Jacob Silverman

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The former colonial power isn’t just a victim of Russian disinformation. It’s waging a similar propaganda campaign in Mali and other countries in the Sahel region.

The post-9/11 consensus is crumbling, so America’s hawks are inventing fresh rhetoric to justify imperialist disasters.

Hackers, likely working for Russia, broke into federal agencies’ networks starting in the spring. The next breach could be even more damaging. Is it time for a truce?

The Tesla mogul says he wants to be left alone. But he’s been living off the taxpayer’s dime for years.

The problem isn’t just that these companies are too big for meaningful competition.

The assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is a reminder of how badly the U.S. needs a new approach to Iran. Is Biden up to the task?

Don’t ignore that Excel spreadsheet or PowerPoint presentation! The company’s 365 software now rates worker performance.

The secretary of state is igniting diplomatic infernos left and right, leaving the next administration with untold damage on its hands.

Trump’s partial troop withdrawal is cynical and incoherent, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

Tech companies are getting rich by tracking Americans’ movements and then selling the data to various arms of the U.S. military-industrial complex.

Ted Cruz and Dinesh D’Souza have huge followings on Parler, a right-wing Twitter clone that has exploded in popularity since the election.

In his spectacular departure from The Intercept, he previewed a new media venture that seems destined to showcase the most insufferable people in American media.

The star ISIS reporter for The New York Times has come under criticism following new revelations about one of her sources.

The real enemy of privacy isn’t China. It’s Big Tech.

What the bureau’s decades-long surveillance of the international celebrity reveals about the U.S. government’s Cold War pathologies

The app’s acquisition might be good for Microsoft. But what about the rest of us?

A new documentary and a new book about the disgraced pedophile only gesture at the upper-crust social milieu that tolerated his crimes.

Only a few months ago, Silicon Valley was the subject of intense criticism in Washington and beyond. Then the pandemic struck.

Journalism's dependence on part-time freelancers has been bad for the industry—not to mention writers like me.

After the Christchurch shootings, Australia passed a law imposing harsh penalties on tech platforms that don't remove certain types of content. Should the U.S. do the same?