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The Future of TikTok Is Being Decided This Week

WIRED Politics Lab

The Future of TikTok Is Being Decided This Week

Makena Kelly

FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel

Crossing a Line

FTC Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel

Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun

Imitation Game

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun

David Gilbert

As FBI Director, Kash Patel Could Offer January 6 Rioters Retribution Against Their Enemies

Q-Men

As FBI Director, Kash Patel Could Offer January 6 Rioters Retribution Against Their Enemies

Tess Owen

The Best Black Friday Deals for MAGA, Conspiracists, and Extremists

Bargain Bin

The Best Black Friday Deals for MAGA, Conspiracists, and Extremists

David Gilbert

The Crypto Industry Is Helping Donald Trump Pick SEC Chair

Crypto Kingmakers

The Crypto Industry Is Helping Donald Trump Pick SEC Chair

Makena Kelly and Joel Khalili

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad

WIRED World

Algorithms Are Coming for Democracy—but It's Not All Bad

Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders

The US Is Calling Out Foreign Influence Campaigns Faster Than Ever

gotcha

The US Is Calling Out Foreign Influence Campaigns Faster Than Ever

Lily Hay Newman

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Internet ‘Monopoly’ You’ve Never Heard Of

$.com

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Internet ‘Monopoly’ You’ve Never Heard Of

Joel Khalili

You Too Can Hire an ‘Etsy Witch’ to Curse Elon Musk

Digital Culture

You Too Can Hire an ‘Etsy Witch’ to Curse Elon Musk

Vittoria Elliott

What Happens to X With No More Libs to Troll?

WIRED Politics Lab

What Happens to X With No More Libs to Troll?

Leah Feiger

Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans

Extremism

Border Militias Prepare to Assist With Donald Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans

Tess Owen

Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

Uncanny Valley

Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, and Zoë Schiffer

News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media

WIRED Politics Lab

News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media

Makena Kelly

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job

moderation

Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job

Makena Kelly

Election Deniers Got What They Wanted. They’re Still Going

Stop the Steal

Election Deniers Got What They Wanted. They’re Still Going

David Gilbert

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Workarounds

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers

Lily Hay Newman

Meta Lobbyist Turned Regulator Says Europe’s Big Tech Rules Have Gone Too Far

New Rules

Meta Lobbyist Turned Regulator Says Europe’s Big Tech Rules Have Gone Too Far

Morgan Meaker

Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health

Going Wild

Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health

Vittoria Elliott

We Break Down the Internet’s Future Under Trump 2.0

WIRED Politics Lab

We Break Down the Internet’s Future Under Trump 2.0

Leah Feiger