Charlie Warzel
The New York Times
New York, NY, United States
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Opinion | ‘When It Is Summer in the Light, and Winter in the Shade’
Charles Dickens was right about March. And the last year has been one long early March. → Read More
I Talked to the Cassandra of the Internet Age
The internet rewired our brains. He predicted it would. → Read More
Opinion | It’s Been 10 Months, and I Still Don’t Know When to Replace My Mask!
Practical pandemic guidance is still a huge problem. → Read More
Opinion | Can Donald Trump Survive Without Twitter?
We’re about to see if he can truly be de-platformed. → Read More
The Pro-Trump Movement Was Always Headed Here
For years, professional grifters, trolls, true believers and political opportunists have sowed conspiratorial lies. We are now witnessing the reaping. → Read More
Inside the Battle Between Biden and Facebook
What if neutrality isn’t neutral? → Read More
Trump and His Supporters Want What They Can’t Have
The culture war doomloop is eternal. → Read More
We’re Fighting Covid on Our Own. But We’re Not Powerless.
Each of us must make choices this Thanksgiving to keep the pandemic from getting even worse. → Read More
What Facebook Fed the Baby Boomers
Many Americans’ feeds are nightmares. I know because I spent weeks living inside two of them. → Read More
Facebook and the Group That Planned to Kidnap Gretchen Whitmer
Extremist groups and conspiracy theorists like to connect with each other just like everyone else. → Read More
America’s Tech Billionaires Could Help Protect the Election. If They Wanted To.
The most patriotic thing that companies could do is make democracy work better. → Read More
I Need You to Care That Our Country Is on Fire
Would you feel more urgency about climate change if all you could see was smoke? → Read More
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Is the Most Powerful Unelected Man in America
Facebook is too big for democracy. → Read More
Welcome to the R.N.C.’s Alternate Universe
A meaningful percentage of Americans are living in a collaborative fiction, built one conspiracy theory at a time. → Read More
The Post Office Mess Is Meant to Exhaust You. Don’t Let It.
Trump is “flooding the zone.” It’s a form of modern censorship. → Read More
The Week QAnon Went Mainstream
A supporter of the dangerous conspiracy theory is most likely headed to Congress. The social media platforms have some soul-searching to do. → Read More
How QAnon Creates a Dangerous Alternate Reality
Game designer Adrian Hon says the conspiracy theory parallels the immersive worlds of alternate reality games. → Read More
Facebook Can’t Be Reformed
We need to reimagine the social network or find a way to survive its dominance. → Read More
Gen Z Will Not Save Us
The kids aren’t all right. The kids are fed up. → Read More
The Floyd Protests Show That Twitter Is Real Life
Conversations on the platform stretch our understanding of the politics of the possible. → Read More