Twitter (X)

July 13, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

The Endless Cycle of Social Media

Lora Kelley

July 7, 2023

Technology

Zombie Twitter Has Arrived

Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel

July 6, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

How Musk and Biden Are Changing the Media

David A. Graham

July 5, 2023

Technology

Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time

Charlie Warzel

July 3, 2023

Ideas

DeSantis Is Making the Same Mistake Democrats Did in 2020

Yair Rosenberg

May 25, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

DeSantis’s Campaign of Trolling

Tom Nichols

May 24, 2023

Technology

Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network

Charlie Warzel

May 23, 2023

Technology

Ben Franklin Would Have Loved Bluesky

Annalee Newitz

May 12, 2023

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Technology

How to Build (And Destroy) a Social Network

Charlie Warzel

May 8, 2023

Technology

Elon Musk Revealed What Twitter Always Was

Charlie Warzel

April 21, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

Elon Musk’s Disastrous Week

Damon Beres

April 20, 2023

Ideas

Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Charade Is Over

Adam Serwer

April 12, 2023

Technology

The New ‘Transparent’ Twitter Isn’t Very Transparent

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 5, 2023

Ideas

The Twitter I Love Doesn’t Exist Anymore

Virginia Heffernan

April 1, 2023

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Ideas

My 6-Year-Old Son Died. Then the Anti-vaxxers Found Out.

Billy Ball

March 28, 2023

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Technology

Blue Check Marks Were Always Shameless

Ian Bogost

March 24, 2023

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Technology

Elon Musk Is Spiraling

Marina Koren

March 9, 2023

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Ideas

Elon Musk Has Broken Disaster-Response Twitter

Juliette Kayyem

February 28, 2023

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Technology

Why Would Anyone Pay for Facebook?

Charlie Warzel

February 25, 2023

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Technology

I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

Rumman Chowdhury

February 17, 2023

Technology

Will the 2016 Election Ever End?

Charlie Warzel

January 25, 2023

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Technology

Twitter Has No Answers for #DiedSuddenly

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 24, 2023

A mock-up of a tweet sent from "Truth Warrior" displaying a syringe, a skull and crossbones, and several exclamation marks

Technology

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Twitter’s ‘Shadowbanning’ Problem

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 17, 2023

Screenshots of Elon Musk's Twitter account fading into shadow

Technology

Twitter Was the Ultimate Cancellation Machine

Kaitlyn Tiffany

January 9, 2023

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Technology

Elon Musk’s Text Messages Explain Everything

Charlie Warzel

December 28, 2022

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Ideas

The Cynic’s Dilemma

Franklin Foer

December 25, 2022

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Ideas

Why Is Elon Musk Lighting Billions of Dollars on Fire?

Annie Lowrey

December 23, 2022

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Ideas

This Is What It Looks Like When Twitter Falls Apart

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

December 22, 2022

Newsletters

A Year of Notes

Nicole Chung

December 20, 2022

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The Atlantic Daily

The Childish Drama of Elon Musk

Tom Nichols

December 16, 2022

Elon Musk and Maye Musk attending the 2022 Met Gala in May

Technology

No One Wins in Elon Musk’s Battle With Journalists

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 16, 2022

A cartoonish illustration of Elon Musk smacking a blue bird in a reporter's hat with a hammer

Ideas

The Twitter Files Are a Missed Opportunity

Renée DiResta

December 15, 2022

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Technology

Elon Musk Is a Far-Right Activist

Charlie Warzel

December 11, 2022

Technology

Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Are Bait

Charlie Warzel

December 9, 2022

Elon Musk's face distorted on a computer screen

Ideas

How Elon Musk’s Buffoonery Misleads His Critics

Conor Friedersdorf

December 8, 2022

Sections

The Print Edition

FOMO Has Never Been Worse on the Internet

The Endless Cycle of Social Media

Zombie Twitter Has Arrived

How Musk and Biden Are Changing the Media

Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time

DeSantis Is Making the Same Mistake Democrats Did in 2020

DeSantis’s Campaign of Trolling

Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network

Ben Franklin Would Have Loved Bluesky

How to Build (And Destroy) a Social Network

Elon Musk Revealed What Twitter Always Was

Elon Musk’s Disastrous Week

Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Charade Is Over

The New ‘Transparent’ Twitter Isn’t Very Transparent

The Twitter I Love Doesn’t Exist Anymore

My 6-Year-Old Son Died. Then the Anti-vaxxers Found Out.

Blue Check Marks Were Always Shameless

Elon Musk Is Spiraling

Elon Musk Has Broken Disaster-Response Twitter

Why Would Anyone Pay for Facebook?

I Watched Elon Musk Kill Twitter’s Culture From the Inside

Will the 2016 Election Ever End?

Twitter Has No Answers for #DiedSuddenly

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Twitter’s ‘Shadowbanning’ Problem

Twitter Was the Ultimate Cancellation Machine

Elon Musk’s Text Messages Explain Everything

The Cynic’s Dilemma

Why Is Elon Musk Lighting Billions of Dollars on Fire?

This Is What It Looks Like When Twitter Falls Apart

A Year of Notes

The Childish Drama of Elon Musk

No One Wins in Elon Musk’s Battle With Journalists

The Twitter Files Are a Missed Opportunity

Elon Musk Is a Far-Right Activist

Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Are Bait

How Elon Musk’s Buffoonery Misleads His Critics