Social media causes more harm than good
We need to stop falling for anti-regulation hysteria if we’re to get control of digital harms
Paris Marx
Paris Marx is a Canadian tech critic and host of the award-winning Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.
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iPhone Air is Apple’s latest gimmick
The thin iPhone is teeing up a foldable phone likely to come next year
What you missed in August 2025
Plus, a recap of what you missed in August 2025
Ghosting Substack
After 9 months on Substack, Disconnect is back on Ghost. Paris explains why the migration was necessary.
World leaders must stop appeasing Donald Trump
Conceding to Trump’s demands only guarantees new threats. It’s time to reject the US and its tech companies.
My first book is out in paperback!
Grab your copy of Road to Nowhere
Wading through the social media haze
Wildfire responses in Canada stifled by misinformation, particularly on on Facebook
I drove some Chinese cars. Here’s what I thought.
Western automakers are doomed if they keep trying to hide behind tariff walls
What you missed in July 2025
DOGE 2.0, China the electro-state, and the environmental harms of rare earths