Infinite Scroll
We Already Live in Facebook’s Metaverse
Who among us wants to inhabit an even more virtual world of Mark Zuckerberg’s creation?
The Political Scene Podcast
The Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa on the Turmoil at Facebook
Ressa, a Filipino American journalist, discusses the latest revelations of the social network’s failure to control disinformation and hate.
Shouts & Murmurs
What’s in a Name? A Brainstorming Session at Facebook HQ
Rebranding ideas from Sheryl: SunLight, Magic, Luminere. From Mark: I Am Not a Robot.
Shouts & Murmurs
Life in the Fantastic World of the Facebook Metaverse
Nazi propaganda, fraud, imagery with visible human female nipple—there was danger around every corner.
The Political Scene Podcast
How Many Scandals Can Facebook Survive?
The world’s largest social-media platform is once again mired in controversy. Can it escape consequences for its potentially illegal actions?
Daily Comment
The Moral Bankruptcy of Facebook
The whistle-blower Frances Haugen hoped that her revelations would prompt a reckoning. Instead, the company has doubled down.
Daily Comment
The Facebook Whistle-Blower’s Testimony and the Tech Giant’s Very Bad Week
The company has weathered bad P.R. in the past. Will a Senate subcommittee hearing prove a bigger challenge?
Daily Comment
Instagram for Kids and What Facebook Knows About the Effects of Social Media
A Senate-committee hearing will address whether Facebook is following the example of Big Tobacco.
Georgia Postcard
Wrongful Conviction, the Game!
Two exonerated convicts visit the escape room run by Cobb County, in Georgia, which was conceived as a prison-break scenario, with visitors playing the role of innocent inmates. Can they get out in time?
Annals of Medicine
The Struggle to Define Long COVID
Patients and skeptics are squaring off. Can research heal the rift?
Shouts & Murmurs
The Only Things Facebook Is Still Good for in 2021
Discovering which childhood friend unequivocally supports cops, and more.
Daily Cartoon
Bonus Daily Cartoon: Some Prescription
Marie Antoinette makes a twenty-first-century appearance.
Daily Comment
Why Facebook Is Suddenly Afraid of the F.T.C.
The agency is getting a second chance to convince a federal judge that the social-media giant is a monopoly which needs to be broken up.
A Critic at Large
Facebook’s Broken Vows
How the company’s pledge to bring the world together wound up pulling us apart.
Currency
What’s Next for the Campaign to Break Up Big Tech?
A judge recently dismissed two antitrust cases against Facebook. But what appeared to be a setback for the effort may actually provide a road map for how it can succeed.
Letter from Silicon Valley
The Pied Piper of SPACs
Chamath Palihapitiya says that the investment tool lets ordinary people get rich off startups. It may be hype—but hype can be its own economic engine.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Millions Ask Facebook to Ban Their Relatives
The signatories to the petition praised Facebook for its decision to ban the online rants of Donald J. Trump, but argued that the move “does not go far enough.”
Daily Comment
Trump Remains Banned, for Now, but the Problem with Facebook Is Still Facebook
The Oversight Board took issue with the “indeterminate and standardless penalty” of banning Trump indefinitely. Facebook now has six months to get its act together and make the punishment coherent.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Trump Urges Supporters to Follow Him on Facebook Total Landscaping
Trump said that the new social-media platform will be run by his former attorney Rudolph Giuliani, “so you know it’s going to be terrific.”