is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. The year ...

Defamation, true threats, obscenity, child sex abuse material, direct incitements to violence — each of those forms of expression can be banned and punished because they are not encompassed within the ...

There is a stark and important contrast between other addictive products and social media. The latter can claim it is intrinsically linked to freedom of information.

Seven sheriff’s deputies sued musician Afroman for defamation after he mocked their failed raid in viral diss tracks. His victory comes at a moment when the lines of what constitutes artistic free ...

Any reasonable person understands that drag shows are inappropriate for children — not just because they are usually sexually ...

From Franklin's "Join or Die" woodcuts to editorial cartoons, the AIDS crisis to Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, art has captured America's struggles.

The Heritage Foundation’s tech policy team has endorsed European-style age verification laws for social media, likening them to alcohol ...

Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish parliament, has just been acquitted for posting a Bible verse on social media in 2019, ...

Understanding gene expression within the body has been a boon for 21st century biology and therapeutics, but most discoveries ...

In his first University Senate meeting as Ohio State’s 18th president, Ravi V. Bellamkonda told senators and student leaders he plans to lead by listening and working through shared governance as he ...

The court convicted Päivi Räsänen for publishing a brochure on sexual ethics but acquitted her for a social media post ...

Farewell to the Liberal Patriot ...