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Is Google S.E.O. Gaslighting the Internet?

Leaked documents provide a glimpse into the inner workings of Google Search—and contradict the company’s public claims.
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The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher

Byung-Chul Han, in treatises such as “The Burnout Society” and his latest, “The Crisis of Narration,” diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age.
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Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore

The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.
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BuzzFeed, Blue Check Marks, and the End of an Internet Era

Just a decade ago, Twitter and BuzzFeed were the popular poles of online life. Now their struggles are emblematic of where social media went wrong.
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The Supreme Court Probably Won’t Break the Internet—At Least for Now

In Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh, the Court considers whether the Web’s most foundational law still makes sense.