Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz is an American journalist and technology columnist who covers Internet culture. She has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, and The Daily Mail and has since left legacy media for independent, alternative media. In 2023, she published a book called Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet. In 2024, Lorenz left the Washington Post following an internal investigation after Lorenz posted an image on Instagram labeling then-U.S. president Joe Biden as a "war criminal". Lorenz subsequently began publishing a newsletter called User Mag as well as a podcast called Power User.