Every billionaire-owned media outlet is a profound threat to our democracy.

Starting in May 2025, the US government implemented an immigration policy that targeted noncitizen researchers for visa denials, visa revocations, detention, and deportation on the basis of the topics and findings of their work (1). In response, scholars and civil society groups at the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) documented the policy’s effects on their research and sued the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Justice Department to stay the policy (2). Scholarly societies, including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (3) and the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR) (4) issued public statements in support of academics’ freedom of movement. In July 2026, a federal court suspended the policy (5), marking a victory for scientific progress (6). However, threats to freedom of movement remain a powerful tool for repressive governments to force and entice scholars into submission. Scholars and administrators should continue to defend the integrity of science by defending the right to freedom of movement.

Secret coordination between politicians and social media creators is a form of astroturfing. But there are few legal regulations

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El periódico líder en español amplía su equipo con reporteros de reconocida trayectoria en los medios estadounidenses. Paola y Jorge Ramos se suman como colaboradores al proyecto que reforzará los nue...

New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.

Recent work has shown that moral-emotional content spreads rapidly on social media platforms such as X (Twitter). These patterns have led to concerns that social media facilitates the spread of mor...

Scams have proliferated under digital capitalism; so too have stories of scams and allegations of scamming. In this commentary, we focus on the latter to situat...

This handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of media policy methods of any kind. It covers qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method approaches, offering an invaluable guide to the field...

"We show that a tiny snippet—just 13 words—of retrieved text on a UGC website like Reddit, Wikipedia, Quora, or Facebook can change AI agents to output spam / scam content pretty consistently."

The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky.

The fight over paid influencers illustrates how important online content creators have become in political campaigns.

Export’s performances scandalised Austria in the 1960s, but are now recognised for exposing the objectification of the female body

In the age of clips, what’s the value of the full-length work?

RightCon's organizers said Beijing was upset over over the inclusion of speakers from Taiwain.

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Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.

US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN that connects to overseas servers can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.

Dating apps enjoy some popularity among those looking for relationships, love, casual sexual encounters, and more. While platforms’ infrastructures provide affordances to mitigate safety concerns, ...

Dating apps enjoy some popularity among those looking for relationships, love, casual sexual encounters, and more. While platforms’ infrastructures provide affordances to mitigate safety concerns, ...