Mark Zuckerberg
Brave New World
Sam Bankman-Fried Made the DealBook Summit Into a Nail-Biter
Mark Zuckerberg, Mike Pence, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Reed Hastings turned up, but would S.B.F. be a no-show?
By Andrew Marantz
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Social-Media Disrupters
From the archive: pieces on tech magnates and their impact on how we consume information.
By The New Yorker
2021 in Review
The Best Jokes of 2021
“Ted Lasso,” Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse, and more of the year’s comic relief.
By Ian Crouch
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?
By Kyle Chayka
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.
By John Kenney
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.
By Charlie Dektar
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.
By Andrew Marantz
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.
By Sue Halpern
Daily Cartoon
Bonus Daily Cartoon: Some Prescription
Marie Antoinette makes a twenty-first-century appearance.
By Jenny Kroik
A Critic at Large
Facebook’s Broken Vows
How the company’s pledge to bring the world together wound up pulling us apart.
By Jill Lepore
Daily Comment
Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance
The trouble with waiting to address problems long after you know that they exist.
By Sue Halpern
Annals of Technology
The National-Security Case for Fixing Social Media
Disinformation threatens our national well-being—and, as a nation, we can do something about it.
By Glenn S. Gerstell
A Reporter at Large
Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself
The platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation. Does it actually want to solve the problem?
By Andrew Marantz
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, February 25th
Mark Zuckerberg offers directions.
By Brendan Loper
Brave New World Dept.
Big Tech’s Big Defector
Roger McNamee made a fortune as one of Silicon Valley’s earliest champions. Now he’s one of its most fervent critics.
By Brian Barth
The Political Scene Podcast
How Facebook Continues to Spread Fake News
Evan Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the ways in which Facebook and Twitter have failed to reckon with the dangers of social media as political tools.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook
Mark Zuckerberg Monkeys Around
The Facebook C.E.O. sees no evil, hears no evil, and speaks no evil.
By Barry Blitt
Daily Comment
Facebook and the “Free Speech” Excuse
Mark Zuckerberg’s claims notwithstanding, Facebook has never been a neutral platform but a company that monitors its users, manipulates their behavior, and sells their attention to the highest bidder.
By Andrew Marantz