Anne Applebaum's Blog, page 8

Trump campaigned to protect himself, not help Republicans

For the president, now it’s on to the next stunt.

We have learned a lot about online disinformation — and we are doing nothing

The stopgap measures taken, voluntarily, by the social-media companies against fake news are like Band-Aids on a gaping wound.

We must fight harder against homegrown terrorism. But it won’t happen under Trump.

It's time to acknowledge that far-right extremism is the bigger threat.

Stop helping demagogues change the subject

If we want to defend democracy, we shouldn’t rise to the bait.

In Poland, another blow to the Catholic Church

Political entanglements undermine a once-authoritative and beloved institution

Saudi Arabia’s information war to bury news of Jamal Khashoggi

The kindgom has learned a lot about manipulating the Internet.

This is why so many journalists are at risk today

Information has become global. So, too, has corruption.

It’s official: Americans are living under the rule of a minority

Partisanship triumphs over representation.

Russian hackers were caught in the act — and the results are devastating

The Dutch have decided to blow the spies’ operation wide open.

Trump’s new NAFTA is pretty much the same as the old one — but at what cost?

North American Free Trade continues — with great damage to our alliances