Twitter Hasn’t Been ‘Enshittified.’ It Always Sucked.
Twitter is officially dead. Since Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of it late last year, people have been saying it’s dead or dying or will die. Musk ended the argument…
Parler’s New Owner Is in It for the Money, Not the Politics
Last week, the right-wing social network Parler was sold to a media conglomerate called Starboard. The company shut Parler down indefinitely to “undergo a strategic assessment.” It marks the end…
Hackers break into far-right social network Gab, collect a slew of private data
Remember when archivists collected every post on the conservative social media platform Parler earlier this year? A similar thing just happened to another right-wing online platform, Gab, as hackers claim…
Failed screenwriter outed as QAnon influencer used conspiracy to carry out personal vendettas
A major QAnon influencer was unmasked earlier this week as a failed screenwriter living in New Jersey. An investigation conducted by Logically, a fact-checking technology company, discovered that “Neon Revolt,”…
Lawmaker calls for preservation of riot evidence as apps removed, users banned
Several technology companies decided to remove apps or ban users to prevent the spread of violence, but will they preserve evidence to be used in prosecutions?
Police are worried about white extremists organizing on Gab Chat, leaked documents show
Violent white extremists are sick of getting doxxed on Discord, and will “likely” move their organizing efforts to an encrypted messaging alternative created by Gab, an alt-right favorite. So claims…