Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz

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Journalist and creator; covers creator economy and internet culture.

Cyabra Mislabels Real Palestinian Accounts as Bots
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Cyabra Mislabels Real Palestinian Accounts as Bots

If we want to talk about manipulation I think it's important to note Cyabra (company POLITICO's story is based on) is an Israeli AI startup that does not have a good record of identifying who is and who isn't bots....

By Taylor Lorenz
Hollywood Writers Deny AI Acceptance, Call It Misinformation
SocialFeb 23, 2026

Hollywood Writers Deny AI Acceptance, Call It Misinformation

He’s just flat out lying. Hollywood writers hate AI and have been fighting against it. They want you guys to think this stuff is being normalized by the masses when it’s not

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Alt‑right Moral Panic Threatens Reproductive and LGBTQ Internet Freedoms
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Alt‑right Moral Panic Threatens Reproductive and LGBTQ Internet Freedoms

Why are we listening to an alt right Christian fundamentalist, who thinks selfies are moral decay and women’s bodies should be regulated by the government, feed a moral panic that is being used to strip repro rights content, LGBTQ ppl...

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Cynical Support Aims for Top‑Down Control of Speech
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Cynical Support Aims for Top‑Down Control of Speech

They do understand it, they just cynically support that mission because they want top down control over our information landscape and online speech.

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Ro Khanna Pushes Censorship, Backs Heritage’s Section 230 Repeal
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Ro Khanna Pushes Censorship, Backs Heritage’s Section 230 Repeal

Once again @RoKhanna is calling for mass censorship and surveillance. Here he says a bunch of good sounding things abt big tech then ends w boosting Heritage Foundation tech policy of ending Section 230. Politicians need to be called out...

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Support for Data Rights Contradicted by Backing KOSA
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Support for Data Rights Contradicted by Backing KOSA

Would LOVE a data bill of rights. But if that’s what you actually believe in then why do u support surveillance legislation like KOSA that strips anonymity from the internet and forces companies to collect far MORE data, making it...

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Privacy Experts Warned: Digital ID Age Checks Inevitable
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Privacy Experts Warned: Digital ID Age Checks Inevitable

This was inevitable and it’s what EVERY SINGLE PRIVACY advocate said would happen. Not even a week in and this is the norm. There is no safe and private digital ID system, ban age verification of the internet now

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Digital ID Tracking Has Been Power's Goal Since 2017
SocialFeb 20, 2026

Digital ID Tracking Has Been Power's Goal Since 2017

I've been reporting on this legal effort since 2017 in the U.S. (and it started far before that). Whitney Webb is 1000% correct that the goal of Digital ID and tracking everything every person says/consumes online has long been the...

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Fake ICE Tip Line Reveals Widespread Fear and Paranoia
SocialFeb 20, 2026

Fake ICE Tip Line Reveals Widespread Fear and Paranoia

This @drewharwell_ story about a man who set up a fake ICE tip line, and the sheer range of people who called in, is gutting https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/20/fake-ice-tip-line-viral/

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Privacy Sacrificed Under the Pretext of Child Protection
SocialFeb 20, 2026

Privacy Sacrificed Under the Pretext of Child Protection

When are people going to wake up and realize that they're trying to obliterate all privacy in the name of "protecting children"??

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Kids' Chats Aren't Gambling: Regulation Misconstrues Communication
SocialFeb 20, 2026

Kids' Chats Aren't Gambling: Regulation Misconstrues Communication

Comparing kids messaging other human kids (which is the primary way young ppl use social media) to online gambling and chatbots is dirty work. Speech/communication is fundamentally different than gambling, but you’re trying to conflate the two so you can...

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Open‑source, Audited, Decentralized Tools Succeed without Government Control
SocialFeb 20, 2026

Open‑source, Audited, Decentralized Tools Succeed without Government Control

“The tools that actually work in this space work because they’re open source, independently audited, decentralized, and not run by any government.” 🎯

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History Repeats: Same Censorship Debates Across All Media
SocialFeb 19, 2026

History Repeats: Same Censorship Debates Across All Media

No, bc speech and content is nothing like alcohol. We have literal exact 1-1 parallels of what’s happening w the internet now and what happened before w comic books, TV, video games, novels, even the telephone. The EXACT groups and...

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