The Republican online ecosystem has gone into overdrive ahead of the first US presidential debate. Lawmakers and influencers are pushing wild conspiracy theories about President Joe Biden, and instead of …
TikTok, popular with young voters, approved all 16 ads created by Global Witness Paris, France: Wildly popular social network TikTok approved adverts containing political disinformation ahead of European polls, a …
NDP MP Matthew Green says Conservative MP Brendan Leslie should apologize for a video published on Leslie’s social media accounts that mixes clips from television newscasts with doctored clips and …
Nina Jankowicz, the former Department of Homeland Security disinformation chief, has joined a nonprofit to combat disinformation ahead of the 2024 election and as artificial intelligence (AI) is on the …
Elon Musk said Thursday that the House has launched an inquiry into his country’s work in Brazil after the tech mogul claimed that Brazilian leaders illegally demanded he ban members …
Earlier this month, Meta announced that it would be shutting down CrowdTangle, the social media monitoring and transparency tool that has allowed journalists and researchers to track the spread of …
The European Union opened “formal proceedings” into X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday to determine whether the platform has violated the bloc’s new online regulations. The EU’s executive arm, …
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We’ve already discussed how the Israel-Hamas war is the latest conflict where people are poring over social media and news channels looking for updates on what, exactly, is happening. After …
It’s not a great situation. The fact is I don’t think there are probably any platforms that have the tools they would need in place to address the problem through …
This recent spate of antisemitic content on X, and the juxtaposition of big-brand ads next to it, only underscores to advertisers that X is a risky bet, experts argue. “Even …