Will Oremus is a technology journalist and staff writer at The Atlantic who covers social media, artificial intelligence, and democracy. Will Oremus's Twitter Score is 51 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #17,497 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Will Oremus previously worked at The Washington Post as a technology reporter, where his beat centered on the intersection of social media, AI, and democratic processes. Before that, he formerly worked at OneZero at Medium as a senior writer, and prior to that spent several years as a senior technology writer at Slate. His reporting has spanned a wide range of technology topics, from environmental concerns around blockchain to the social dynamics of AI-driven platforms.
Will Oremus's work has touched on crypto and prediction-market issues as well. His reporting for The Washington Post examined threats made against a journalist following a dispute on Polymarket over whether an Iranian missile had struck Israel, a story that illustrated how prediction markets can generate real-world conflict. He also authored a piece for OneZero examining the environmental toll of Bitcoin and NFTs, reflecting early mainstream scrutiny of blockchain's energy consumption.
Will Oremus has published 6,413 posts on the platform and has 46,179 followers as of August 2026. He has been mentioned by 219 accounts, with 662 total mentions.
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