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Eric Schmidt Warned Against China’s AI Industry. Emails Show He Also Sought Connections to It

Elon Musk’s Platform X Sparks Confusion with Random Blue Checkmarks

Intel analyst shared classified information on Discord, investigators say

Opinion: Everyone wants to rein in Facebook, TikTok and other social media. This is one obvious solution

House Dems Seek Probe Of Claims X Verified Sanctioned Entities

Democrats Question Whether Elon Musk’s X is Profiting From Terrorist Groups 

Former Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal, 3 others sue Elon Musk for over USD 128 million: Here's why

Former Twitter chiefs launch $128m lawsuit against Elon Musk

X is a lawless land

The Trump factor: How online myths drive migrants north

Elon Musk shocks 'X' by granting verification to terrorists

X Under Fire For Granting Verification To Terrorist Groups

X’s Check Mark Trouble, Lyft’s Typo, and Bezos’ Tax Break

X accused of taking money from terrorists by selling checkmarks to US enemies

Elon Musk Slammed For Verifying Terrorist Accounts On X

Apparently Suing Non-Profits That Highlight Terrible Shit On ExTwitter Isn’t Scaring Off More Non-Profits From Reporting On Terrible Shit On ExTwitter

Terrorists, Iranian and Russian Media Allegedly Bought Verification on Musk's X

Elon Musk’s X Will Give Blue Checks to Anyone, Even Terrorist Leaders

Elon Musk demands users stop ‘deadnaming’ Twitter after Stephen King trolls the billionaire

Twitter/X removes verified status of Iranian state media accounts

X ha concesso la spunta blu anche ad account di terroristi

X Accused Of Profiting From Banned Terrorist Groups

Elon Must Selling Blue Checkmarks to Literal Terrorists

Elon Musk’s X Gave Check Marks to Terrorist Group Leaders, Report Says

Twitter took money from terrorists for blue ticks, campaigners claim

Report: Terrorists Paid X for "Blue Checkmark"

X under scrutiny for enabling Hezbollah, Houthi propaganda machine

Elon Musk's X taking funds from sanctioned terrorist groups like Houthis for premium ‘verified accounts’, report claims

X granted verification marks to terrorist groups like Hezbollah, watchdog says

Elon Musk's X faces US govt wrath for giving paid verified accounts to Hezbollah leaders

X providing premium services to terrorists

Elon Musk's X reportedly provides premium, paid services to extremist groups

Elon Musk Accuses Stephen King of ‘Deadnaming’ X After Author Insists on Calling It Twitter

Controversy surrounds Elon Musk’s X paid verification system

Musk-Plattform X soll bezahlte Accounts von Terrorgruppen zugelassen haben

Treasury faces pressure after report finds X may have flouted sanctions

Elon Musk’s X allowing terrorists groups to publish longer posts, buy blue tick

X accused of taking payments from terrorists

Alarming Claims: Terrorist Entities Acquiring Verified Status on X

Twitter Let Terrorists Have Verification Checkmarks — Then Scrambled to Remove Them

Le X de Musk a vendu des coches au Hezbollah et à d'autres groupes terroristes, selon un rapport

Social Media Misinformation Set To Be Major Risk in 2024 Political Campaigns

Twitter accused of violating US sanctions by selling subscriptions to terrorist groups

Musk’s X sold checkmarks to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, report says

X may be violating US sanctions by accepting payments from Hezbollah-linked accounts: Report

YouTube Featured Graphic Videos By Accused Philly-Area Criminals. How?

X let terrorist groups pay for verification, report says

Terrorists are allegedly buying blue checks on X

X may be violating US sanctions by accepting payments from Hezbollah-linked accounts: Report

Terrorists Are Paying for Check Marks on X, Report Says

Worst Responders: The Far-Right Extremists Mobilizing to Mass Shootings

OpenAI's Lobbyists Are Targeting The Pentagon And Other Defense Agencies

Meta expands AI image labeling to include AI-generated content from other platforms

Meta entend permettre d’identifier automatiquement les images générées par IA sur ses réseaux sociaux

I 5 peggiori scandali della storia di Facebook

Drogas, Alcohol, Trastornos: La IA de Meta, incapaz de controlar la publicidad y los anuncios con contenido inapropiado para Menores

Yesterday’s Legislation is Failing Us in the Fight Against Tech-Fueled Violence

Facebook Approves Pro-Anorexia and Drug Ads Targeted at Teens and Made With Its Own AI

Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes to the Families of Victims

Facebook Approves Disgusting Pro-Anorexia and Drug Ads Targeted at Teens and Made With Its Own AI

How using Google can land women seeking abortions in jail

Meta accused of using philanthropy to influence universities  

Is Big Tech using philanthropy to influence universities?

Texan Bitcoin miners profit by using less electricity; advocates say all Texans should get the same chance

White Power Groups Pose As Palestinian Supporters To Stir Anti-Semitism

Cómo WhatsApp, Facebook difunden desinformación sobre migrantes y la frontera de EEUU

Google Funds Leading Civil Rights Group’s New AI Policy Center

Nothing to see here: Big Tech is funding academic research on Big Tech

Bell Media, Angus Reid and other Canadian brands halt ads on X amid extremism concerns

Big Tech Funds the Very People Who Are Supposed to Hold It Accountable

Disinformation in 2023: Growing AI reliance, X’s reckoning, tech guardrails still absent

Biden’s Border Asylum App Has Migrants Waiting Months in Danger

"Capitalizing on conflict": How white nationalists are exploiting Israel-Gaza tensions to push hate

Report: Extremists fundraising on social media (still)

X Accused Of Reaping Profits From Hamas Propaganda, Investigation To Follow

Democrats accuse X of profiting from Israel-Hamas misinformation, violent content

X-tremely troubling: Reps Goldman and Raskin demand Musk address anti-Semitic, terroristic posts, misinfo

Democrats accuse X of profiting from Hamas propaganda

Democrats accuse X of profiting off misinformation in Israel-Gaza war

Elon Musk’s X is ‘profiting off violent content’ by Hamas, House Democrats allege

Top Democrats Accuse Elon Musk’s X of Profiting From Pro-Hamas Propaganda on App

Opinion | Get Off Twitter Already

How Targeted Weight Loss Ads Can Haunt Future Brides

Elon Musk To File “Thermonuclear Lawsuit” As More Advertisers Leave X

White House condemns Elon Musk’s ‘abhorrent’ antisemitic tweets

Facebook will allow ads claiming 2020 election was "stolen"; hate speech spikes amid war

Racist Premium X Users Exploiting Israel-Hamas War to Push Antisemitism, Islamophobia: Study

Response to the USPTO, The ITA, and NIST call for Public Comments on Standards

Driven Into the Darkness – How TikTok’s ‘For You’ Feed Encourages Self-Harm And

Opinion: Stop Filming Fights

A Critical Look at Apple’s Privacy Record

The Consequences of Elon Musk's Ownership of X

Fitness Influencers and the Unseen Market of Teenage Exploitation 

TTP Director Katie Paul was interviewed in a segment on how social media is profiting by spreading extremist propaganda

Tech industry plays defense as states push new regulations

What you need to know about disinformation in the Israel-Hamas war

La désinformation s’invite dans la guerre Israël-Hamas

Elon Musk’s Israel disinformation investigation, explained

Israel-Hamas war misinformation on social media is harder to track, researchers say

The Israel-Hamas war reveals how social media sells you the illusion of reality

The Internet as a Weapon: Hamas’s Online Terror Campaign

Hamas videos spread across some social media apps

Musk's X claims it removed accounts, content after European Union pressure amid Israel war

Hamas online terror campaign played key role in deadly Israel attack

How Influencers, Coyotes, Con Artists Deceive Migrants Spreading Misinformation On Social Media

'It's not an adventure': How social media misleads migrants about the US-Mexico border

Opinion - What happened when toxic social media came for my daughter

The Gray Area of Gun Influencers

YouTube is generating music videos for white supremacist groups

Keeping Score: Alabama Map Violates Voting Rights Act; Coco Gauff Thanks Billie Jean King After Victory in U.S. Open

Instagram Launches Chatbots Modeled on MrBeast, Charli D’Amelio

YouTube Has a Big Problem with Ads Next to Hate-Group Content

Elon Musk and social media’s profit-making mechanisms - comment

Jurors, witnesses in synagogue massacre trial faced threats from this white supremacist

Google's Former CEO Is Leveraging His $27 Billion Fortune to Shape AI Policy

Is YouTube Worse than TikTok?

Amazon Enlists Right-Wing Scion to Battle Antitrust Action

Social Media Platforms Promote Antisemitism

Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: Hawai'i targeted by disinformation for those siloed RWNJs

Hatred amplifies as social-media platforms fail to enforce community guidelines

Big Tech Has Penetrated the GAO

YouTube will disable recommendations for some users. Will that decrease harmful content?

Hawaii fires: spread of conspiracy theories reveals tech firms’ failings

Studies: Social media giants fuel antisemitism, extremism, hate speech

Instagram, Facebook and X algorithms push hate, racism, study says

Social Media’s Role in Pushing Extremism Examined in New Reports

Social media companies push antisemitism, studies find; a neo-Nazi military 'fight club'

The Boogaloo Movement Keeps Finding Ways to Return to Facebook

Antisemitism thrives on social media as algorithms push hateful memes

From Nazi propaganda to Holocaust denial, social media is pushing hate on users: study

Youth and Online Polarization and Radicalization - FAQ and Tips for Parents

Online Scam Operations and Trafficking Into Forced Criminality in Southeast Asia: Recommendations for a Human Rights Response

How Apple Podcasts got caught in the middle of Russian censorship

WhatsApp has streamlined business communication for human smuggling

Six Things ADL is Watching Following Meta's Threads Launch

Is Apple really a trademark bully? Here’s what the data says

Peak social media: The debate over young users’ mental health

How content creators on social media spread misinformation about immigration policies

Apple wants to control something impossible, no matter how much money it has

Prosecute American Purveyors of Forced Labor

Would Steve Jobs Trademark the Apple Fruit if He Was Alive?

Attacks on Lina Khan’s Ethics Reveal Copious Amounts of Projection

Billionaire Dem donor flew top Biden official to secret ritzy retreat on private jet

Attacks on Lina Khan’s Ethics Reveal Copious Amounts of Projection

Apple vs. apples

Apple Started A Trademark Battle Over Images of a Certain Fruit

Apple is trying to trademark a very simple image of an apple

Forbidden fruit | Apple wants 111-year-old company to change its logo: report

Apple Is Forcing A 111-Year Old Fruit Company To Change Its Logo

Apple could force a 111-year-old fruit company to change its apple logo

Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle

Google ad revenue from anti-abortion campaigns and ‘fake’ clinics ‘topped $10 million’

Google minted more than $10 million from ads for fake abortion clinics

As states differ on the benefits of Bitcoin, is there a solution to its climate and power-system impacts?

Opinion: Facebook ad policy is roadblock to feminist movement building

Supreme Court Passes Up a Chance to Strike Back at Big Tech Censorship

Tech execs protect their kids from their own products. America’s children deserve the same

YouTube's algorithm is recommending violent gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds

Study Finds YouTube’s System Sends Gun Videos to 9-year-olds

Алгоритм YouTube предлагает юным геймерам сотни видео о серийных убийцах и обращении с оружием

The Dark Side of YouTube: Algorithm Directs Kids to Gun Content, Study Reveals

New study finds YouTube targets children with gun-related content

YouTube gun videos pushed at children

YouTube’s suggested videos algorithm is recommending violent and graphic gun-related videos to children as young as 9

Researchers at the Tech Transparency Project found that YouTube is “failing to stop the spread of frightening videos that could traumatize vulnerable children—or send them down dark roads of extremism and violence”

YouTube recommends gun-related videos to kids, study says

Perché YouTube suggerisce ai bambini video di armi e sparatorie

YouTube Algorithm Funnels Violent Gun Videos to Kids: Study

YouTube Accused Of Pushing Violent Content To Children

YouTube Recommends Violent Gun Videos to Child Accounts- Study Claims

YouTube found to push content about guns to children watching games videos

YouTube recommended videos about guns, school shootings, and serial killers to researchers simulating accounts of young boys

YouTube’s recommendations are leading kids to gun videos, report says

YouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds

YouTube algorithms serve up violent gun-related content to kids playing video games: study

The Texas Shooter Reportedly Wore A Patch Popular With Far-Right Groups

News Corp. hires Resolution

Big Tech-funded groups try to kill bills to protect children online

Facebook was the main donor to a group that fought antitrust reforms in 2020 and 2021

Cost to keep 128 Ohio inmates on death row tops $100 million: Ohio Capitol Letter

Microsoft President Says Wagner Group, Russian Intel Infiltrating Gaming Communities

Milicias supremacistas de EU invaden territorio mexicano y organizan ataques por Facebook

J.D. Vance’s ‘Big Tech’ Plan Conveniently Makes More Money for J.D. Vance

The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin

‘It’s an especially bad time’: Tech layoffs are hitting ethics and safety teams

Should Google really be funding academia?

Misinformation fuels false hopes among migrants after deadly fire in Mexico

How the Right’s “Open Borders” Myth Might Be Fueling the Migration Crisis

Academics backing Google in Supreme Court case have personally benefited from tech giant

When Silicon Valley Libertarians Realized They Needed the Government, and Vice Versa

Could the 2024 Election Bring a Resurgence of Political Violence?

The Boogaloo Bois Are Plotting a Bloody Comeback: ‘We Will Go to War’

'We will go to war': Boogaloo Bois regrouping to seek vengeance for Mar-a-Lago raid

Tech companies make it harder to find abortion information online

Share the Hate: Terrorist Content Thrives on Facebook

Keeping Score: Governors Band Together to Support Abortion; Anti-Abortion Ads Target Low-Income Women

Borderless Vigilantism: The Nativist US Militias Entering Mexico

Facebook is inadvertently fostering terrorist activity

Big Tech Leveraging Its Big Money to Combat Legal Challenges

Facebook Auto-Created Hundreds Of Pages For ISIS, Al Qaeda, Study Finds

Irregular migration in the time of counter-smuggling

Google tries to ‘astroturf’ the Supreme Court

Baldwin Calls on Meta to Confront Drug Trafficking, Human Smuggling on Platforms

Facebook Auto-Created Pages for ISIS and Al-Qaeda

Bob Menéndez y otros cinco senadores instan a Mark Zuckerberg a combatir el tráfico de drogas y de personas, especialmente en América Latina

The 'Noble Lie' lives on

U.S. Senators Urge Meta To Combat Drug And Human Trafficking

From Poland to Florida, women’s rights are being crushed

The "Noble Lie" Lives On in Crisis Pregnancy Centers As They Rake In Millions

The Poorer You Are, the More Likely You Are to See Anti-Abortion Ads, Thanks to Google

Audible reckoning: How top political podcasters spread unsubstantiated and false claims

Google pushes fake abortion clinic ads to lower-income women, report says

Class Act: Google targeting poor US women, not rich ones, with anti-abortion ads

Google helps anti-choice crusaders abuse women - especially poor ones

Google targets women with low income with ads for anti-abortion clinics

Google Targets Low-Income People With Ads for 'Fake Abortion Clinics': Study

Jordan Peterson's daughter says the pill is to blame for men leaving the workforce

Google targets low-income US women with ads for anti-abortion pregnancy centers, study shows

DoJ and FBI begin probe into Snapchat's role in fentanyl deaths

Violent border militia groups still run wild on Facebook despite policy banning extremist missions

Grupos de milicias fronterizas difunden información errónea sobre inmigrantes en Facebook

Texas border militia groups spreading anti-migrant conspiracy theories on Facebook, report says

Civil rights associations sound the alarm about civilian militias operating along the Sonora-Arizona border

Exclusive: Border militia groups are using Facebook to recruit, promote themselves, report finds

One-Third of US Congressmen Got Cash From Crypto Exchanges

Senator Grassley Questions IPA Authority, Ex-Google CEO’s Influence

“An A+ Score for an F- Job”: Updating The Facebook Timeline of Scandal and Strife

Former Google CEO linked to funding White House tech jobs

See our most striking original illustrations and photography of the year

MDMA Is Getting Super Popular Among Rich, Young Indians

Driving Force - Automotive Supply Chains and Forced Labor in the Uyghur Region

Apps at Risk - Apple's Censorship and Compromises in Hong Kong

Former Google CEO Is Quietly Bankrolling Dozens Of White House Jobs

Ex-Google boss helps fund dozens of jobs in Biden’s administration

23 major brands suspected of illegally sourcing products made by forced labor in China

“Nos siguen invadiendo por miles”: los grupos privados de Facebook que promueven la xenofobia en México y EEUU

Challenges And Solutions For Immigration Disinformation

Facebook Reverses Policy on Human Trafficking Posts

Elon Musk’s Twitter will create a toxic ripple effect across social media

How to Avoid Student Loan Forgiveness Scams

Apple warned not to ‘nuke’ Twitter in free speech row with Musk

Google Urged by US Lawmakers to Fix Misleading Abortion Ads

Your Google Searches Are Quietly Evolving. Here’s What’s Next

Did drugs, fake money and office 'sleepovers' cause crypto's $32bn blow-up?

Watchdog Finds Flourishing Black Market on Facebook for Fraudulent Ad Accounts

Billionaires’ Favorite Social Media; Facebook’s Political Black Market; Google’s Privacy Fine

A Platform ‘Weaponized’: How YouTube Spreads Harmful Content – And What Can Be Done About It

Facebook Has A Thriving Black Market Of Fraudulent Ad Accounts, Passports And Driver’s Licenses

All the US midterm-related lies to expect when you're electing.

Officials warn of spike in scams related to Biden student loan forgiveness plan

An open door to hate: Meta approves ads containing far-right hate speech in Norwegian

Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Meta Was a Risky Investment Long Before the Metaverse

US Lawmakers Probe SEC, Treasury, Federal Reserve Over Revolving Door With Crypto Industry

Gun Sellers Are Still Advertising on Facebook, Despite Meta Policy

Se revela cómo coyotes y estafadores están usando TikTok para incitar el cruce ilegal por la frontera de EE.UU.

Group says gun ads on Facebook violate the company’s policies 

Checking the Crypto Lobby

Lawmakers Launch Inquiry Over Revolving Door Between Financial Regulators, Crypto Firms

Hillicon Valley — Disinformation effort targets US ahead of midterms

US lawmakers express concern over crypto firms hiring former government officials

Meta's Rules Prohibiting Firearm Accessory Advertisements Aren't Always Working

Elizabeth Warren, AOC Warn of Revolving Door as Government Officials Flock to Crypto Industry

Facebook’s rules ban promoting weapons. Some gun sellers are running ads anyway.

¿Cómo operan los coyotes en TikTok para atraer migrantes?

Elizabeth Warren, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Target Crypto’s Revolving Door

Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, along with other progressives, are warning regulators about former federal officials who have taken crypto industry startup jobs.

Dems Press Regulators On 'Revolving Door' Of Crypto Jobs

Lawmakers Question Revolving Door Between Government and Crypto Industry

Sen. Elizabeth Warren seeks clarity from regulators about crypto hiring stance

Crypto's Revolving Door

The U.K.'s communications regulator issues its first report on video services

Revealed: how coyotes and scammers use TikTok to sell migrants the American dream

Watch out for student loan forgiveness scam attempts, President Biden warns

Media and tech companies still aren’t doing enough to police non-English language misinformation

Fake Canadian visa program circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp

Migrants targeted in Canadian immigration scam on Facebook

Meta Allegedly Failed to Stop a Months Long Canadian Immigration Scam Targeting Migrants

Health-Care Workers Are Swamped Again, This Time With Angry Calls From Podcast Listeners

Facebook continues to autogenerate pages for Proud Boys, other extremist groups

Student loan forgiveness: 4 tips for avoiding scams while waiting on relief

OK, Google: Why are you still pointing women at fake abortion clinics?

Google Ads Still Linking to Misleading Info in Abortion Searches

Google Is Still Failing to Label Many Ads From Anti-Abortion Centers

Immigrants are falling prey to social media

Apple’s Quietly Funding an ‘Astroturf Lobbying Group’ Claiming to Represent App Developers

YouTube’s ‘Not Interested’ Button Barely Works – Report

Waiting for loan forgiveness, borrowers are targets for scammers

Pages for Terrorists and Extremists are Created on Facebook

YouTube, Meta will expand policies, research to fight online extremism

Tech Firms Promise to Address Hate and Extremism, Again

Immigrants Keep Getting Lied To By Human Smugglers On Platforms Like Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok

New Report Shows Boogaloo Boi Militia Growing on Facebook

Companies linked to Uyghur forced labor

Scams Increasing Following Biden’s Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Decision

Boogaloo on Facebook, Kiwi Farms and police in the Oath Keepers: Explaining the week in extremism

Climate and Energy Implications Of Crypto-Assets In The United States

New report on extremist group shows alarming penetration of civic institutions

Extremist Boogaloo Bois back on Facebook since Mar-a-Lago raid as anger toward feds mounts

Violent extremist movement ‘boogaloo bois’ reemerges on Facebook: report

Monitor warns far-right Boogaloo Bois movement 'creeping back' on to Facebook

INSIGHT-Low-carbon bitcoin? Crypto miners' green power talk angers Texas locals

Facebook’s White Supremacist Problem

White nationalism, fueled by social media, is on the rise and attracting violent young white men

Echoing US, the UK government goes all in on migrant surveillance

Opinion - Is Facebook profiting off hate? It’s complicated.

Recognizing orthorexia: the unofficial eating disorder that takes clean and healthy eating too far

Apple Sidelines Jamf For Greater Market Share

Facebook Profits From White Supremacy: New Report Exposes How The Tech Giant Cashes In On Hate

Meta’s Latin America expansion ‘a boon to human smugglers’

Warning: Apple 'could very easily' cripple Jamf

Smaller Advertisers More at Risk as Facebook Works to Delete Hate Speech

Mar-a-Lago search; conspiracy theories; Ohio man killed: The world of extremism this week

Naomi Nix, who covers social media for the Post, reports on a new study from the Tech Transparency Project, a nonprofit watchdog group, finding that dozens of white-supremacist organizations still have a presence on Facebook, even though Facebook has pledged to ban such content.

As US aids semiconductor industry, billionaire-backed tech fund enters spotlight

Facebook In The Spotlight As New Study Finds It Served Ads On Searches Linked To White Supremacist Groups

Hillicon Valley — Report says Meta profits from hate groups

Facebook Under Fire

Facebook profits from ads on searches for hate group pages: report

FTC vacancy may show how forcefully Republicans will target tech giants

Immigrants are Falling Prey to Social Media

Facebook ran ads on searches for white supremacist groups, report finds

Facebook Under Fire — A new report finds that despite Facebook’s ban on white nationalism, more than a hundred pages and groups with ties to white supremacist/hate groups remain on the platform, WaPo’s Naomi Nix scooped.

Facebook still has trouble removing white supremacists, study says

Facebook monetizes searches for its hate group pages

Report: White supremacist groups still on Facebook, Meta profits from their presence

Nebraska abortion case shows how Facebook and other tech companies may be weaponized to police women’s bodies

Facebook bans hate speech but still makes money from white supremacists

Texas Bitcoin Miners Making Millions Selling Electricity Back to the State

How do immigrants navigate misinformation when traveling to the United States?

Apple tells suppliers to use 'Taiwan, China' or 'Chinese Taipei' to appease Beijing

Crypto firms failed to deliver 'promised benefits' from lawmaker-backed incentives, says nonprofit

The Jan. 6 hearings are spotlighting social media’s white supremacy problem

Fueled by virtually unrestricted social media access, white nationalism is on the rise and attracting violent young white men

Migrants entrust their lives to "radio bemba", Facebook and WhatsApp to challenge the US

In Texas, a strained grid braces for more crypto mining

How Facebook Helped Turn a Santa Cruz County Veteran Into a Cop Killer

Pandemic leaves victims of human trafficking more vulnerable

Migrants Receive Dangerous Misinformation on Social Media on the Way to the US

"Coyotes" scam migrants by Facebook and WhatsApp, and plunge them into a spiral of risk

“He could not get there”: Honduran fears that his brother died in his attempt to cross into the US

Human traffickers give wrong information to illegal immigrants, says US agency

U.S.-bound migrants fed misinformation about border crossing, per watchdog

The Coyote Cartel: The Criminal Merger for a $13 Billion Border Business

Human smugglers often target migrants with misinformation on social media: watchdog

Human smugglers peddle misinformation to US-bound migrants on Facebook, watchdog says

Primero en CNN: los traficantes de personas ofrecen información errónea a los migrantes que llegan a Estados Unidos a través de Facebook, según un organismo de control

Roe v. Wade: Google location history of women remains vulnerable. YouTube to censor false videos on abortion

‘Dudes I offed a fed’: Inside a far-right militia member’s plan to start civil war from the Bay Area

Google Under Lens Over Promise to Protect User Location Data, Again

Student Loan Debt Relief Scams

Can the fragile Texas power grid handle a cryptomining gold rush?

Google under scrutiny over pledge to protect abortion location data

I Was Wrong About Facebook

Amazon is Reducing its Private Label Products, Which May Be Made Using Forced Uyghur Labor

An analysis of Google search results found that those seeking information about student loans were being served advertisements offering questionable or outright scam services to borrowers.

Scams Lurk in Ads on Google Searches for Student Loan Relief

Scammers Are Using Google Ads to Target Students Seeking Loan Relief

"We are writing to you to urge you to address design discriminations experienced by TikTok’s younger users to ensure that all young users can have a safe and private experience on the platform."

Children’s rights groups call out TikTok’s ‘design discrimination’

The Debate That Could Blow Up the Big Tech Legislative Crackdown

Don’t let Facebook off the hook for Jan. 6

Facebook’s Broken Promises

Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act requires Apple to prove that it doesn’t use forced labor

Social media is rife with skin-whitening products. But little is being done to regulate the market

Crypto’s aggressive bid for more DC firepower

Big Tech Has a New Antitrust Nemesis: John Oliver

Facebook fails to police human smugglers sneaking migrant into US, report finds

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s new investment fund deepens his ties to national security interests

Woman Sues Meta, Claiming Instagram Gave Her an Eating Disorder

Instagram’s Illegal Drug Problem: An Open Door To Ecstasy for Teens

Bipartisan crypto regulatory overhaul would treat most digital assets as commodities under CFTC oversight

A multimillion-dollar campaign is pushing Dems to ditch antitrust reform

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Multimillion-Dollar Game

The Dispute Over Forced Labor Is Redefining the Entire US-China Relationship

Apple linked to anti-climate policy lobbying groups

Group calls out Apple’s ties with trade associations ‘stalling’ climate change action

Report calls out Apple’s membership in trade groups ‘stalling’ climate efforts

Apple's green image sullied by trade association memberships

Crypto libertarians are learning the reason for regulations

Dealers disguise drug deals with emojis

Facebook is still struggling to remove videos of the Buffalo mass shooting

Facebook Won't Unfriend The Disinfo Playbook Because It's Using The Disinfo Playbook

New Research Highlights Instagram Failed To Restrict Drug-Related Content From Young Teens

Buffalo gunman’s video is surfacing on Facebook, sometimes with ads beside it.

The Enduring Afterlife of a Mass Shooting’s Livestream Online

Facebook funds shadowy lobbying group behind op-eds, ads opposing calls for more regulation: report

Instagram is the new El Dorado for drug dealers, buying drugs has never been easier

Meta Donated $4 Million to a Supposedly ‘Grassroots’ Lobbying Firm to Fight Antitrust Bills on Its Behalf

Blue Star registers retroactively for Burisma work

Facebook quietly bankrolled small, grass-roots groups to fight its battles in Washington

Inside Facebook's political advocacy group

Crypto industry wields its influence in Washington after pouring over $30 million into campaigns

Teens On Instagram Can Still Easily Access Illegal Drugs, New Research Shows

How impact of extremist views on social media may have influenced Buffalo mass shooter

Militias Still Have a Safe Space on YouTube

If Elon Musk restores Trump's Twitter account, it could pave the way for other platforms to do the same

YouTube Kids shows videos promoting drug culture and firearms to toddlers

Militia Violent Extremists in the United States: Understanding the Evolution of the Threat

San Francisco Bay Area police catch 15-year-old buying LSD online

More “Terrifying” Enforcement Please

Bezos goes after Musk on China — but they both have dealings there

The drug dealer lurking inside your kid's phone

Obama calls for tech regulation to combat disinformation on social media

Opinion: Lawmakers shouldn’t get taken in by the crypto lobbying blitz

Lobbyists jump to the blockchain

Fed turns to private sector to beef up tech staff

Amazon Bans Several Twitch Accounts For Spreading Russian Propaganda

Biden Must Block Crypto’s Access to the Revolving Door

Canadian watchdog asked to probe allegations that imports made with forced labour in China

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott cozies up to Big Tech while scorning social media

Regulator Moves to Crypto World as JST Hires From NY Fed

Amazon’s Twitch bans some channels after researchers find pro-Russia propaganda

Instagram's Parental Controls May Carry Risk of Misuse

Google billionaire Eric Schmidt denies channeling money into Biden's science office, directly paying staff salaries and having 'undue influence' on policy

A Google billionaire's fingerprints are all over Biden's science office

Lobbyists continue to peddle lies about digital currencies as big money flexes in Washington

How do algorithms influence me when I use social networks?

Gooden hits Meta's 'woefully inadequate' response on policies

Report: Apple uses 'bullying tactics' to defend its trademark

Crypto Aims to Boost Influence With Washington Hires

The internet’s meth underground, hidden in plain sight

Apps and Oranges: Behind Apple’s ‘Bullying’ on Trademarks

China in congressional crosshairs for support to Russia

Amazon suppliers linked to forced labour camps in China

Amazon suppliers reportedly have ties to forced labor camps in China

Amazon Basics and Essentials products are being made using forced labour, report claims

Social Media Drug Dealers II: Are Snapchat And IG Really Protecting Teens?

Amazon accused of using suppliers linked to forced labour; Better.com reportedly firing 4k staff; e-scooter sales surge in India

Watchdog: Amazon still working with Chinese firms accused of using forced labor

Watchdog Group Says Amazon Linked To Uyghur Forced Labor In China

Amazon is reportedly using Chinese suppliers with ties to forced labor

Amazon suppliers linked to forced labor in China, watchdog group says

Crypto industry seeks to educate, influence US lawmakers as it faces increasing regulation

Ukraine crisis puts D.C. crypto lobby in hot seat

Watchdog groups call on FTC to revisit Trump-era ethics calls

Recent Lobbying, Ethics & Campaign Finance Updates

Right-wing militias are evading Facebook bans by posting on trucker convoy pages

Banned Militias Are Sneaking Back on Facebook to Grift Off the DC Trucker Convoy

The Convergence of Illicit Networks on Social Media: the Human Smuggling-Drug Trafficking Nexus

Big Tech and China, Inc. Rejoice in DOJ Draft SEP Policy Statement and FTC Speech

Disinformation, Radicalization, and Algorithmic Amplification: What Steps Can Congress Take?

Crypto industry masters Washington's 'revolving door' as its influence grows

Crypto Industry Masters Washington’s ‘Revolving Door’ as Its Influence Grows

As the Fed considers minting the first digital dollar, it is tapping experts from a crypto company with a stake in the outcome

Ex-Government Officials Flock to Crypto Through Private Sector Revolving Door

Instagram Users’ Access to Black-Market Drugs Is ‘Horrifying’

Snapchat fights drug dealing on app amid surge in youth overdose deaths

Snapchat is cracking down on drug dealers

Instagram’s hidden drug market for teens is out of control

Hawley demands Zuckerberg answer for 'horrifying' report about Instagram and underage drug use

Diversity questions delay DOJ antitrust hiring

Facebook Backpedals Wednesday on Reducing Political Content

Bill aimed at Google, Apple app store profits fails again

On the anniversary of January 6 social media platforms are on high alert

Facebook 'Actively Monitoring Threats' Ahead of 1/6 Will 'Respond Accordingly'

Does banning extremists online work? It depends.

Right-Wing Calls to Celebrate Jan. 6 Anniversary Draw a Muted Response

Who will regulate the regulators? Big Tech and their influence on government policy

Did Facebook play a role in spreading information before the Jan. 6 attack? @katielpaul, Director at @TTP_updates, shares her findings with @chanceseales.

D.C. Is Hiring Ex-Googlers Despite Chilly Silicon Valley Relations

Here's how US lawmakers could finally rein in Facebook

Role of Facebook, Twitter, and mainstream social media in uniting Jan. 6 extremists

Groundbreaking Lawsuit Alleges That Facebook Bears Responsibility for Murder of Slain Federal Officer

Silicon Valley Won’t Own Up to Its China Problem

Josh Hawley: Instagram Users’ Access to Black-Market Drugs Is ‘Horrifying’

Killed by a pill bought on Snapchat: the counterfeit drugs poisoning US teens

Research Shows Instagram Promotes Eating Disorder Content. Here’s What to Do About It.

America's Greatest Disruptors: Paradigm Shifters

It's just two clicks to connect with a drug dealer on Instagram and by contrast, if you're using the app, it takes five clicks to actually log out.

Report: Pills available for sale to kids on Instagram

Instagram head Mosseri to face questions about child safety in Senate hearing

DARK WEB How Instagram is making it EASIER for teens to buy drugs online – hidden codewords revealed

Instagram offers 'drug pipeline' to kids, tech advocacy group claims

Here’s How Instagram Fails To Protect People At Risk For Eating Disorders From Pro-Anorexia Messaging

Instagram Unveils New Features to Show Everyone It Really Cares About Teens’ Mental Health

Ahead of the head of Instagram testifying before Congress today the tech advocacy group @TTP_updates details how it found a "drug pipeline" for kids on the platform.

Instagram announced that it's rolling out new features aimed a tackling youth mental health issues. @KristinaParts breaks down the changes.

Instagram makes it easy for teens to find drugs, report finds

Instagram's algorithm directly connects teens to 'drug dealers selling everything from opioids to party drugs,' researchers say

Inside Tim Cook’s Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities

Instagram pushes drug content to teens

Report finds Instagram makes it easy for teens to find drugs online

Facebook responsible for promoting human smuggling

Facebook parent Meta to end targeted ads on ‘sensitive’ categories

Facebook bans ads targeting race, sexual orientation and religion

Meta plans to remove thousands of sensitive ad-targeting categories.

Apple fights shareholder call for more transparency on forced labour

Facebook whistleblower documents offer new revelations about Jan. 6 response

Report: YouTube filter bubble is worse for Fox viewers

Facebook Increasingly Suppresses Political Movements It Deems Dangerous

DOJ urged to investigate Facebook's 'facilitation' of human trafficking, illegal immigration

Arizona AG calls for DOJ to probe Facebook after it says users can share info on how to enter US illegally

DNI’s DNA: Where Is Google’s Money in European Media?

Tech giants beef up controls as misinformation fury sparks calls for tougher regulation

Facebook’s harm to young women shouldn’t be a surprise

Facebook whistleblower testifies platform has "not earned the right to just have blind trust in them"

Seven Apple suppliers linked to Chinese forced labor programs

Report: Social media playing a role in fueling migration crisis on border

The Biggest Scandals To Hit Facebook

Sen. Mike Lee: Facebook not being ‘adequately vigilant’ in protecting kids from harmful content

Senator asks Facebook CEO to answer questions on teen safety

‘Unchecked’ social media platforms fueling migration crisis on border, industry experts say

Whistleblower confirms that Facebook intentionally profits from sowing social chaos

Protesters Descend On Apple Store, Blast Production In China Over Uyghur Genocide

Activists want Apple import ban over forced labor

Complaint Asks US Customs to Ban Apple Product Imports Over Use of Forced Labor

Exclusive: Group seeks import ban on Apple gear over forced labor

Texan tied to 'boogaloo' sentenced to 50 years in prison

An Inconvenient Genocide Why we don’t know more about the Uyghurs

Apple organized 'aggressive' lobbying campaign to counter prohibitive App Store legislation

How Apple and Google killed an Arizona bill aimed at their app store profits

Eight Things Apple Could Do to Prove It Actually Cares About App Store Users

Texas Anti-Mask ‘Freedom Rally’ Organizer Fighting For His Life With COVID-19

Apple wants to scan iCloud to protect kids, can't even keep them safe in its own App Store – report

Apple allows children to access casual-sex and BDSM apps, finds report

Apple Promotes Hookup Apps to Children Report Finds

Apple is Not Doing Enough to Protect Children Against Ault Content on App Store, Watchdog Says

Why brands don’t get today’s teens

Campaign against targeted ad spills over the DMA amid business concerns

On behalf of ParentsTogether, a community of over 2.5 million parents across the United States we are writing regarding Apple’s failure to prevent kids from accessing casual sex and stranger chat apps that can be a haven for predators, as revealed in the Tech Transparency Project’s new report: “​​Apple’s App Store Loopholes Put Children at Risk.”

Apple’s Unsavory Lobbying; Musk’s Autopilot Dream Is Still Far Off

How the Apple lobbying machine took on Georgia, and won

Militia Groups are actively spreading vaccine disinformation on Facebook : TTP Investigation

A new report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) says violent militia groups are the main spreaders of vaccine misinformation on Facebook, and the social network seems to have constantly dropped the ball on this front.

Despite @Facebook’s vows to crack down on both U.S.based violent militias and vaccine misinformation, a new report finds that militias’ FB pages are awash in vaccine conspiracies.

Facebook Is Helping Militias Spread Vaccine Disinformation and Calling Them ‘Experts’

FTC faces deadline in Facebook antitrust suit

Big Tech companies ramp up spending on political influence groups

Human Smugglers Are Luring Pregnant Women to the Border With Lies on Facebook

How one woman helped force Facebook to create a policy for dealing with militia groups

WhatsApp attacks Apple’s child safety ‘surveillance’ despite government acclaim

Opinion: The Arizona ‘audit’ is a big problem. Online disinformation will make it worse.

Media profits can’t come at the expense of Latinx and immigrant lives

Facebook to Limit How Advertisers Can Target Teens

Facebook Approved Alcohol and Gambling Ads Targeting Teens

Opinion: Biden had it right the first time. Facebook is killing people

Kingston-Ulster Airport now operated by members of former Google CEO's investment group

Under pressure after the Capitol riot, self-styled militias are regrouping around anti-vaxx conspiracy theories

Facebook saw signs of violence ahead of the Capitol riot, but was too scared to bring it up with Trump, book says

Facebook Wants a Monopoly on Human Connection

How Facebook And Big Tech Wage Publicity Wars Through Close Ties With Small Businesses

Arizona AG wants answers from Facebook over reports of smugglers using platform to get migrants into US

Google is giving Britons incorrect advice through its Covid-19 'common questions' feature, advising users that they can stop self-isolating when NHS rules say the opposite, report warns

Emails show Biden campaign thought Facebook didn't do enough to address election lies @donie reports

Apple Lets Children Access Sex Apps, Investigation Finds

Human smugglers are using Facebook to find customers

WATCH: Human smugglers are using Facebook to connect with migrants looking to cross the border into the U.S, a new report finds.

SCATHING report shows how Facebook enables human trafficking at the US border

How Facebook is fueling the border crisis by failing to close down dozens of groups offering passage into the US for as little as $1,700 and showcasing glowing testimonials

A new report says that Facebook has become the preferred platform for smugglers, or socalled coyotes, and the desperate migrants they prey on.

Pastor battles human smugglers on Facebook

Apple's Chinese wind power partner linked to Uyghur forced labor programs

Some Apple suppliers in China are reportedly saying they won't hire minorities like Uyghur Muslims in job postings

Apple's Chinese wind power partner linked to Uyghur forced labor programs

Some Apple Suppliers in China Tell Ethnic Minorities: Don’t Bother Applying For Jobs

YouTube is losing its fight against fake news about vaccines

The Conservatives Out to Stop the New Bipartisan Antitrust Movement

Experts: Cartels recruit migrants through social networks in exchange for "safe travel" to the US

Tim Cook Is Not a Hypocrite

EGD: Silicon Valley residents must help ban surveillance advertising

The Facebook Oversight Board Is itself an Information Operation

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Buck Demands Answers On Apple’s Relationship With Companies Accused Of Using Forced Labor

Apple Slams Georgia Election Law While Relying on Chinese Slave Labor

Apple suppliers linked to Uyghur forced labor in new report

7 Apple suppliers in China have links to forced labor programs, including the use of Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang, according to a new report

Multiple Apple Suppliers Accused of Using Forced Uyghur Labor

World Wide Weapon - Democracy cries out for policy solutions to tech-fueled extremism

A TTP study found Facebook approved ads for kids 13-17 overtly pushing content like pills, anorexia, and alcohol— positioning Facebook to profit from harmful messages aimed at a highly vulnerable age group.

The first migrant camp of the Biden era, more business for the coyotes

Cammack Letter To Facebook On Cartel Ads

Facebook Allows Drug Ads to Target Teens, Activists Say

Facebook Says It Inadvertently Restricted A Hashtag. Now It Needs To Tell Us Exactly How And Why

Facebook and the Normalization of Deviance

Big Tech Companies Fund Groups That Host FTC Republicans

Facebook Knows It Was Used To Help Incite The Capitol Insurrection

A National Policy Blueprint To End White Supremacist Violence

"100% safe crossing" to the US: this is how coyotes look for clients on Facebook

Report: Human smugglers increasingly use Facebook to advertise services on the US-Mexico border

Facebook spent $23 million for CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s security in 2020

Why Don’t Social Media Tackle Fake News and Radicalisation?

Despite A Ban, Facebook Continued To Label People As Interested In Militias For Advertisers

Content Moderation Is A Losing Battle. Infrastructure Companies Should Refuse to Join the Fight

Tech Faces a Year of Scrutiny and Change

Mark Zuckerberg claimed the reason Facebook keeps showing up in Capitol riot lawsuits is because it's really helpful to police

Zuckerberg Dodges Responsibility For Capitol Siege In Congressional Hearing

Right-wing militias continue to recruit and organise on Facebook, watchdog report finds

There’s a 7-Foot Cutout of Mark Zuckerberg Dressed as the QAnon Shaman in Front of Congress

Facebook has been autogenerating pages for white supremacists

Hundreds of militia groups still using Facebook to recruit and promote violence: report

Katie Paul, Director of the Tech Transparency Project, discusses House hearing on social media’s role in extremism, misinformation

Militias Still Recruiting On Facebook Demonstrates The Impossibility Of Content Moderation At Scale

Militia groups are having a field day on Facebook

Hundreds Of Far-Right Militias Are Still Organizing, Recruiting, And Promoting Violence On Facebook

Facebook helping spread militia content, report alleges

Three Questions for Mark Zuckerberg

Tai takes charge at USTR

One Tech-Funded University Helped Shape FTC’s Hands-Off Approach

23 House Dems ask Facebook about role of weapons ads in wake of Jan. 6 insurrection

Big Tech Targets DC With a Digital Charm Offensive

Facebook moves to scale down political content

Corporate Greed and Slave Labor

Facebook will temporarily show less political content to some users

Senate urged to probe surge in cases of online abuse, exploitation of Filipino children

Facebook to scale back political content for some users

Poll: Majority Of Republicans, Some Democrats Would Join New Party Led By Donald Trump

After Fueling A Genocide, Facebook Is Taking A Stand Against A Myanmar Coup

Pro-Trump ‘Patriot Party’ grows on Facebook...despite openly violating the platform’s policies

'Patriot Party' Trump supporter groups grow rapidly on Facebook: study

Facebook Workers Warned About Hateful Groups Well Before Capitol Riot

Facebook Sees Rapid Surge In Patriot Party Groups, Study Finds

How to Counter White Supremacist Extremists Online

Facebook Ad Services Let Anyone Target US Military Personnel

Facebook Will Permanently Stop Promoting Political Groups

Lawmaker Questions Facebook on Broken Election-Related Promise

Amazon’s offering to help Biden’s vaccine push. There may be a reason why.

What went wrong with Cyberpunk 2077?

Facebook execs shrug off culpability for role in providing organizing platform for Capitol siege

Social media giants grilled on hate content

State Department says China's repression of Uighurs is 'genocide'

McConnell blames Trump for Jan. 6

“If They Won’t Hear Us, They Will Fear Us”: How The Capitol Assault Was Planned On Facebook

Some pro-Trump extremists used Facebook to plan Capitol attack, report finds

Facebook bans ads for gun accessories ahead of Biden inauguration

Facebook will temporarily stop showing ads for gun accessories and military gear.

Facebook Said It Would Pause US Ads For Gun Accessories And Military Gear After Complaints

'Stop the steal' groups hide in plain sight on Facebook

100 days of warning: inside the Boogaloo killings of US security personnel

On @CNN @b_fung discusses TTP's findings regarding Facebook's weapons gear ads pushed to far-right users.

Big advertisers slash Facebook spending after Capitol attack

Connecticut probing Amazon's ebook deals with publishers

Connecticut investigating Amazon's e-book business

Connecticut is investigating Amazon’s practices in the e-books market.

Connecticut probes Amazon's digital books business for anti-competitive behavior

Apple bitten by Uighur ‘forced labour’ claims

Deplatforming is working—for now

There’s a history of white supremacists interpreting government leaders’ words as encouragement

There’s a history of white supremacists interpreting government leaders’ words as encouragement

Apple could cut, or raise, executive bonuses by 10% based on their performance on environmental and social issues in 2021

ProTrump ‘Patriot Party’ grows on Facebook...despite openly violating the platform’s policies

Facebook takes a stand against Myanmar’s coup

Why Don’t Social Media Tackle Fake News and Radicalisation? Because it Would Be Bad for Business.

Seven Apple suppliers linked to Chinese forced labor programs

SEC blocks Apple's bid to stop shareholders from addressing forced labor

Apple executes New Year's Eve apps purge in China

Apple reportedly took years to drop a supplier that used underage labor

Apple enables China's human rights abuses

iPhone workers given choice of forced labor or being sent to detention centers, says report

New Report Claims Apple Supplier Uses Forced Labor in China

A major Apple supplier is reportedly using forced labor from thousands of Uighur workers to make glass for iPhones

Apple Supplier ‘Lens Technology’ Used Forced Uighur Labor

Apple, Amazon, Tesla supplier accused of using Chinese forced labor; Apple rejects claim

Apple, Amazon and Tesla supplier accused of using forced labor

Apple’s longtime supplier accused of using forced labor in China

Apple’s China App Store Sheds Videogames as Beijing Tightens Internet Control

Pornhub Isn't the Problem. That Won't Stop the Politicized Crusade Against It.

Katie Paul, who heads the Tech Transparency Project, helps to uncover what tech companies are doing behind the scenes.

Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China

For well over a decade, Facebook has lured in users with promises of privacy. At the same time, the company has maximized its profits by granting third parties access to its vast troves of user data.

The pro-Trump ‘Stop the Steal’ movement is still growing on Facebook

Facebook shuts down massive group pushing false election-fraud claims

Facebook under fire for boosting right-wing news sources and throttling progressive alternatives

How Facebook and Google Buy Off the Press

Facebook Continues To Host Militant Groups And Ads Despite A Ban On Right-Wing Extremism

Facebook keeps promising to banish far-right extremists, yet militias continue to thrive there

VICE TV's Fringe Nation explores how America's modern militia movements are growing.

Zuckerberg: Holocaust Denial Is Bad Now

Even After The Plot To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer, Michigan Militant Groups Continue To Thrive On Facebook

As Facebook struggles to fight misinformation ahead of the 2020 elections, Google is escaping the spotlight

Lawsuit claims Boogaloo Facebook page promoted misinformation that may have led to Kenosha protest deaths

Far-right extremists pose rising threat in North Texas around election, FBI’s Dallas office says

Facebook sees uptick in Proud Boys content after presidential debate

Facebook's CrowdTangle Tool is not effective when it comes to monitoring misinformation: Tech Transparency Project

Proud Boys Portland rally largely peaceful but clashes downtown

Facebook Tool Faulted for Lapses in Finding Voter Misinformation

Lawsuit Asks Court to Force Facebook to Ban Militia Posts in Wake of Kenosha Shooting

TikTok proposes coalition with other social apps to curb harmful content

"Unless there’s true accountability and real oversight, democracy will not survive @Facebook."

Report highlights blindspots in Facebook's fight against voting misinformation

FinCEN: Why gold in your phone could be funding drug gangs

U.S. plays paper tiger in tech cold war against TikTok

Facebook Needs Trump Even More Than Trump Needs Facebook

Portland Proud Boys Rally Promoted On Facebook Pages Despite Extremist Ban

Online bans fail to silence US extremists drawn to protests

Facebook banned violent militia groups. We still found plenty of them on its platform.

Facebook Deliberately Ignored Militia Groups As They Plotted Kenosha Violence

As Trump attacks voting by mail, his campaign is promoting it on Facebook

A militia group posted a 'call to arms' on Facebook. Now two people in Kenosha are dead.

Facebook’s Joel Kaplan: The man in the crosshairs

Etats-Unis : les "Boogaloo Boys", ces militants extrémistes qui appellent à la guerre civile

Facebook had a very unsuccessful week in its fight against misinformation and hate speech

'Boogaloo’ extremism continues to thrive on Facebook while the company dismisses critics

The Technology 202: Kamala Harris is already facing online attacks in her bid for the vice presidency

Top Facebook Official: Our Aim Is To Make Lying On The Platform 'More Difficult'

Boogaloo Groups Have Returned To Facebook Despite Supposed Crackdown

Facebook Has Failed To Expunge 'Boogaloo' Extremists, Report Claims

Facebook still hosts boogaloo extremist groups, report finds

The Boogaloo Bois Are All Over Facebook

Far-Right Boogaloo Movement Evaded Facebook Ban In Pretty Much One Single Day

Watchdog report finds Facebook has failed to weed out 'boogaloo' extremists

Apple CEO Tim Cook says he won't tolerate modern slavery, but @Apple "has imported clothes – probably uniforms for staff in stores – from a company facing US sanctions over forced labor at a subsidiary" in China’s Xinjiang," where Uighurs are persecuted.

Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions

Big Tech Isn’t Censoring Donald Trump

A new report suggests Facebook fired an employee for calling out pro-right wing bias

Trump Campaign Says Silicon Valley 'Terrified' of Conservative Voices After Instagram Bug Silenced Potential Criticism of President

The Making of a Boogaloo Boi

Is Instagram biased towards Trump? Facebook-owned firm blames 'bug' for promoting negative hashtags about Biden while HIDING same ones about the President

Instagram 'bug' reportedly favors Trump campaign content over Biden

A “Bug” In Instagram's Hashtags Has Been Favoring Donald Trump

Instagram 'bug' heavily favored Trump content over Biden for months

Instagram insists 'bug' that negatively affected Joe Biden was 'not partisan'

Instagram disables related hashtags feature after bug that appeared to favor Trump

Instagram’s hashtag searches gave Trump better treatment than Biden

Adam Schiff accuses social media companies of misinformation negligence

The Technology 202: Republicans poised to reignite claims of political bias at big tech hearing

Follow the Money: How Digital Ads Subsidize the Worst of the Web

Texas Is Investigating Facebook for Harvesting Biometric Data from Users

Exclusive: Texas AG probing Facebook over biometric data

Texas AG Investigating Facebook’s Biometric Data Collection: Report

States probe Apple for potential consumer protection violation

Media union presses for changes to Paycheck Protection Program rules

Exclusive: Apple faces multi-state consumer protection probe

Apple Faces Deceptive Trade Practices Probe by Multiple U.S. States: Document

Apple -4%, facing consumer protection probe - Axios

The Conservative Inc. To Big Tech Pipeline

Star Critic of Big Tech Has Side Gig Working for Amazon, Apple

Congressional candidate's big idea gained traction one day after he died

Why former Google CEO Eric Schmidt hosted annual secret summits

Did you know Eric Schmidt hosts a hand-selected group of people in Big Sky, Montana for a super-secret, super-exclusive retreat?

‘There will still long be a Silicon Valley’: Industry advocate looks past pandemic

Google’s former CEO hosts an exclusive retreat in Yellowstone each July. You won’t hear much about it.

Google's former CEO reportedly hosts a secretive summit in Yellowstone whose attendees have included Lady Gaga and Cory Booker

Are the Boogaloo Bois a National Security Threat?

Support for anti-government, pro-gun Boogaloo movement growing in Canada

The violent Boogaloo movement is finally banned on Facebook

Internet platforms crack down on right-wing extremists and their 'Boogaloo' cult

Boogaloo crackdown: Facebook bans movement, gives it same designation as hate groups and terrorists

Facebook Has Been Profiting From Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War And Unrest

Facebook takes down 'boogaloo' network after pressure

Senators Call Out Facebook's Role in Amplifying Extremism Just As Company Bans More Boogaloo Accounts

Google Removes Misleading Ads in Voting-Related Searches

Google removes misleading ads related to voting, elections

“White supremacist groups are operating freely on Facebook, allowing them to spread their message and recruit new members, according to a Tech Transparency Project (TTP) investigation”

Diane Francis: The 'unethical' business models that underwrite social media

The Technology 202: Facebook struggles to keep violent 'boogaloo' content off its platform

Man with links to ‘boogaloo’ movement indicted in Texas

How boogaloo members allegedly used Facebook to plot a murder

Inside the Boogaloos’ Facebook-to-Violence Pipeline

Moderators for Facebook Groups keep silencing conversations about Black Lives Matter

The boogaloo movement is gaining momentum. Who are the boogaloo 'bois' and what do they want?

Unsanitized: Why Is There a Deadline on PPP Applications?

Murder exposes Facebook's Boogaloo problem

Searching for stimulus check updates on Google? Be careful what you click on

America's newest extremist threat: 'Boogaloo bois'

Facebook's Voting Information Center shouldn't be taken at face value

Joe Scarborough, shouting on air, lambasts Mark Zuckerberg for making billions by 'promoting extremism'

Dems slam social media execs for allowing spread of disinformation amid COVID-19

Despite Facebook’s efforts, many hate groups evade its extremist ban

Google Needs FTC Scrutiny on Stimulus Scams, Democrats Say

Suspect in Deadly Bay Area Rampages Tied to Militant, Far-Right ‘Boogaloo’ Movement

Google is placing ads next to COVID-19 misinformation on conspiracy sites

@google refuses to do any meaningful moderation on the sites they monetize with ads

Disinformation: Google also takes advantage of conspiracy sites

Facebook Becomes Key Place For Extremist Boogaloo Movement Organizers

Facebook Will, Uhh, Stop Promoting the ‘Boogaloo’ Race War Thing

New Report Tracks Extremist Groups Tied To Violence At Protests

What is the 'Boogaloo' movement?

Facebook moves to limit spread of extremist ‘boogaloo’ pages and groups

Facebook moves to limit spread of extremist ‘boogaloo’ pages and groups

Explainer: Who are Antifa, the 'boogaloo' movement and others blamed in U.S. protest violence?

Are ‘outside agitators’ exploiting Floyd protests?

Gun-toting members of the Boogaloo movement are showing up at protests

Feds arrest trio of 'Boogaloo Bois' planning to lob Molotov cocktails at Vegas protest crowd

Facebook Moves to Limit Spread of 'Boogaloo' Groups After Charges

Men wearing Hawaiian shirts and carrying guns add a volatile new element to protests

Antifa? Boogaloo? Who are the extremists blamed for stirring up trouble at protests and what are their goals?

Fringe groups point finger back at Trump, Democrats

The Tow Center COVID-19 Newsletter: Political Symbols at Demonstrations

Who Owns 'Boogaloo'?

Trump’s Attacks on Twitter Are Part of a Plot to Keep Social Media in His Pocket

Facebook Ran Multi-Year Charm Offensive to Woo State Prosecutors

White supremacists are thriving on Facebook, despite its promises to crack down

Study: White Supremacist Groups Are ‘Thriving’ On Facebook, Despite Extremist Ban

Facebook pulled ‘thriving’ white supremacist accounts after being called out in new report

The Technology 202: The tech industry's shift to remote work will forever change Silicon Valley

Fighting the ‘infodemic’: how coronavirus became the litmus test for tech companies’ struggle to contain mis- and disinformation

Virus restrictions fuel anti-government ‘boogaloo’ movement

'Liberty or boogaloo' slogan spotted at NH rally, says Southern Poverty Law Center

Facebook Banned Mask Ads. They're Still Running.

Facebook Violence Curbs Thwarted by Groups Using Code Words

Big Tech Has Crushed the News Business. That’s About to Change.

The ‘Boogaloo Bois’ Are Bringing Their AR-15s and Civil War Ideology to the Lockdown Protests

Endangered pangolins for sale on Facebook amid potential link to coronavirus

Illegal Sale of Pangolins, A Possible Carrier of Coronavirus, Continues On Facebook Pages

Pangolin trade is booming on Facebook

Traffickers are selling pangolin parts on Facebook

Facebook users are buying and selling pangolin parts, even though it’s illegal

Wildlife Traffickers Are Setting Up Fake Zoos On Facebook To Sell The Scales Of Endangered Pangolins

Pangolins Being Sold on Facebook Despite International Ban, Potential Link to Coronavirus

YouTube remains a haven for COVID-19 misinformation despite tightened guidelines

The Coronavirus Becomes a Battle Cry for U.S. Extremists

To Survive The Coronavirus's Second Wave, We Will Have To Agree On What Happened During The First

The far right wants to make its shared 'Boogaloo' fantasy of violent civil war a reality

Report: Over 100 Militant Groups Have Been Promoting Second Civil War on Facebook

Amid The Pandemic, U.S. Militia Groups Plot ‘The Boogaloo,’ AKA Civil War, On Facebook

YouTube's first video was uploaded 15 years ago and has been viewed 90 MILLION times even though it is just 18 seconds long

One in four 'most-viewed' YouTube videos on Coronavirus contain misinformation, says study

"Tech leaders like @sherylsandberg and @ericschmidt should put their money where their mouth is and ban the NRA from advertising on their platforms."

YouTube earns money with fake Covid-19 treatment ads

Mask makers are posting misleading ads on Facebook to cash in on coronavirus crisis

Tech Transparency Project accuses YouTube of monetizing misleading COVID-19 videos

YouTube profits from videos promoting unproven Covid-19 treatments

The pandemic is already reshaping tech’s misinformation crisis

Coronavirus: Face Mask Price Gougers Continue to Profit From Covid-19 Pandemic on Facebook and Instagram

It’s still easy to find coronavirus mask ads on Facebook

Facebook ads and Shopify stores still hawk overpriced N95 masks

Over 300 cases of child exploitation went unnoticed by Facebook – study

Tucker Carlson: Kochs Donate To Big Tech Companies That Silence Conservatives "To Do Their Bidding"

Facebook, Google Fund Groups Shaping Federal Privacy Debate

Powerful Coalition Pushes Back on Anti-Tech Fervor

Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles — and All of Us

If Journalists Want to Save Journalism, They Should Stop Asking Google for Money

Half a billion for the media: that's how Google silences criticism

As Google Backlashes Have Risen And Fallen, So Have Its Grants To News Organizations

It’s Kochs vs. Mercers in the Right’s Big Tech Brawl

Mike Lee, Google, and a Curious Antitrust Flip-Flop

Sen. Mike Lee's transformation from Google critic to ally

Google's Fix for Misleading Abortion Ads Is Weak and Ineffective

Big Tech Has an App for Fighting Political Scrutiny: $$$$

A Week of Reckoning for Big Tech

How Big Tech funds the debate on AI ethics

The Coalition Out to Kill Tech as We Know It

Tech Companies Care Only When They Get Caught: Abortion Edition

Google Changes Abortion Ad Policy

Google has given $150,000 in free ads to deceptive anti-abortion group

Driverless car industry luring federal safety brass

It is time for a truly free market

CFA Report Slams Google Travel - Said educational, research visits look more like business trips

Google revealed as unlikely go-between to help Trump-Cuba relations

Charted: Silicon Valley’s migration to DC started in 2017

How Google is Taking Over the Classroom

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

When Big Tech embeds staffers in political campaigns

The Battle Over Monopoly Power Is Just Beginning

Facebook's Dirty Tricks Are Nothing New For Tech

This Group Posed As Russian Trolls And Bought Political Ads On Google. It Was Easy.

Report: Facebook & Google’s free campaign embeds help boost their profits

How Facebook and Google Win By Embedding in Political Campaigns

Good Relationships. Google generously sponsors scientists in the US and Europe. Who benefits?

Watchdog Group Barks at Edge Imbeds in Political Campaigns

The Unlikely Activists Who Took On Silicon Valley — and Won

An Advocacy Group for Startups is Funded by Google and Run by Ex-Googlers

Google spends tens of millions on think tanks that back its policies

Google’s academic links under scrutiny

The Guardian view on Google: overweening power

The Dumb Fact of Google Money

How Google Tries to Buy Government

Paying Professors: Inside Google’s Academic Influence Campaign

Google pays academics millions for key support

Looks Like Google Bought Favorable Research to Lobby With

Google spends millions on academic research to influence opinion, says watchdog

Why Europe got tough on Google but the U.S. couldn’t

Google Is as Close to a Natural Monopoly as the Bell System Was in 1956

A howl of rage against the internet giants

Donald Trump Needs To Totally Dump Google

Google cozies to Trump but calls for his impeachment

Google was overwhelmingly against Trump, now it's trying to win him over

Google extends conservative outreach as Trump calls tech meeting

Lobbying muscle may help tech titans trump Trump

Google is not ‘just’ a platform. It frames, shapes and distorts how we see the world

Editorial: Help Wanted at Google

Obama was an innovation junkie. Will Trump follow in his footsteps?

Can Trump and tech get along?

Government Has Gutted Its Independent Research

Silicon Valley Companies Lobby to Remain Unregulated

Silicon Valley Cozies Up to Washington, Outspending Wall Street 2-1

Tech Money Lurks Behind Government Privacy Conference

Google's 'Cozy' Relationship With Driverless Car Regulators

Did Google Employees Turned White House Appointees Violate Ethics Pledge?

White House Official Cozied Up to Google Before Antitrust Lawsuit Was Shelved

'Googlement' Pushes Aside 'Government Sachs'

Emails Show Google’s Close Relationship with the White House

Google’s Revolving Door for the White House

Google Employees Have Enjoyed Revolving Door During Obama Administration

Google’s Dirty Money

Google’s Murky Washington Lobbying is Making Apple Look Good

Google recrute dans l'administration européenne pour défendre ses intérêts

Google a recruté près de 70 fonctionnaires européens en dix ans pour son lobbying

Google Hired at least 65 European Government Officials in Ten Years

Revolving Door Between Google and European Governments Has Spun at least EIGHTY Times, New Research Reveals

Google: New Concerns Raised About Political Influence By Senior 'Revolving Door' Jobs

Google's Payday Lending Ban

Editorial Cartoon: Google Lobbyist Visited White House 128 Times - Report

Visitor Logs Show Google’s Unrivaled White House Access

No dog in this fight, but I wonder how we would all feel if @FoxNews or @nytimes had as many private visits to the White House as Google??

A Chart of Lobbyists' White House Visits Reveals its Close Ties with Google

Google's Remarkably Close Relationship With The Obama White House in Two Charts

This is the Real Way Big Business Peddles Influence in Washington