Taylor Lorenz’s Power User

Taylor Lorenz’s Power User

Taylor Lorenz explores how technology and the internet are upending our lives and the world around us. Each week, she explores everything from online fame to emerging platforms, viral phenomena, the creator economy, and much more. Tune in every Wednesday for regular episodes and every Friday for "Free Speech Friday," her series on tech policy and the fight for civil liberties online.

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The Take It Down Act Is a Free Speech Killer

The Take It Down Act Is a Free Speech Killer

WATCH ALL FREE SPEECH FRIDAY EPISODES ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNELThe stated goal of the Take it Down Act is to combat non consensual intimate images (NCII), colloquially known as revenge p**n. This includes...

23 Touko 202524min

Why Students Can't Stop Using ChatGPT

Why Students Can't Stop Using ChatGPT

Students are using ChatGPT for everything. Parents are freaking out and the media is calling it the end of education as we know it. But are students really outsourcing their minds to machines? Are we ...

22 Touko 202540min

They're trying to ban posting about abortion online

They're trying to ban posting about abortion online

Imagine messaging a friend on Snapchat about how to get abortion pills, or tweeting about reproductive rights and getting fined hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's only part of what a proposed la...

15 Touko 202527min

How the Media Tricks You Into Loving the Police

How the Media Tricks You Into Loving the Police

If you’ve ever wondered why news media obsesses over shoplifting but ignores wage theft, or why media outlets report a "shortage" of prison guards without questioning why we imprison so many people, y...

8 Touko 202539min

Undercover AI ‘College Protester’ Bots for Cops

Undercover AI ‘College Protester’ Bots for Cops

American police departments are using secretive AI technology to create lifelike AI personas designed to interact with real people online —like protesters and activists— for intelligence gathering. Th...

1 Touko 202533min

Tween Podcasters Are Taking Over the Internet

Tween Podcasters Are Taking Over the Internet

From middle schoolers riffing on school lunch to kids interviewing political figures, podcasting is no longer just for adults. With high-end mics, massive TikTok followings, and brand deals from major...

24 Huhti 202535min

Fake Newspapers Are Flooding America

Fake Newspapers Are Flooding America

From Ohio to North Dakota, thousands of people have suddenly gotten brand new newspapers delivered to their doorsteps out of the blue. These newspapers are fake news outlets created by the oil and gas...

17 Huhti 202542min

The White House's social media is deranged

The White House's social media is deranged

Since Trump took office, the official White House social media accounts have been posting a bit… differently. Drew Harwell, my former colleague at The Washington Post, has been covering the Trump Whit...

10 Huhti 202537min