Instagram Tries Clamping Down on Misinformation The photo-sharing site said it would temporarily remove its “recent” tab to slow the spread of harmful content before Tuesday’s election.
What Went Viral This Week Halloween decorations, Harry Styles and a QAnon-adjacent missing children story broke up a wall of pre-election political news.
17 Players in Five States, Composing Over the Internet Alarm Will Sound used multiple videoconferencing tools to master the ambiguities of Tyshawn Sorey’s “Autoschediasms.”
How Three Election-Related Falsehoods Spread The lies took off so rapidly on Facebook and Twitter that local election officials could not contain them.
Twitter Bots Poised to Spread Disinformation Before Election Researchers found that bots have helped spread falsehoods related to the coronavirus and far-right conspiracy theories such QAnon and “pizza...
Big Tech Continues Its Surge Ahead of the Rest of the Economy Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet reported the latest in a string of enormous quarterly profits on Thursday.
Dan Bongino Has No Idea Why Facebook Loves Him The right-wing commentator, whose page performs better than those of major news organizations, is perplexed by his social media success.
You (YOU!) Can Stop Election Rumors As Americans vote amid a pandemic, misleading election information seems to be everywhere.
‘South Park’ Creators Break Down 'Sassy Justice,' Their Deepfake Video In an interview, Trey Parker, Matt Stone and their collaborator Peter Serafinowicz discuss the back story of “Sassy Justice,” their deepfake...
‘Tsunamis of Misinformation’ Overwhelm Local Election Officials From Philadelphia to Sonoma County, Calif., election officials said they were working marathon hours to fight a flood of falsehoods.
Officials Warn of Cyberattacks on Hospitals as Virus Cases Spike Government officials warned that hackers were seeking to hold American hospitals’ data hostage in exchange for ransom payments.
‘Perception Hacks’ and Other Potential Threats to the Election In the final days of voting, election officials and cybersecurity experts are keeping a close eye on a range of possible ways foreign govern...