Metropolitan Digital

Google


.

Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society

  • Written by Laura DeNardis, Professor and Interim Dean, American University School of Communication
Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and societyTwitter mediates so much in the public sphere that weak points at the company are weak points in society. NurPhoto via Getty Images

In case 2020 wasn’t dystopian enough, hackers on July 15 hijacked the Twitter accounts of former President Barack Obama, presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian and Apple, among...

Read more: Twitter hack exposes broader threat to democracy and society

More Articles ...

  1. Poorest Americans drink a lot more sugary drinks than the richest – which is why soda taxes could help reduce gaping health inequalities
  2. The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
  3. To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap
  4. Video: An infectious disease expert explains the results from Moderna's latest vaccine trials
  5. Why Congress can't curb Trump's power to commute Stone's sentence and pardon others
  6. Confederate flags fly worldwide, igniting social tensions and inflaming historic traumas
  7. Pro-choice movement's big win at Supreme Court might really have been a loss
  8. For Florida, the coronavirus pandemic was a perfect storm
  9. Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which means putting ethics before profits
  10. Until teachers feel safe, widespread in-person K-12 schooling may prove impossible in US