Twitter Removes Its ‘No Political Ads’ Policy Ahead of the 2024 Election
Twitter, rebranded as X, is bringing political ads back to its platform for the first time since 2019, the company announced on Tuesday. The move comes ahead of the 2024…
YouTube Gives Creators an Extra Chance When Violating Company Policies
YouTube is changing its community guidelines to give creators more leeway for violating its content rules, the company announced on Tuesday. Content creators will now have the opportunity to take…
Meta Discovers Its Biggest Misinfo Campaign Yet
Meta says it has identified and removed more than 7,700 shady accounts and 990 pages on Facebook linked to Chinese law enforcement in what the company is calling the “largest…
Foxconn Selling Two Empty Wisconsin Buildings After Failed Promises to Bring Jobs to the State
Foxconn is selling off two of its large facilities in Wisconsin after years of neglected promises to bring thousands of jobs to Eau Claire and Green Bay. The Taiwanese manufacturing…
Trump is Back on Twitter (or X, as Elon Musk Calls It)
It’s been a busy night in Trumpland. On the same evening that the former President was booked into jail in Georgia—thus spawning an unforgettable mugshot—Trump also returned to Twitter (which…
Here’s Trump’s Mugshot. Do Your Thing, Internet.
The founder of floundering social media site Truth Social (oh, and, also, the former President of the United States) was booked into jail in Fulton County, Georgia on Thursday night.…
The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features
US government regulators reportedly tried to come to an agreement with TikTok to prevent banning the app that would have granted the federal government vast powers over the app. That’s…
Looks Like the Website for Trump’s Patriot Legal Defense Fund Just Got Hacked
Screenshot: Lucas Ropek/Patriot Legal Defense Fund The website for former President Donald Trump’s legal defense fund appears to have been hacked and defaced over the weekend. As of the writing…
YouTube’s Algorithms Aren’t Racist, Judge Says
Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) A US federal judge in California has dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit brought against YouTube and its parent company Google by non-white YouTube content creators…
WokeGPT: Study Says ChatGPT Shows Liberal Bias
A study from researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests ChatGPT demonstrates liberal bias in some of its responses. Tech companies spent recent years desperately trying…