Taylor Lorenz’s Power User
Taylor Lorenz explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, she explores everything from online fame to emerging platforms, viral phenomena, the creator economy, and much more. Tune in every Wednesday for regular episodes and every Friday for "Free Speech Friday," her series on tech policy and the fight for civil liberties online.
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The AI industry just had one of its biggest controversies ever.
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A massive conflict between the Pentagon and leading AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI has triggered a nationwide debate about how artificial intelligence should be used in warfare and surveillance. What started as a $200...
How Jeffrey Epstein Shaped the Modern Internet: From 4chan to Facebook
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Since the release of the Epstein files, we've learned a ton about Epstein's role in the early web. From 4chan to World of Warcraft, to Facebook, and online movements like gamergate and #MeToo, Epstein seems to h...
How Section 230 Became a Reproductive Rights Issue
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In this episode of my Section 230 mini series, I break down how anti abortion groups are targeting the internet itself. From the 1873 Comstock Act to modern day efforts to repeal Section 230, there is a long history of using censorship laws t...
The Trump admin publicly bragged about demanding that Apple and Facebook remove ICE watch apps and Facebook groups documenting ICE activity, and Big Tech is complying.
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Since last year, Meta, Apple, and other big tech platforms have been mass removing content related to ICE. From deleting ...
Would you pay $65,000 to have ChatGPT teach your kids?
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404 Media reporter Emmanuel Maiberg joins to discuss the disturbing truth behind Alpha School, an AI-powered private school that has been getting massive hype from mainstream media. While Alpha School promises parents that kids can complete their core ed...
FOSTA/SESTA shows what happens when you "reform" and chip away at Section 230.
Welcome back to my Section 230 mini-series, where I break down the most important and misunderstood law about the internet!!
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FOSTA-SESTA was the first major amendment and carve-out to Section 230. While the...
Democrats just handed ICE exactly what ICE asked for.
[FREE SPEECH FRIDAY]
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Body cameras were supposed to hold police accountable. So why is police violence still rising? Why are cops almost never convicted using body cam footage? And why are De...
Are dumb phones actually the solution to our anxieties, or are they a $400 scam built on a moral panic?
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Over the past few years, a massive ind...
Sen. Ron Wyden speaks about Section 230, internet freedom, free speech, and how Trump is pushing big tech's policies.
Big Tech interest groups and reactionary non-profits are spending millions to try to get Section 230 revoked. My work is 100% self-funded. This series is not backed by any advertisers or tech giants. If you value this reporting, please, please support the channel:
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is pushing a bill that would END free speech on the internet, and he has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
[FREE SPEECH FRIDAY]
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Section 230 is one of the most important laws in the history of the internet. It is often called “the law that created the internet” beca...
White women have long been a core voting bloc for conservatives, so why are right wing media figures suddenly obsessed with attacking them?
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In this episode, Crooked Media Hysteria's Erin Ryan joins me to break down the growing hatred towards white women in MAGA spaces and conservative media...
🚨 URGENT: Section 230 is under attack and it affects EVERY person who uses the internet. This is part 1 of my deep-dive series exposing the truth about the most important internet law ever created.
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Every single time you leave a comment, post a review, or send a message, you are being protected by a law called S...
The UK is rapidly becoming one of the most aggressive surveillance states in the democratic world, and many don't even realize it's happening.
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The UK has officially slid into a dystopian surveillance state, and the rest of the world is next. On this week's Fre...
The MLM industry has rebranded for the TikTok era. Now, instead of hawking LuLaRoe leggings, women are paying $500 for PDFs on how to become micro influencers.
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The "hustle economy" is no longer about selling essential oils or leggings to your neighbors. A new wave of multi-level marketing-style sc...
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For a decade, r/LiveStreamFail (LSF) has been the "beating heart" of Twitch culture, but at what cost?
One former reddit moderator went viral recently for posting a wi...
The Internet as we know it is on trial. A major suit claiming social media addiction could give the government unprecedented power.
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A landmark lawsuit in California claims that social media giants like Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat are intentionally designing their platforms to be addicti...
China is winning the culture war: From "galvanized square steel" to drinking hot water, why is the entire internet suddenly looking more Chinese?
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Over the past year, a massive cultural shift has taken place. From China-maxxing memes to TikTok migrations, Chinese tech, culture, and lifes...
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Last week, Brooklyn Beckham, the 26 year old son of Victoria and David Beckham, posted a 7 slide essay on Instagram Stories, accusing his parents of controlling his entire life and disrespecting his wife Nicola Pel...
[FREE SPEECH FRIDAY]
Every single moment that you're online, you're feeding the data harvesting industry. Corporations then sell that data to the government, allowing them to target you for online speech, protesting, and more.
Now, the government wants to build a single centralized platform where U.S. spy agencies and the government can easily buy highly private information about millions of people. Documents obtained by The ...
Matt Bernstein, Kat Tenbarge and I dig into what the 2016 nostalgia is really about.
Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with 2016? Hyper-saturated Instagram photos are back. The Snapchat puppy filter is everywhere again. Nostalgic edits are flooding TikTok. From the "King Kylie" era to Harambe, it feels like we’re collectively regressing.
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