Internet

Social Networks in Exile

The $100 billion Facebook juggernaut is going public. But remember Friendster and LiveJournal? They never died. They just fled overseas.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Even Better Than the Real Thing

The 10 best fake Twitter feeds on global politics.

JANUARY 17, 2012

The End of Putin

Alexey Navalny on why the Russian protest movement will win.

INTERVIEW BY JULIA IOFFE | DECEMBER 28, 2011

The Prince of Twitter

Saudi royal AlWaleed bin Talal just bought $300 million worth of everyone's favorite microblogging site. Here's why that might be a good thing.

BY FAISAL J. ABBAS | DECEMBER 28, 2011

7 Holiday Games for Wonks

What to get the serious gamer on your shopping list.

BY MICHAEL PECK | DECEMBER 20, 2011

WikiWorld

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about censorship, biased journalism, and the Arab Spring.

Interview by BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Megatrends That Weren't

A look at yesterday's Next Big Things, from the Japanese rising sun to Dow 36,000.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | SEPT/OCT 2011

MadLibs.com

We asked some of the world's leading technology thinkers to fill in the blanks -- and here's what they told us.

SEPT/OCT 2011

The LWOT: Alleged Ft. Hood plotter indicted

Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.

BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | AUGUST 12, 2011

A Murderer's Manifesto and Me

Anders Behring Breivik, Norway's mass murderer, was a fan of my writing. Here's what I found within his perverse 1,518-page manuscript.

BY PHILLIP LONGMAN | AUGUST 1, 2011

Breivik's Swamp

Was the Oslo killer radicalized by what he read online?

BY TOBY ARCHER | JULY 25, 2011

The People's Republic of Rumors

Whether Jiang Zemin is dead or alive, one fact is beyond question: China's Sina Weibo is the world's best rumor-mongering machine ever.

BY CHRISTINA LARSON | JULY 8, 2011

The Most Notable Revolutionaries of 2011

Right, wrong, or otherwise -- these freedom fighters haven't let the powers-that-be block them, and we're (mostly) better off for it.

BY DAVID J. ROTHKOPF | JULY 1, 2011

The WikiLeaks of Money

Is Bitcoin a revolution or a bubble?

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JUNE 23, 2011

The Antisocial Network

Osama bin Laden may be dead, but his legion of online jihadis is more determined than ever.

BY EVAN F. KOHLMANN | MAY 23, 2011

No Need for Speed

Save your money, United Nations -- the developing world doesn't need broadband Internet to get ahead.

BY CHARLES KENNY | MAY 16, 2011

A Tale of Two Viruses

The dangerous business of comparing cyber and bio attacks to each other.

MAY/JUNE 2011

The World of Holy Warcraft

How al Qaeda is using online game theory to recruit the masses.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN, ALIX LEVINE | APRIL 13, 2011

The YouTube Revolutions

Twitter and Facebook have received all the attention, but it's the popular video uploading site that provides the best window into what's happening on the Arab street.

BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH 30, 2011

Netizens Unite

An advocate for Washington's 'Internet Freedom' agenda has second thoughts.

MARCH/APRIL 2011

Egypt's Foreigner Blame Game

Hosni Mubarak tries xenophobia to stay at the helm.

BY PETER BOUCKAERT | FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Fiber Cons

You don't need to be superfast to be super-competitive -- but try telling that to the governments sinking billions into fiber-optic networks.

BY CHARLES KENNY, ROBERT KENNY | JANUARY 31, 2011

Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up

Tehran is claiming that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reflect the heady days of 1979. Not so fast says the Green Movement -- it's 2009 that's a better parallel.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | JANUARY 31, 2011

Voice of Terror

Anwar al-Awlaki has emerged as the most persuasive supporter of jihad for Muslims in the West.

BY ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS | JANUARY 18, 2011

The First Twitter Revolution?

Not so fast. The Internet can take some credit for toppling Tunisia's government, but not all of it.

BY ETHAN ZUCKERMAN | JANUARY 14, 2011

Meet the Persident

In surreal Russia, fake presidential tweets are much more relevant than the real ones.

BY JULIA IOFFE | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

Freedom.gov

Why Washington's support for online democracy is the worst thing ever to happen to the Internet.

BY EVGENY MOROZOV | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011

10 Conversations That Just Got a Little More Awkward

What WikiLeaks hath wrought.

BY BLAKE HOUNSHELL | NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Good Ideas For Bad Times

A look at the innovative thinkers and bold ideas that kept 2010 from being a total wash.

BY CHARLES KENNY | DECEMBER 2010

Attitude Correction

How Jonathan Guyer got our survey of Palestinian social media wrong.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | NOVEMBER 3, 2010