Why Is This Man Running For President Of The Internet?
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian launches an ambitious campaign.
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian launches an ambitious campaign.
John Herrman Buzzfeed Oct 2012 15min Permalink
John Dirr’s son Eli didn’t really have cancer. In fact, neither Eli nor John Dirr ever existed.
A decade-long Internet hoax unravels.
Adrian Chen Gawker Jun 2012 Permalink
Inside the ultra-Orthodox Jewish rally at Citi Field to discuss the dangers of the internet:
A man in a black fur hat asked him what, exactly, was an app, and he explained it to him. The man grimaced and walked away.
Sean Patrick Cooper The Awl May 2012 10min Permalink
How the Justice Department killed a $2.5 billion industry.
Chris Parker Village Voice Feb 2012 20min Permalink
On the ever-expanding world of targeted online advertising.
Alexis Madrigal The Atlantic Feb 2012 15min Permalink
An early take on the dark side of cyberspace:
Like many newcomers to the "net"--which is what people call the global web that connects more than thirty thousand on-line networks--I had assumed, without really articulating the thought, that while talking to other people through my computer I was going to be sheltered by the same customs and laws that shelter me when I'm talking on the telephone or listening to the radio or watching TV. Now, for the first time, I understood the novelty and power of the technology I was dealing with.
John Seabrook New Yorker Jun 1994 35min Permalink
The justly paranoid man behind WikiLeaks.
Raffi Khatchadourian New Yorker Jun 2010 40min Permalink