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Bumble, Grindr, and Hinge Moderators Struggle to Keep Users—and Themselves—Safe

Traumatic Content

Bumble, Grindr, and Hinge Moderators Struggle to Keep Users—and Themselves—Safe

Niamh McIntyre

Elon Musk May Have Just Signed X’s Death Warrant

Hate Speech

Elon Musk May Have Just Signed X’s Death Warrant

Vittoria Elliott and Lauren Goode

Norway’s Privacy Battle With Meta Is Just Getting Started

Scandi Drama

Norway’s Privacy Battle With Meta Is Just Getting Started

Morgan Meaker

A Watchdog Group Calls for an Investigation of X’s Sneaky New Ads

Sneak Attack

A Watchdog Group Calls for an Investigation of X’s Sneaky New Ads

Vittoria Elliott

How to Get Facebook Without Ads—if It’s Available for You

Pay to Play

How to Get Facebook Without Ads—if It’s Available for You

Reece Rogers

Sweeping New Powers Could Let the UK Block Big Tech Platforms

Safety First

Sweeping New Powers Could Let the UK Block Big Tech Platforms

Peter Guest

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law

Error Detected

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law

K.G. Orphanides

Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service

Pay Up

Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service

Vittoria Elliott

Where the Hell Is X CEO Linda Yaccarino?

AWOL

Where the Hell Is X CEO Linda Yaccarino?

Vittoria Elliott

YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers

Paying the Bills

YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers

Paresh Dave

The New Era of Social Media Looks as Bad for Privacy as the Last One

Missing the Boat

The New Era of Social Media Looks as Bad for Privacy as the Last One

Vittoria Elliott

Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month

Pay Up

Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month

Morgan Meaker

X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court

Bird App

X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court

Morgan Meaker

Greece’s New Political Star Is a TikTok Creation

Political Platform

Greece’s New Political Star Is a TikTok Creation

Eliza Gkritsi

Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird

Flip the Bird

Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird

Vittoria Elliott

TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts

War Profiteers

TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts

David Gilbert

The UK’s Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law

Tech Crackdown

The UK’s Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law

Peter Guest

Elon Musk Mocked Ukraine, and Russian Trolls Went Wild

Influence Operations

Elon Musk Mocked Ukraine, and Russian Trolls Went Wild

Matt Burgess

The 5 Instagram Features That US States Say Ruin Teens’ Mental Health

Social Media

The 5 Instagram Features That US States Say Ruin Teens’ Mental Health

Paresh Dave

The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media

Horrors of War

The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media

David Gilbert