A.W. Ohlheiser
Freelance Writer
A.W. Ohlheiser is a senior technology reporter and editor, writing about the impact of technology on humans and society. They were previously a senior editor for MIT Technology Review, where they covered online culture and disinformation. Their work has also appeared in the Washington Post (where they were previously a staff writer covering online culture), Mashable, the Revealer, the New Humanist, Slate, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other places. They have an MA in religious studies and journalism from New York University and are working on a forthcoming book project with Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway on American evangelicalism and far-right media.
Latest articles by A.W. Ohlheiser
Online falsehoods are as bad as they‘ve ever been. Does anyone care?
Plausible AI nonsense won’t stop flooding your feed anytime soon.
A new book examines the “Invisible Rulers” who manipulate your attention online.
What is the Kids’ Online Safety Act, and why should you care about it?
Platforms like Google have been protected from liability, but generative AI could put that at risk.
From privacy breaches to bad providers, teletherapy services often come with a hidden cost.
Was this book the reason TikTok is getting banned in the US? No, but ads saying so sold a lot of copies.
The Huberman Lab has credentials and millions of fans, but it sometimes oversteps medical fact.
The potential TikTok ban is now law. What happens next?
Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.