Internet

The 140-Character Fatwa

Enormously popular, extremist Saudi clerics are promoting hatred, violence, and intolerance on Facebook and Twitter. Can they be stopped?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, STEVEN L. MILLER | MAY 9, 2012

The Shawshank Prevention

As the blackout on news of Chen Guangcheng shows, Chinese censors are getting better at what they do. Can U.S. government-funded tools help China's netizens break free?

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | MAY 2, 2012

Down with CISPA

America needs to stop preaching civil liberties abroad while passing privacy-destroying bills at home.

BY TREVOR TIMM | APRIL 27, 2012

Financial (Secret) Services

A conversation with the mysterious Anonymous analysts who are exposing fraud and corruption in Chinese companies -- and taking them down.

INTERVIEW BY ISAAC STONE FISH | APRIL 26, 2012

Sex and the Single Mullah

Islamic scholars are prepared to answer questions and issue fatwas on almost any realm of modern life. Sometimes, it can get a little kinky.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | APRIL 23, 2012

War and Peace

Do we need to take cyberattacks more seriously?

MAY/JUNE 2012

5 Secrets Anonymous Should Steal from China

Let’s get real, script kiddies: It's time to stop defacing websites and start going after the good stuff.

BY ADAM SEGAL | APRIL 20, 2012

The Not-So-Great Firewall of China

Social media won't drive the downfall of the Chinese Communist Party, but it is forcing government to be more transparent and responsive to the public.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 17, 2012

Pictures at a Revolution

Data visualization can offer some unique insights into social upheaval. But the data artists are just getting started.

BY LUKE ALLNUTT | APRIL 11, 2012

Fighting the Great Firewall of Pakistan

How an unlikely free-speech campaign defeated the censors.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 10, 2012

Open Door Policy

Can the State Department's ambitious new plan to subvert autocratic regimes online actually succeed?

BY FERGUS HANSON | MARCH 29, 2012

The Great Rumor Mill of China

Something strange is going on in Beijing. Here are the five most virulent conspiracy theories making the rounds -- and a stab at the likelihood of them panning out.

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | MARCH 22, 2012

'A Report from a Distant Planet'

How does the Associated Press run a bureau in North Korea?

BY ISAAC STONE FISH | MARCH 12, 2012

Riding the Dragon

From the Norwegian Coast Guard to Israeli drone technicians, 8 surprising winners of China's massive military buildup.

BY TREFOR MOSS | MARCH 7, 2012

Rotting from the Inside Out

The debate over American decline is missing the point. All this talk about projecting U.S. power abroad means nothing if we can't fix our severe problems at home.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The Strange Revolution in Bahrain, One Year On

The revolt in little Bahrain is easy to ignore. But it’s actually part of a big global story.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 14, 2012

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

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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