Google Agrees To Pay Canadian News Outlets $100M Annually in Rare Win for Media Industry
The agreement is the result of months of negotiations related to the Online News Act, which aims to make “dominant platforms compensate news businesses" for their work.
Meta’s Deranged AI-Generated Stickers Include Waluigi with a Gun, Child Soldiers, Naked People
The fun is guaranteed not to last.
The Boogaloo Movement Keeps Finding Ways to Return to Facebook
Facebook axed nearly 100 Boogaloo Pages. Weeks later, they were back.
Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups
Advocates say the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will be weaponized to censor LGBTQ content.
CYBER: Celebrating the End of the Usable Internet
There are more sites than ever, but they all feel completely useless. Why?
Threads is All The Worst Parts of Twitter And Instagram in One Very Bad App
The Facebook company’s new social platform is like Twitter, but for celebrities, brands, and annoying people.
Threads' Instagram 'Trap' Shows Why Facebook Should Have Been Broken Up Years Ago
To delete Meta's new Twitter rival, you also have to delete Instagram.
‘I’m Scared for My Followers’: Anti-Trans Hate Is Absolutely Rampant on Facebook
“I have DMs from people literally telling me to kill myself and Facebook won’t do anything about,” one trans creator told VICE News.
Did Mark Zuckerberg Get Choked Out? An Investigation.
The Meta CEO has been adamant he did not get put to sleep during a Brazilian jiu-jitsu match. We put our only available investigative reporter/BJJ enthusiast on the case.
'Night Fury': Documents Detail DHS Project to Give 'Risk Scores' to Social Media Users
Internal DHS documents reviewed by Motherboard provide more detail on a DHS plan to monitor social media for content related to terrorists, the illegal opioid trade, and foreign interference bots.
'Are We Dating the Same Guy:' The Dark Side of These Online Groups
Is sense-checking your date with the internet ever a good idea?