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Jessica MaddoxWhen Elon Musk took over Twitter last year, many users migrated to the free and open-source platform Mastodon. Mastodon, like other decen

From social networks to crypto, independently run servers are being touted as a solution to the internet’s problems. But they’re far from a magic bullet.

As “money,” Bitcoin fulfills essentially none of money’s functions; as “currency,” its massive volatility has made it all but unusable.

As Miami and New York City's mayors, El Salvador's president, and other politicians advocate for crypto, it's clear that voter approval follows.

What motivates crypto’s best known skeptics to spend every waking hour obsessing over something that they hate? We decided to find out.

For some crypto holders, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an opportunity⁠—and a validation of their increasingly radical beliefs.

(RNS) — Booted from mainstream social media websites, outraged Christian nationalists are creating some of their own.

How the far-right harnessed tech in the lead-up to the Capitol riot • 16 min read How Donald Trump has transformed the presidency Elected in 2016, President Donald Trump scored one of the most stunning political upsets in modern U.S. history.Spencer Platt/Getty Images Its been a clarion call of the political right -- "big tech" is biased toward liberals and the political left and advances their agenda, all at the expense of conservatives. Former President Donald Trump and his allies have long...