How the Suspected New Zealand Gunman Weaponized the Internet
Members of the anti-terrorism campaign Turn to Love hold signs outside the New Zealand High Commission in London on Friday, following the mosque attacks.Jonathan Brady/PA Wire via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After every mass murder, journalists, researchers, and horrified members of the public turn to the internet as…
The Bizarre and Terrifying Case of the “Deepfake” Video that Helped Bring an African Nation to the Brink
Government of Gabon Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This fall, Gabon was facing an odd and tenuous political situation. President Ali Bongo had been out of the country since October receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia and London and had not been seen in public. People in Gabon and observers…
How Facebook and Amazon Help Hate Groups Raise Money
Karla Ann Cote/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Facebook and Amazon appear to be helping hate groups fundraise through philanthropy tools hosted on their platforms. Mother Jones found dozens of white supremacist and anti-LGBTQ organizations that appear to have access to Facebook’s Fundraiser tool, which lets users and organizations collect…
Trump Continues Stirring Dangerous Hatred of the Media
Speaking at CPAC on March 2, 2019Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Amid the constant deluge of wild political news and Trump White House scandals, the president’s disturbing attacks on the press seem to draw less and less notice. (Which is not a coincidence.) Yet Trump’s taunts have continued…
Facebook Announces a New Plan to Stop Vaccine Hoaxes
Omar Marques/SOPA Images/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Facebook announced new steps Thursday to reduce the spread of misinformation about vaccines, after measles outbreaks in several states prompted weeks of heightened criticism of the company for allowing massive anti-vaccination groups to proliferate on its platform. Massive anti-vaccination pages and…
The Government’s Failure to Block the Time Warner-AT&T Merger Could Lead to Even Bigger Monopolies
Igor Golovniov/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Justice lost its appeal of the politically charged AT&T-Time Warner merger last week, potentially putting some brakes on a burgeoning anti-monopoly movement and putting pressure on Congress to act instead. The case marked the first time in more than…