Internet - Intelligencer

the law Dec. 6, 2024

Lawmakers Hold News Conference Opposing TikTok Legislation

The TikTok Ban Just Got One Step Closer to RealityA federal appeals court upheld the law that would restrict the app within the country’s borders.

By Michael Savio

social studies Sept. 27, 2024

How the Family of Birds in My Yard Became Internet StarsWho knew there was so much drama in nesting season?

By David Pogue

life in pixels Sept. 25, 2024

Drowning in SlopA thriving underground economy is clogging the internet with AI garbage — and it’s only going to get worse.

By Max Read

just asking questions Jan. 29, 2022

How the Internet Changed What It Means to Be NormalIn her new book Finding Normal, former New York columnist Alexa Tsoulis-Reay explores the internet’s influence on sexuality and identity.

By Eve Peyser

technology Mar. 16, 2021

Europe’s Quest to Fix the InternetThe European Union’s new plan to rein in big tech could force gargantuan companies to behave fairly and reshape the internet around the globe.

By Vincent Bevins

extremely online Nov. 13, 2020

U.S. Government Says TikTok Can Stay … for NowThe Commerce Department has delayed the TikTok ban “pending further legal developments.”

By Zoe Haylock

covid diary Mar. 31, 2020

Sex Workers and Amateurs Try Quarantine Camming“It’s really hard to get the shot of my ass.”

By Joshua David Stein

vision 2020 Feb. 10, 2020

Please Don’t Fall for Mike Bloomberg’s Twitter PostsThey’re a dirty trick.

By Brian Feldman

vision 2020 Dec. 20, 2019

How Low Will Democrats Go? Probably Not Low Enough.In a world of fake news and dank memes, this means they’re no longer very good at the internet.

By Simon van Zuylen-Wood

select all Dec. 18, 2019

The Characters Who Dominated the Internet in 2019The VSCO Girl, the Area 51 Raider, the Wife Guy, the Too-Online Boomer, and more.

By Brian Feldman

who were the 2010s? Nov. 27, 2019

Instagram’s Co-Founder on Creating the World’s FilterKevin Systrom talks truth, scale, and influencers.

By Stella Bugbee

the future issue Nov. 13, 2019

In 2029, the Internet Will Make Us Act Like Medieval PeasantsWhat if we aren’t being accelerated into a cyberpunk future so much as thrown into some fantastical premodern past?

By Max Read

just asking questions Oct. 31, 2019

Danielle Citron on Deepfakes and the Katie Hill ScandalThe recent Genius Grant winner has been studying online harassment for years, well before it became mainstream news.

By Brian Feldman

series of tubes Mar. 6, 2019

The Democrats Are Trying to Bring Back a Free, Open InternetThe Democrats have introduced a bill that would restore the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality order.

By Brian Feldman

niche drama Feb. 25, 2019

This Female Twitter Comic Was Actually a Man Pretending to Be His Own WifeAn intoxicatingly inane Twitter scandal, explained.

By Gabriella Paiella

internet Feb. 11, 2019

Russia Will Cut Itself Off From the Rest of the Internet (Temporarily)Russia is examining new regulations that will ensure the internet can still operate if other countries decide to penalize it.

By Brian Feldman

memes Jan. 24, 2019

See the Meme That’s the Culmination of 5,000 Years of Human CivilizationThe ad one can never escape .

By Brian Feldman

life in pixels Dec. 26, 2018

How Much of the Internet Is Fake?Turns out, a lot of it, actually.

By Max Read

global tech Nov. 2, 2018

This Article Is Brought to You Through Sea and MudThe internet lives in big rooms full of giant cables. Two towns, 10,000 miles apart, carry the web through the ocean.

By Molly Schwartz

2038 Oct. 31, 2018

In 20 Years, the Internet Will Have Swallowed You, So Nothing Will Be PrivateOn this week’s episode of 2038, the author of What Is Code? talks about the true (maybe terrifying) meaning of the “internet of things.”

By The Editors

social media Oct. 24, 2018

The Thing I Most Crave on Social Media Is an EndingOnline, these days, the feeling of coming to the end of a feed is so rare, so elusive, that encountering it anywhere is immensely satisfying.

By Cody Brown

select all Sept. 12, 2018

How New FCC Rollbacks Could Cut Off Rural Americans From the InternetNearly 24 percent of all rural Americans reported major barriers to high-speed internet access.

By Mack DeGeurin

select all July 26, 2018

Facebook Is Running Out of HumansFacebook stock fell 24 percent overnight not because of political scandal but because there just aren’t enough people for it to grow.

By Max Read

select all May 15, 2018

The E.U.’s New Privacy Laws Might Actually Create a Better InternetData regulation could do more than protect your personal information — it might result in a new, happier internet.

By Max Read

select all May 14, 2018

I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet AnymoreThe other day, I found myself looking at a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser. I wanted to waste time, but … I didn’t know how.

By Dan Nosowitz

select all Apr. 17, 2018

Jaron Lanier Q&A: ‘We Won, and We Turned Into Assholes’Tech pioneer Jaron Lanier discusses the sinking feeling you get when you’re quoted by Mark Zuckerberg, and everything else bad about the internet.

By Noah Kulwin

select all Apr. 17, 2018

The Untold Story of Jaime Levy, Punk-Rock Cyber-Publishing PioneerHow a punk-rock kid from L.A. created some of the coolest publications of the 1990s.

By Claire L. Evans

select all Apr. 16, 2018

Q&A With Ellen Pao on Reddit, Facebook, and the Future of the InternetEllen Pao, former Reddit CEO, discusses Reddit’s focus on growth, Facebook’s homogeneity, and whether anything can be changed.

By Noah Kulwin

select all Apr. 13, 2018

An Apology for the Internet — From the Architects Who Built ItEven those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong.

By Noah Kulwin

select all Apr. 17, 2017

Remembering the Man Responsible for the Modern InternetHow Robert Taylor, who passed away Thursday at the age of 85, essentially created the internet as we know it.

By Jake Swearingen

select all Nov. 27, 2016

Maybe the Internet Isn’t a Fantastic Tool for Democracy After AllFake news is the easiest of the problems to fix.

By Max Read

select all Oct. 20, 2016

8 (Completely Plausible) Alternate Histories of the InternetThe internet as you know it does not exist.

By Brian Feldman

Oct. 5, 2016

A Mattress Company Launched a Service to Talk to You in the Middle of the NightHey, it’s better than texting your ex.

By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro

select all Oct. 5, 2016

The Internet Trends Toward CrapOnce you turn control over to users, they’ll find a way to misuse it.

By Brian Feldman

Sept. 16, 2016

Ted Cruz Is a Menace Out to Ruin the InternetCruz’s political grandstanding could have drastic consequences.

By Brian Feldman

Mane and Tail Sept. 16, 2016

Relax, Internet, the Government Isn’t Killing Any HorsesAlthough an advisory board recommended it.

By Charley Lanyon

select all Mar. 8, 2016

FCC Proposes Internet Subsidy for Low-Income HouseholdsThe internet is now a necessity, not a luxury.

By Brian Feldman

Dec. 16, 2015

What Does the Internet Do to Our Memories? It’s easy to think the web’s destroying our memories, but the truth might be the opposite.

By Kyle Chayka

Nov. 16, 2015

The Vine Heard Round the WorldThe video service isn’t your first stop for news, but it might be soon.

By Ben Ellman

Mar. 3, 2015

Accused Terrorist Says He Was Just ‘Chasing Women on the Internet’Federal prosecutors, on the other hand, believe he took part in a failed Al Qaeda plot to bomb England, Denmark, and New York City.

By Jaime Fuller

Feb. 26, 2015