Zuckerberg Says Facebook Welcomes Regulation. The Question Is: How Much?
Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it’s getting harder to spot and stop election meddling as the technology becomes more and more sophisticated, and he welcomed regulation….to a point. “We don’t want private companies making so many decision-balancing social equities without democratic processes,” he said at the Munich Security Conference…
4Chan Trolls Target Scandinavian Airlines With Racist Harassment Campaign
Screenshot from Scandinavian Airlines new ad. Much of the online harassment directed at a major European airline in recent days appears to have come from users of a controversial 4chan message board, according to a review by Mother Jones. Earlier this week, the Sweden-based Scandinavian Airlines released a commercial as part of its “What is truly…
Democrats Prove No One Has to Hack an Election to Create Chaos
The phone app used for the Iowa caucuses.TNS/via Zuma The traveling road show has moved on from Iowa, and the campaigns and most of the media circus that go with them have set up shop in New Hampshire. Still, the full results of the Iowa caucuses are not yet known. Numbers have been posted in…
YouTube Creators Cash In on Coronavirus Fears
Hundreds of people on Thursday wait in a queue to buy surgical masks at a store in Hong Kong.Keith Tsuji/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Little-known YouTube accounts are trying to capitalize off fears about the coronavirus to gain viral clout—and for some, it’s paying off. Video creators are cranking out content that, in many cases, spreads alarm, unsubstantiated…
Iranians Would Kindly Like Donald Trump To “Shut Up”
Iranian students gather for a demonstration over the downing of a Ukrainian airliner at Tehran University on January 14, 2020.Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images When Iran’s military admitted on Saturday that it had mistakenly shot down a civilian airliner, Ukraine Airlines Flight 752—killing all 176 of its mainly Iranian passengers and crew—Iranians started taking to…
This Jaw-Dropping Interview Shows How the Media Still Struggles With Trump’s Lies
George Stephanopoulos interviews Trump national security adviser Robert C. O’Brien.ABC News/YouTube Every once in a while, a moment comes that crystallizes what is so wrong with the political-media universe in the era of Donald Trump. And one such moment occurred on Sunday morning. It was not flashy or headline-generating. This moment lasted only seconds. Its…