TRUTH Social is supposed to compete with Twitter. So far, it’s been a mess. And Trump may go back to Twitter anyway. But it still could work out to be a killer grift.

The Tesla CEO’s plans are grandiose—and vague.

The billionaire and self-declared “free speech absolutist” now owns 9.2 percent of the social network.

The former president’s tweets are gone. What does that mean for the record of online journalism and future historians?

The former president has come up with a way to get back into the limelight and make a quick buck.

The Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan is an extreme, though not entirely unique, test case for the power and the peril of these platforms.

The former president’s class-action suit against Twitter and Facebook is a typically ham-fisted grab for power and money. It can die in the courts and still serve him well.

It’s easy to hate the internet. Patricia Lockwood is the rare writer who delights in its chaos.

The “Beauty Myth” author has gone from being a feminist icon to an anti-vaxxer banned by Twitter. But she’s always struggled with the truth.

As Bitcoin’s price fell by up to 30 percent, its partisans went on Clubhouse and Twitter to offer reassurances and advice to “go outside, go exercise—just don’t follow the swings.”

The Facebook Oversight Board upheld Trump’s ban, but ridiculed the company in the process: “In applying a vague, standardless penalty ... Facebook seeks to avoid its responsibilities.”

The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.

Twitter has permanently banned Donald Trump. But the social media company lacks a viable, long-term strategy for dealing with toxic users.

The Niskanen Center bowed to fake outrage from bad-faith right-wing trolls when it fired Will Wilkinson.

The social media giants that deplatformed Trump claim to be unable to stop the spread of hate, lies, conspiracy theories, and fascistic plots.

Much like mosquitoes or bed bugs, they can hop on and off a host president as needed.

What the troubled history of telecommuting tells us about its future

From “Everybody Hates Bill” to “Go Home Jacob,” it’s been a rough year for the faces of local power.

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

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