Rebecca Heilweil
Former Reporter, Recode by Vox
Latest articles by Rebecca Heilweil
Facebook asked its independent oversight board to decide if it made the right call when it indefinitely suspended Trump.
Here are some of the most pervasive election conspiracy theories and false claims being shared on social media around Inauguration Day.
A preliminary page for Parler has come back online, but the full app hasn’t returned.
The largely unmoderated, conservative friendly website is back in the news following insurrection at the Capitol.
Online extremists started planning the chaos of January 6 months ago.
Facebook and Twitter have been scrambling to limit Trump’s reach after the insurrection on Capitol Hill.
Neither the media nor fact-checkers controlled the online conversation surrounding “misinformation” this year.
Posts that discourage and make fun of Covid-19 vaccination are racking up engagement.
Surveillance software for remote learning is drawing criticism from privacy advocates and lawmakers.
The move comes as false rumors about Covid-19 vaccines are surging online.