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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?
Double Take

Sunday Reading: Social-Media Disrupters

From the archive: pieces on tech magnates and their impact on how we consume information.
2021 in Review

The Best Jokes of 2021

“Ted Lasso,” Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse, and more of the year’s comic relief.
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?
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

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.
Daily Cartoon

Bonus Daily Cartoon: Some Prescription

Marie Antoinette makes a twenty-first-century appearance.
Infinite Scroll

Facebook Wants Us to Live in the Metaverse

What does that even mean?
A Critic at Large

Facebook’s Broken Vows

How the company’s pledge to bring the world together wound up pulling us apart.
Daily Comment

Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance

The trouble with waiting to address problems long after you know that they exist.
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.
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?
Daily Cartoon

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, February 25th

Mark Zuckerberg offers directions.
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.
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.
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.