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X Suspends, Then Reinstates, Alexei Navalny’s Widow After Pledge to Continue Anti-Putin Politician’s Work
Yulia Navalnaya pledged to continue her late husband’s work to unseat Vladimir Putin in videos shared across social media. X promptly suspended her.
I'm the Social Media Manager at the Auschwitz Memorial
“If someone posts a selfie with a thoughtful and respectful caption, I think that's OK. Selfies are a visual expression of our time.”
An ‘Official Organization’ on X Is Just Openly Glorifying Hitler Now
X's verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn't so bad.
Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare
Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.
Elon Musk Visits Auschwitz While Allowing Antisemitism to Surge on X
Billionaire visited former death camp on Monday ahead of a conference on tackling surging online antisemitism. But a Polish anti-racism group says his platform is allowing anti-Jewish hate to proliferate.
X Flooded With Bizarre Ads Smearing TV Chef to Promote Crypto Platform
Bell Media told Motherboard it is actively reporting X ads smearing Canadian chef Mary Berg in a bizarre campaign promoting a crypto platform.
Hackers Took Over the SEC’s X Account and Caused Millions In Losses for Bitcoin Investors
Hackers broke into the SEC's X account to falsely post that Bitcoin ETFs were approved, causing $90 million in liquidations.
X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation
Ken Klippenstein, Steven Monacelli, and Alan MacLeod were all suspended from the platform.
Nobody Knows What Porn Is Anymore
Porn has so saturated our culture that we’re finding it in places where it’s not.
X Kicked Off 2024 by Screwing Up During Japan's Earthquake Emergency
As misinformation proliferated on X thanks to verified users, a massive account sharing accurate information hit its Musk-imposed posting limit.
X Lags Behind TikTok, Meta In Restricting ‘Nudify’ Apps for Non-Consensual AI Porn
A week after TikTok and Meta blocked certain search terms related to so-called "nudify" apps, X has not taken the same measures, Motherboard found.
Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Pushing Misinformation and Legitimizing Conspiracies
Grok's selling point is real-time access to news, but Motherboard found that it generated inaccurate information about Israel-Palestine and lent credence to conspiracy theories.