Instagram Wants Memers to Like It Again
After a series of account purges, meme pages are at war with their platform. Now Instagram is trying to smooth things over.
The Speech Wars
The fight over free expression
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How Trump Obscures Mass Shootings With Doublespeak
In discussing the El Paso and Dayton massacres, the president and his fellow politicians are taking refuge in the convenience of abstraction.
How Many Attacks Will It Take Until the White-Supremacist Threat Is Taken Seriously?
FBI Director Christopher Wray said recently that the bureau doesn’t “investigate the ideology, no matter how repugnant. We investigate violence.”
Ideology Kills. How Do You Police It?
The manifesto that appeared just before the El Paso shooting opposed racial mixing.
‘We’re All Tired of Being Called Racists’
At Donald Trump’s rally in Cincinnati, droves of attendees made it clear that they stood with the president despite his recent comments.
Tarantino’s Most Transgressive Film
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood celebrates values that have been repeatedly dismissed as dangerous and outdated.
Why Conservatives Allege Big Tech Is Muzzling Them
Google and Facebook aren’t infringing on the right’s freedom of expression, but insisting otherwise is politically convenient.
When Using Racist, Define Your Terms
Some reject the notion that they should apply the word consistently, without regard to whether the usage will upset their audience.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Rethinking Deepfakes
In an interview, the Facebook CEO hinted that the company is trying a new approach to misleading videos created through artificial intelligence.
Wayfair Should Have Seen This Coming
In leaked audio, the home-goods retailer’s co-founder seemed surprised that his company was being forced to take a political stance.