Tokyo-based LCD specialist expects its favored display technology to become the standard for VR because it can achieve higher resolution than OLED.
Business Jun 11, 2021
Google and Facebook pledged millions for local news. Was it enough?
by Helen Coster
Critics say the funding does not nearly compensate for the tens of billions of dollars publishers lost as the tech companies gobbled up the digital advertising market.
Commentary / World Jun 10, 2021
Facebook, YouTube erred in censoring COVID-19 ‘misinformation’
by Faye Flam
Social media fact-checkers don’t have any special knowledge or ability to sort fact from misinformation. What they have is extraordinary power to shape what people believe.
Business | FOCUS Jun 8, 2021
Big Tech watches tide turning on taxes after its years of plenty
by Nico Grant and William Horobin
In the current system, the likes of Facebook, Amazon.com and Google have paid effective tax rates which appeared on a long, steady march toward zero.
World / Politics Jun 5, 2021
Facebook suspends Trump until 2023 and shifts rules for world leaders
The social media platform had suspended Trump's account the day after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, determining he had incited violence.
Commentary / World May 31, 2021
by Grigory Yavlinsky
While populism is hardly new, the internet — especially social media — has enabled misinformation and reckless promises to be disseminated more efficiently than ever before.
Commentary / World May 29, 2021
Florida’s new social media law violates the first amendment
by Noah Feldman
The key provision of the Florida law states that "a social media platform may not willfully deplatform a candidate for office” — and imposes a $250,000 per day fine for violations.