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4 Tips to Spot Misinformation on the Web

Eyes Open

4 Tips to Spot Misinformation on the Web

David Nield

China Tried to Keep Kids Off Social Media. Now the Elderly Are Hooked

Mature Content

China Tried to Keep Kids Off Social Media. Now the Elderly Are Hooked

Lavender Au

YouTube and Reels Could Decide India’s Elections

Political Influence

YouTube and Reels Could Decide India’s Elections

Yashraj Sharma

Hard Drives, YouTube, and Murder: India’s Dark History of Digital Hate

Hate Speech

Hard Drives, YouTube, and Murder: India’s Dark History of Digital Hate

Parth M.N.

US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Launch Fraud Investigation Into Elon Musk

Brain Damages

US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Launch Fraud Investigation Into Elon Musk

Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron

Elon Musk’s Media Matters Lawsuit Will Have a ‘Chilling Effect’

Lawyer Up

Elon Musk’s Media Matters Lawsuit Will Have a ‘Chilling Effect’

Vittoria Elliott

Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence

The Big Interview

Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence

Lauren Goode

Meet Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s ‘Highly Intelligent, Socially Awkward’ Interim CEO

New New Boss

Meet Emmett Shear, OpenAI’s ‘Highly Intelligent, Socially Awkward’ Interim CEO

Amit Katwala and Will Bedingfield

TikTok Shop’s Black Friday Sale Is Full of Very Weird Stuff

Deals?

TikTok Shop’s Black Friday Sale Is Full of Very Weird Stuff

Amanda Hoover

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