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Jem Bartholomew is a contributing writer at CJR. Jem’s writing has been featured in The Guardian, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist’s 1843 magazine, and others. His narrative-nonfiction book about poverty will be published in the UK next year. He is on Signal at jem_bartholomew.01

Democracy, Now

Big Tech has spent years resisting accountability. As the federal government adopts its own evasion tactics—locking out the press, and now investigating news networks—it’s worth remembering journalism’s essential democratic function.