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CIA allegedly made fake social media accounts to troll the Chinese government
The CIA allegedly launched a secret operation to troll Chinese officials and turn public opinion against them through leaked intelligence…
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X sues Media Matters to silence moderation criticism
Nearly simultaneously, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into Media Matters for “potential fraudulent activity.” Musk posted the…
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Israel-Hamas war: how social media companies are handling the response
Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The war in Israel presents content moderation challenges for the most popular…
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California governor signs ban on social media ‘aiding or abetting’ child abuse
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1394, a law that would punish web services for “knowingly facilitating, aiding, or…
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X Social Media is suing X, a social media company
It was bound to happen eventually: a company has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Elon Musk’s X Corp.…
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This 1977 horror novel is about social media
The creators are “little more than boys” and clean and neat, like salespeople or bankers. They are looking for manuscripts…
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The Biden administration can talk to social media sites again — for now
Originally, Judge Terry Doughty suggested that the Biden administration may be suppressing “millions of protected free speech postings by American…
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US Judge blocks Biden officials from contacting social media sites
A US federal judge ruled that a slew of Biden administration officials are prohibited from contacting social media companies about…
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Twitter’s succession: all the news about alternative social media platforms
If you want to be a member of Mozilla.Social, Mozilla’s new Mastodon instance, you’re not allowed to harass other users.…
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Twitter will let media publishers charge per article starting in May
Full-time Twitter CEO and part-time Tesla enthusiast Elon Musk said on Saturday that users of his social media platform will be able…
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Elon Musk removes Twitter’s ‘government-funded media’ labels after outlets flee the platform
Twitter has removed the “government-funded” and “state-affiliated” labels that led several news outlets to stop tweeting on the platform. When…
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How Tumblr turned social media polls into a game design challenge
On February 3rd, Tumblr user Relientk used the site’s then-recently released poll feature to list several common baking ingredients. “Okay…
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