Taylor Lorenz

I wrote about the House hearing today, how Congress is trying to strip anonymity from the Internet, and the devastating effects that has for journalists, whistleblowers, LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, civil rights activists, abortion providers and anyone challenging power for @theintercept@journa.host https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

I wrote about Anthropic, OpenAI, the Pentagon, and the mass surveillance of Americans https://zeteo.com/p/anthropic-pentagon-ai-military-openai

Yapper ads, the Most Evil Gay Guy, pop culture OpenClaw, Gucci runway texts, Jim Carry conspiracies, #sendBaron, Zuck's $170M mansion, Opensource Palantir, how the AIs kill, and MORE in today's newsletter. https://www.usermag.co/p/situation-monitoring-products-are

I have a piece out in The Guardian today on how the internet is becoming a fully surveilled digital panopticon and why we need to fight back
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled

Ai;dr, r/lanadelrey drama, total boomer luxury communism, American Girl novels, Benny Blanco livestreamer, Nicki Minaj bot farms, Slxughter, POLITICO's pink slime, a YouTuber's fake ICE tip line, and MORE in today's newsletter. Subscribe now!! https://www.usermag.co/p/why-the-internet-is-broken-fosta-sesta-explained

The third episode of my Section 230 mini series is out!! @siridahl@mastodon.online joined to chat about FOSTA/SESTA, the devastating effects of “reforming” Section 230, and how chipping away at 230 is absolutely NOT “cracking down on big tech.”
https://youtu.be/dhTHvmoSRAI

Going live right now on my YouTube channel for my weekly Free Speech Friday livestream! We're discussing:
- KOSA
- Surveillance laws
- Social media "addiction" lawsuits
- VPN bans
- Section 230 choas
- Diary of a CEO guy going redpilled pro-censorship
- AND MORE! join in!
@TaylorLorenzLivestreams@www.youtube.com

They're having trouble getting jurors in one of the trials against Elon Musk because "so many people hate him so much" https://www.law360.com/articles/2443845/-hate-for-musk-quickly-narrows-jury-pool-in-twitter-deal-trial

This @drewharwell@mastodon.social story about a man who set up a fake ICE tip line, and the sheer range of people who called in, is gutting https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/20/fake-ice-tip-line-viral/

Beast Banking, Clav's mogshot, a brainrot Reels slam poet, X's fake cancer cure problem, Polymarket Portal feet pics, AI Netflix, analog YouTube, Roblox ICE raids, giving birth on Discord, and MORE in today's newsletter!! https://www.usermag.co/p/theyre-trying-to-kill-the-internet

Come join my weekly Free Speech Friday livestream! We're chatting about Joseph Gordon-Levitt promoting pro-ICE surveillance laws, Google's AI surveillance pricing, Meta's secret right wing reactionary interest group, and MORE! https://www.youtube.com/live/Gr8LPINCkxo?si=6EvXeC00Pr7gWeRk

I’ve been asked on TV hits and interviews lately to explain why decentralized social media is better, especially re: Mastodon.

How would you explain the benefits of a platform like Mastodon and the fediverse to someone in just a few sentences? How would you make the argument that platforms like Mastodon allow for more free expression than big tech controlled apps?

Would love to hear people’s thoughts! Trying to make my arguments most effective

New video out on how the UK is exporting mass surveillance laws around the world and why the UK’s censorship and surveillance efforts are so dangerous! https://youtu.be/S7C9ezwH9Ok

Moltbook mania, Minecraft protests, wellness anarchists, travelscrimping, GlamBOT controversy, Tinder for clankers, French Zohran, escaping a Chinese Mafia crypto slavery scheme, and MORE in today's newsletter https://www.usermag.co/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-livestream-fail

With all the tiktok drama I have been telling people Mastodon is still here and kicking!! I love this app and I really think the decentralized model is the best for social media.

Still, people don’t want to join! What do you think Mastodon’s biggest barriers are to courting new users? What could be done to improve the product and grow the user base in a positive way?

A Dramageddon drag show, ManyVids AI psychosis, the far right's new goth girl, 13 yr old AI founders, UpScrolled > TikTok, Rumble Shorts, IRL Heated Rivalry, YouTuber Tay Zonday takes on ICE, and MORE in today's newsletter!! https://www.usermag.co/p/why-conservative-influencers-cant-stop-talking-brooklyn-beckham-nicola-peltz

I made my Free Speech Friday series into a regular livestream.

Subscribe to my new YouTube channel where I'll be covering mass surveillance, censorship laws, and digital rights. @TaylorLorenzLivestreams@www.youtube.com

“It should be crystal clear to everyone that the real threat to community safety is the ICE agents harassing, targeting, detaining — and in some tragic cases — killing our neighbors. This violence is unacceptable, it is criminal, and it is against the constitution of the United States.” https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/1/candace-avalos/news/2026/1/8/east-portland-councilors-avalos-dunphy-smith

This anthropomorphized framing of Grok in the media (claiming that Grok has "apologized") only serves the interests of these tech companies. It gives the appearance that some entity has taken responsibility for what is happening, when in reality no one has. https://www.usermag.co/p/is-anyone-going-to-take-accountability

Crusaders pushing social media censorship and banning teens online are admitting that “mental health” is a coverup for suppressing dissent and young people’s progressive politics. https://mikemales.substack.com/p/authorities-are-recasting-young-peoples

Holiday hauls, digital homesteading, charm robots, a Netflix for Wikipedia, Ozempic Santa in sad beige SKIMS, Temu Amazon dupeception, IRL Hallmark jobs, how to get your chatbot high on drugs, and MORE in today's newsletter!!! https://www.usermag.co/p/how-charlie-kirk-memes-are-radicalizing

I wrote about the unprecedented mass censorship and surveillance laws that Congress is trying to ram through in the name of “protecting kids” and how none of this is about protecting kids. In fact, these laws cause great harm to all of us, for Zeteo https://zeteo.com/p/social-media-children-ban-australia-us

None Of This is About Online Safety, The Nepo Baby Met Gala, OpenAi's code red, Wiggles cancellation, Sabrina Carpenter vs Trump, face scans, AI holiday decor, Kimsmas, rage bait, why Gen Z is treating cash like fake money, and MORE in today's newsletter https://www.usermag.co/p/none-of-this-is-about-online-safety

The Quarter Zip lifestyle, Nathan Fielder on Raya, MrBeast's theme park, Dasha Nekrasova's downfall, Labubu stocks, ChatGPT group chats, the Charlie Kirk tribute song taking over Spotify, and more in today's newsletter https://www.usermag.co/p/the-maga-internet-is-melting-down-over-epstein

“At some point — whatever the justification — you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/army-officer-resigns-gaza-israel.html