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Meta Changed Its Speech Rules. Then Threats Against Politicians Skyrocketed
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Meta Changed Its Speech Rules. Then Threats Against Politicians Skyrocketed

New research finds that in the six months after Meta relaxed rules in the name of free speech, violent threats against lawmakers—including President Donald Trump—surged on Facebook.
David Gilbert
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
Changing Tides

All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology

Matt Burgess
The DOGE Boys Get VC Funding to Support Their Latest Enterprise
Startup Life

The DOGE Boys Get VC Funding to Support Their Latest Enterprise

Vittoria Elliott

Inner Loop

Greg Bovino Was the Star at a European Remigration Conference

Greg Bovino Was the Star at a European Remigration Conference

The man who headed Trump’s invasions of US cities joined the US and European far right in Portugal to preach “remigration”—a plan to expel all minorities and immigrants.
David Gilbert
Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump's Ballroom Has Turned Toxic

Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump's Ballroom Has Turned Toxic

“Republicans are just going to have to suck it up and get it done,” says one Trump aide about the funding melee. The votes, though, may simply not be there.
Hugo Lowell
It’s Officially Election Season in Trumpworld

It’s Officially Election Season in Trumpworld

With Trump nemesis Thomas Massie vanquished, Republican strategists are now eyeing races in Texas, California, and Maine.
Hugo Lowell
Trump's Inner Circle Is Already Scrambling Over the 2028 Presidential Ticket

Trump's Inner Circle Is Already Scrambling Over the 2028 Presidential Ticket

Republicans still have the midterms to get through, but administration officials have already set their sights on the next election.
Hugo Lowell

Policy

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests

The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.
Ali Winston
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.
Matt Burgess and Vittoria Elliott
An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

David Norman, a former Phoenix police officer who’s described himself as “a fucking savage,” now runs a company that provided training to Homeland Security’s Special Response Teams.
Ali Winston
The Latest Push to Extend Key US Spy Powers Is Still a Mess

The Latest Push to Extend Key US Spy Powers Is Still a Mess

A US surveillance program that lets the FBI view Americans’ communications without a warrant is up for renewal. A new bill aims to address mounting lawmaker concerns—with smoke and mirrors.
Dell Cameron

Disinformation

How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors

From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.
Gia Chaudry
Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X

X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war.
David Gilbert
Here’s Why Trump Posted About Iran ‘Stealing’ the 2020 Election Hours After the US Attacked

Here’s Why Trump Posted About Iran ‘Stealing’ the 2020 Election Hours After the US Attacked

Donald Trump’s post on Truth Social about Iran echoed a conspiracy theory that has been circulating online for years.
David Gilbert
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran

X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran

WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
David Gilbert

Extremism

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained by WIRED show.
Daniel Boguslaw
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges

Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges

The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
Ali Winston
An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’

An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’

As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come.
Ali Winston
Elon Musk Has Turned His Eye to the UK

Elon Musk Has Turned His Eye to the UK

Musk posted nonstop at the beginning of the year about British politics, until his focus was consumed by DOGE. Now he’s back.
David Gilbert

Global Elections

This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms

This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms

WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections.
David Gilbert
Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms

Pro-AI Super PACs Are Already All In on the Midterms

Silicon Valley’s battle against AI regulation is already shaping the next US election cycle.
Maxwell Zeff
The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord

The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord

The revolution started on social media. It ended with protests, violence, and an online poll to pick the new prime minister.
Tulsi Rauniyar
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure

Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think.
Kim Zetter

Politics News

The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked

The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked

On Uncanny Valley, we dive into the IPO bonanza that the top AI companies are embarking on to the point where some real estate listings are looking for not just regular old cash, but Anthropic stock.
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Elon Musk and America’s Far Right Stoke Anger Over Murder of UK Teen

Elon Musk and America’s Far Right Stoke Anger Over Murder of UK Teen

Influential figures, including Nick Fuentes, have been accused of “hijacking” the murder of Henry Nowak to push a racist agenda.
David Gilbert
The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens

The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens

The website, which compares human beings to extraterrestrials, touts arrest numbers from the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown. But some of its details are really out there.
Maddy Varner and Dell Cameron
Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

Today on Uncanny Valley, we discuss how Donald Trump’s visit to China could influence conversations between world leaders at a moment when the economic and foreign policy stakes couldn’t be higher.
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

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