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Americans don't trust social media companies to handle misinformation
But they also don't trust the government.
By Sasha Lekach
In honor of Trump's birthday, people tweet praise for Obama
An exciting day of trolling for Resistance Twitter.
By Chloe Bryan
Donald Trump's bizarre walk down a ramp is a whole thing now
The president defended his cautious descent in (surprise!) a bad tweet.
By Chloe Bryan
Facebook drives effort to combat deepfakes while enabling misinformation
Facebook wants to be able to automatically and accurately detect deepfakes at scale. It has its work cut out for it.
By Jack Morse
Facebook insists new Workplace tool was for 'preventing bullying,' not suppressing unions
Discussing unions on Facebook's Slack competitor? Facebook has some thoughts.
By Jack Morse
Twitter shuts down huge Chinese network with a coronavirus bent
Oh yeah, and Turkey and Russia were up to some BS as well.
By Jack Morse
As protests spread, misinformation in Facebook Groups tears small towns apart
“The way you spread disinformation is by getting it to spread through Groups.”
By Matt Binder
Now you can use voice commands to search for lenses in Snapchat
Make me vomit rainbows, snapchat.
By Rachel Kraus
Snapchat finally gets a better navigation bar
The Activity Bar puts maps and content front and center.
By Rachel Kraus
Now you can identify plants and pooches right in Snapchat
Scanning IRL objects with Snapchat unlocks helpful lenses.
By Rachel Kraus
Twitter tests asking if you actually want to read an article before retweeting it
"Want to read this before Retweeting?"
By Matt Binder
Snapchat ex-employees say past editorial practices were racially biased
Some former employees say their managers shut down efforts to feature more black faces and stories.
By Rachel Kraus
It's OK to post on social media even though you haven't replied to texts
Sometimes self-care means not responding to texts right away.
Twitter is working on a way for people to request a blue checkmark, again
Twitter is bringing back a feature it had to kill after it was misapplied to a neo-Nazi.
By Alex Perry
Enjoy watching as Brits tear down a slaver's statue and dump it in the river
The statue is "permanently closed" according to Google Maps.
By Matt Binder
Facebook removes 190 white supremacist accounts trying to incite anti-protest violence
The Proud Boys can't stay off Facebook.
By Rachel Kraus
Even scientists funded by Zuckerberg think Facebook is screwing up
The scientists specifically call out Donald Trump's posts.
By Matt Binder
Yelp adding tool to make it easier to find black-owned businesses
The company is donating $500,000 as well.
By Anna Iovine
Twitter saw record app downloads this week in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests
Tons of folks are downloading Twitter to keep up with the all of the breaking protest news.
By Alex Perry
Singer performs 'Bunker Boy,' a catchy tune about Trump's time in the bunker
"Bunker Boy" is a real banger.
Eight months later, Facebook fulfills promise to label state-run media
It took some time to get it right.
By Rachel Kraus
Facebook users can now archive or trash old posts in bulk
The new Manage Activity tool makes it easy to "curate" an online presence.
By Stephanie Mlot
Instagram, give the swipe-up feature to everyone so protesters can share resources
There's no time like the present.
Snapchat stops promoting Donald Trump's account in Discover
It doesn't want to amplify messages of hate.
By Rachel Kraus
