Whitney Mallett
Kim Dotcom's Internet Party Finds New Legitimacy in New Zealand
Whatever the Megaupload mogul's motives, his party is taking on real political weight.
Ai Weiwei, Caught on Camera and Confined By It Too
Filmed partly in stealth, "The Fake Case" picks up after "Never Sorry," reflecting the dissident artist's complicated relationship with censorship and the foreign media.
Meet Juiceboxxx, the “Worst Rapper Ever” Who's Actually the Most Positive Person on the Planet
“I’m just trying to make the most honest form of modern American music.”
A Bitcoin for GIFs Aims to Make Digital Art Ownable
How do you put a price on a GIF if it can be copied with a keystroke? Maybe digital currency can change that.
Anonymity Is Not Privacy (You're Probably Getting That Wrong)
Apps like Whisper and Secret prize anonymity while commodifying a lack of privacy.
Elliott Scott Wants to Be Canada’s First Action Hero
Former karate champion and Nova Scotian Elliot Scott wants to be Canada's first action movie star, which, when you think about it, is ambitious, bizarre and hilarious for a bunch of reasons.
Behind "Web Junkie," a Documentary About China's Internet-Addicted Teens
Filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia explain what it was like to be flies on the wall at a Chinese internet addiction boot camp.
Prison Visit Instagram
For women visiting men in prison, long drives, dress codes, and fickle corrections officers' rules rapidly become a normal part of seeing their loved ones, moments just as instagrammable as other parts of everyday life.
Harvard's Head Librarian Is Delighted That Google Books Will Expand Fair Use
Celebrated book historian and Robert Darnton explains what the Google Books victory means for the future of digital publishing.
These Guys Made a Documentary about the Kids in Kejick Bay, Ontario
When Spencer Gilley and Andrew Hovi went to Kejick Bay, Ontario—a tiny little town with a population of 400—they had no idea what kind of film they would end up making.
New Film Pits Encyclopedias Against The Internet
Camille Henrot's video art highlights the information glut of the digital age.
Errol Morris on 'The Unknown Known' and Donald Rumsfeld's Snowflakes
Rumsfeld never asks for our forgiveness and Morris doesn't seem interested in trying to extract it.