Alex Jones’ Alleged Secret Site Gets Around Social Media Bans
Alex Jones is suffering under the weight of massive lawsuits and harsh social media bans, but he’s still finding ways to get his crazed philosophy out into the wider web.…
YouTube Is Bringing Trump Back Online
Google is ending its suspension of Donald Trump’s YouTube channel Friday, making it the last of the major U.S. social media companies to reverse course on a ban of the…
Parents Group Demands Meeting With Meta and TikTok Over Child Suicide
A family advocacy group called Parents Together published an open letter Thursday demanding a meeting with the heads of Meta and ByteDance, arguing that the companies knowingly expose children to…
Here Are All the Companies Using ChatGPT…So Far
Image: Tricky_Shark (Shutterstock) Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm that has partnered with OpenAI to help leverage ChatGPT and other OpenAI products in the business space. Bain…
You Don’t Say: Lawsuit Alleges Employees at Facebook, Snap, and TikTok Knew Social Media Was Addictive
The lawsuit claims that Instagram, for example, can create a “downward spiral” in teen users due to its ability to create a high level of social comparison.Image: Rohane Hamilton (Shutterstock)…
Twitter’s Links and Pics Are Boinked
Twitter is, once again, not working very well. The site has faced an increasing number of technical snafus since Elon Musk took over the platform in October 2022, and began…
Too Many Studies on Teen Social Media Use Only Look at White Kids
Photo: Twin Design (Shutterstock) CC Off English Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on white teens and college students. As a result, it is unclear to…
It’s Not Just You, Twitter Is Down
Screenshot: Jody Serrano / Gizmodo Twitter is down for thousands of users this morning. When users log in, they see a message that says “Welcome to Twitter!” but are unable…
Meta Is Making It Harder to Wind Up in Facebook Jail
Photo: Peter Macdiarmid (Getty Images) Facebook jail is about to get less crowded. Under a new set of policies revealed this Thursday, parent company Meta says it’s now harder for…
Will the Supreme Court End Social Media as We Know It This Week?
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) The Supreme Court’s ruling on a pair of ISIS terrorism cases this week will rest on the nine justices’ interpretation of 26 words written in…