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.…
Hey, maybe it's time to delete some old chat history
If you're concerned about the potential expansion of government surveillance and access to your information, or just want to do some digital cleansing so you're not saddled with old data,…
This was the year Elon Musk took over politics
“I think they realized that big tech companies have worried for decades about how to regulate or organize speech on this crazy scale, isn't it a problem,” Magalhaes says. “This…
GOP lawmakers want Elon Musk to become Speaker of the House
Within 24 hours of billionaire Elon Musk using his X platform Maintain Congress' funding bill And after pushing the federal government to the brink of a shutdown, three GOP lawmakers…