Taylor Lorenz

About Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz is an American journalist and opinion 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. 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 president Joe Biden as a "war criminal". Lorenz subsequently began publishing a newsletter called User Mag as well as a podcast called Power User.

In December 2022, Twitter owner Elon Musk temporarily suspended Lorenz's Twitter account, with Musk tweeting that the suspension was for "prior doxxing action".

In April 2025, following the killing of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, during a CNN interview Lorenz described the lead suspect in the case Luigi Mangione as "morally good". Lorenz stated: "To see these millionaire media pundits on TV clutching their pearls about someone stanning a murderer when this is the United States of America, as if we don't lionize criminals [and] stan murderers of all sorts, and we can give them Netflix shows". Lorenz's comments drew criticism, particularly from conservative politicians.

Lorenz broke a major story on August 27, 2025, published in WIRED, exposing a secretive program where a liberal dark money group called the Sixteen Thirty Fund (part of the Arabella Advisors network) is funding high-profile Democratic influencers through Chorus, a nonprofit influencer marketing platform. The initiative, known as the Chorus Creator Incubator Program, pays creators up to $8,000 per month to produce content that boosts Democratic Party messaging, particularly aimed at countering Republican online influence after Kamala Harris's 2024 election loss to Donald Trump. Lorenz highlighted that the program involves over 90 influencers, mostly centrist or pro-DNC figures who have avoided criticizing U.S. policy on Palestine or have expressed pro-Israel views, and it imposes strict nondisclosure agreements to keep the funding hidden from audiences and regulators.