More Social Media - Page 51
PayPal terminates account of Epik, home to Proud Boys domain and Gab
A story about domain names, white nationalists, and accusations of money laundering.
By Matt Binder
Rediscover your favorite childhood toys in Fisher-Price's virtual toy museum
We love a good throwback.
By Lacey Smith
Last month, Facebook gave money to three members of Congress who refused to condemn QAnon
Banning QAnon groups with one hand, and giving cash to enablers with the other.
By Rachel Kraus
Republicans vote to subpoena Facebook, Twitter CEOs in the wake of Hunter Biden story
The social media companies restricted shares on a New York Post story.
By Matt Binder
Twitter is still letting you retweet. You don’t have to quote tweet.
And yes, you can still share articles too.
By Matt Binder
New ad asks Mark Zuckerberg if Facebook makes his kids proud
"I go home and just ask: Will my girls be proud of what I did today?"
By Matt Binder
The deepfake apocalypse never came. But cheapfakes are everywhere.
It turns out it doesn’t take much to fool the American public.
By Matt Binder
This week in politics on Instagram: Breitbart vs. 'Feminist'
A tale of two meme lords.
By Rachel Kraus
Twitter hack shows need for cybersecurity regulations, govt. report says
The report argues Facebook and Twitter are "systemically important institutions" that need cybersecurity regulations to protect users — and everyone else.
By Jack Morse
Mozilla tells Facebook and Twitter to 'unfck the internet' before the U.S. election
The nonprofit organization behind Firefox wants Group recommendations and trending topics paused for two weeks.
By Matt Binder
TikTok makes it clear: QAnon is prohibited on the platform
TikTok had previously banned QAnon-related hashtags.
By Matt Binder
Facebook removes 120,000 posts for trying to ‘obstruct voting’ in U.S. election
Voter suppression efforts are once again attempting to weaponize Facebook.
By Matt Binder
Twitter updates policy on sharing hacked data after 'NY Post' mess
Twitter says it will no longer automatically block URLs that point to hacked material. Confusion, of course, remains.
By Jack Morse
Trump tweets joke story about Twitter shutting down for Biden, talks about it as if it's real
Read beyond the headline, folks.
Twitter goes down, and it's probably for the best
Oh, does that mean *he* can't tweet also? Hmmm.
By Jack Morse
YouTube bans ‘harmful’ QAnon, Pizzagate, and other conspiracy theory content
The video giant is the latest online platform to crack down on QAnon.
By Matt Binder
YouTube will take down misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations
Conspiracies about microchips will be removed.
By Matt Binder
Facebook Messenger gets shiny new logo, chat themes
Facebook's Messenger has a bit more color.
Triller follows TikTok in banning QAnon conspiracy content
The short-form video app has disabled a couple of major QAnon hashtags, but others still remain.
Facebook finally bans anti-vaccination ads
It still doesn't stop anti-vaxxers posting non-paid content.
By Matt Binder
Holocaust denial is now banned on Facebook
Jewish groups have pushed for this for years.
By Matt Binder
Trump flagged by Twitter after tweeting false claim that he's not contagious and is now immune to COVID-19
Yet another toothless rebuke against the president's misinformation campaign
Study reveals the simple way people get around Facebook's fact-checking AI
Despite Facebook's fact-checkers, it's not that hard to spread misinformation.
By Matt Binder
