Big Tech Would Be Key to Delivering Project 2025’s Anti-Abortion Plans
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. If Project 2025 becomes a reality under a second Trump term, there are several ways it plans to further restrict and surveil abortion access nationwide, including criminalizing the mailing of abortion pills and forcing states…
Mark Zuckerberg Isn’t Done With Politics. His Politics Have Just Changed.
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that one of the world’s richest men had recently experienced a major epiphany. After bankrolling a political organization that supported immigration reform, espousing his support for social…
“The Algorithm” Does Not Exist
Giovanni Medalla Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2009, when Facebook changed its newsfeed significantly for the first time, there wasn’t much uproar over “the algorithm.” Now we’re all talking about it—whatever “it” is. The algorithm and its ramifications have been the focus of…
Have Endometriosis? Be Wary of That Popular Facebook Group
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Claire first got an appointment with the famous surgeon, she couldn’t believe her good luck. At 37, she had suffered from excruciating, heavy periods for more than two decades with little help from doctors, even after she finally…
Utah Is “Protecting” LGBTQ+ Kids by Letting Their Parents Read All Their Messages
Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In March, Utah lawmakers passed a bill requiring parental consent for minors to join social media platforms—and enabling parents to read their children’s messages and posts. While this isn’t ideal for any teen, granting homophobic or…
Trump’s Return to Twitter and Facebook Will Fuel More Political Violence
Trump holding a rally near the White House shortly before the siege of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Soon after Elon Musk purchased Twitter in late October, the tech mogul reinstated Donald Trump’s account, which the company had…