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Paris Fell in Love With Escooters. Now It Might Ban Them
Atop my escooter, I am a human in a city of apes. With my back straight, I tower above my…
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Trump’s Indictment Marks a Historic Reckoning
The literally unprecedented indictment against Donald Trump marks an outright dangerous—and politically fraught—moment for the United States and serves as…
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How Good Smile, a Major Toy Company, Kept 4chan Online
Kawakami “was afraid that Nishimura could be arrested by the police,” says Sei, author of the upcoming book The World of…
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The Uniquely American Future of US Authoritarianism
Assuming democracy remains intact in the years to come, Levitsky thinks the GOP will have to eventually moderate its stance…
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4 People Tweeting’ Changed the Face of Nigerian Politics
A lot of the young online support gravitated toward Obi, 61, a businessman and former member of the PDP who…
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The Fraud-Detection Business Has a Dirty Secret
The algorithm’s impact on Serbia’s Roma community has been dramatic. Ahmetović says his sister has also had her welfare payments…
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A Native Son of Palo Alto Thinks His Hometown Will Kill Us All
I meet Malcolm Harris, voice of millennials and anti-capitalist crusader, at a Brooklyn coffee shop, suggested by his publicist for a…
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Video Games Are a New Propaganda Machine for Iran
One figure in particular emerged as the leader of propaganda games development—Mahdi Jafari Jozani, a high-ranking member of the Basij. …
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Facebook Is Still Letting Russia Interfere in Politics
Nicolae Fratea is on a mission to purge his Facebook timeline of weird political adverts. Every couple of days, he’s…
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Why the US Congress Wants to Ban TikTok
“We hope that Congress will explore solutions to their concerns about TikTok that won’t have the effect of censoring the…
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