Sen. Amy Klobuchar has proposed changing the internet law Section 230 in order to combat health misinformation.
Facebook’s and Twitter’s sluggish reactions show how they still rely on users to combat hate speech.
The cases likely won’t hold up in court, but that doesn’t really matter.
But that’s not the point.
Jason Miller’s new Gettr app has some issues.
It’s up to users to find out if Google is prioritizing wrong information about them in search results.
After more than three years, the company is reopening a process for getting public figures a checkmark.
Twitter and Facebook bans made people stop talking about Trump.
Jack Dorsey has bought Scroll, an ad-blocking startup. It’s part of a larger subscription push.
A major battle over free speech on social media is playing out in India during the pandemic.
Exhibitionism lives on Twitter, if you know where to find it.
Facebook’s oversight board is meant to take on the platform’s toughest content decisions. Should that include its algorithms?
During a hearing with tech CEOs, Rep. Peter Welch asked if they’d be open to a new federal agency focused on social media platforms.
The newsletter startup’s new controversy, explained.
Graham Ivan Clark took a plea deal and will serve three years in prison for his role in a hack, which pulled in $120,000 worth of bitcoin.
The company is introducing a new strike system that could lead to some users getting permanently banned.
Twitter, a notoriously public platform, is building a walled garden.
The number of active hate groups in the US is falling as they find new places to hide online.
Mike Lindell’s continued false claims of election fraud lost him his account.
What happens when the former leader of the free world gets deplatformed? We’re going to find out.
Social media abuse from political figures isn’t just a Trump problem, and banning him won’t solve it.
The big platforms finally policed Donald Trump. But there’s no one — really — to police the platforms except their owners and employees.
Republican Section 230 reform is dead. Long live Democratic Section 230 reform.
How Trump blurred the lines between politics and persona in ways that will reverberate for years.
The largely unmoderated, conservative friendly website is back in the news following insurrection at the Capitol.
After banning Trump, Twitter turned toward tamping down on the dangerous conspiracy theory.
The company suggested that Trump’s tweets risk further violence during a critical time for democracy.
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.
The confusion over what happens to Trump’s official White House Twitter accounts, briefly explained.
Posts that discourage and make fun of Covid-19 vaccination are racking up engagement.
The move comes as false rumors about Covid-19 vaccines are surging online.
This is not a joke. Trump’s old Twitter password was “maga2020!”
The company that’s famous for being a public platform is trying something more private.
A politician was accused of using a fake burner account for a gay Black Trump supporter. That’s when things got weird.
America’s polarization problem is bigger than we thought it would be.
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are bracing for more misinformation.
False claims, retweeted by the president, about the Michigan vote tabulation exploited a counting error that’s been resolved.
Researchers worry it will add to widespread distrust in the voting process.
We took a closer look at the unproven claims lawmakers made about Facebook, Google, and Twitter.