Mark Zuckerberg turned his back on the media
There was a time when Mark Zuckerberg did not consider the mainstream media as the enemy. He even allowed me, a card-carrying legacy media person, into his house. In April…
Mapping Elon Musk's Global Empire
From tunnels to Tesla factories to SpaceX launch facilities, there is hardly any place on Earth that doesn't feel the gravitational pull of humanity's richest man, the North Man.
Elon Musk and far-right German leader agree 'Hitler was a communist'
On Thursday, Elon Musk agreed with the leader of a far-right German political party that Adolf Hitler was a communist and that leftist groups that support Palestinian interests have more…
Elon Musk's quest for dominance goes global
Recently, Musk spread conspiracy theories about Muslim "grooming gangs" in Britain, and called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right activist, from prison. Musk's support for Robinson, who has…
The future of the internet is becoming bleak day by day
The moderation systems of both Meta and TikTok are far from perfect and constantly make mistakes. Earlier this week, Taylor Lorenz reported Meta banned queer content and hashtags deemed "sensitive…
X-ification of Meta wired
"Meta has always been home to Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation," claims Gordon Crovitz, co-CEO of NewsGuard, a company that provides a tool for evaluating the credibility of online information.…
Meta's fact-checking partners say they were 'blindsided' by decision to remove him
Meta's fact-checking partners claim they were "blindsided" by the company's decision Abandon third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads The community notes favor of the model, and some say they…
Meta removes fact-checkers before Trump's second term
Meta announced Tuesday that it is abandoning its third-party fact-checking programs on Facebook, Instagram and Threads and replacing its army of paid moderators with a community notes model that mimics…
Elon Musk continues to post lies about 'grooming gangs'
Musk's interest was sparked by reports earlier this week that Security Minister Jess Phillips had rejected a city council request for a government-led investigation into child sexual abuse in Oldham,…
Californians say Ax blocked them from seeing Amber Alert about missing 14-year-old
People in Missouri reported experiencing a similar problem to the Missouri Highway Patrol in July 2023 sent out Another Amber Alert push notification with a link to the X post.…