Charlie Warzel
Twitter Just Launched A Midterm Elections Page And It’s Already Full Of Garbage
One tweet that surfaced on the page suggested that Kid Rock was about to become one of Michigan’s senators.
Charlie Warzel
The Conspiratorial Hate We See Online Is Increasingly Appearing In Real Life
Why toxic online behavior is spilling into the streets.
Charlie Warzel
Our Political News Cycle Isn’t Broken, It’s Working As Planned
What feels like chaos is the product of a well-oiled machine, where all participants seem to know their specific roles.
Charlie Warzel
Facebook Just Removed 82 Iranian-Tied Pages And Accounts Posting Divisive Trump And Kaepernick Memes
The move comes after the company suspended 652 fake pages, groups, and accounts in August for “coordinated, inauthentic behavior” associated with Iranian and Russian political influence operations.
Ryan Mac
Facebook Doesn't Deserve Your Information
“We have a responsibility to protect your information," Mark Zuckerberg said in March. "If we can’t, we don’t deserve it."
Charlie Warzel
Kanye's Love For Trump Actually Makes Perfect Sense
Trump and the MAGA lifestyle seem to offer a safe haven to people — like Kanye — who pride themselves on being outsiders and are distrustful of establishment politics.
Charlie Warzel
Facebook Isn’t Sorry — It Just Wants Your Data
Facebook knows us well enough to know the truth: We don’t care enough about our privacy to stop using it.
Charlie Warzel
Apple Insiders Say Nobody Internally Knows What’s Going On With Bloomberg’s China Hack Story
“I don’t know if something like this even exists.”
John Paczkowski
Inside How A 12-Step Recovery Program For Social Media Addiction Works
“Computers and smartphones and the internet are everywhere, so you can’t run from it for very long,” John, a technology addict in recovery, told me. For more on this story, watch the new BuzzFeed News series Follow This on Netflix.
Charlie Warzel
Facebook Just Met With Reps From Myanmar, The Philippines, And Sri Lanka To Discuss Its Global Misinformation Problem
The embattled social network discussed enforcing individualized, region-specific policies after learning about cultural differences that make certain countries particularly vulnerable.
Davey Alba
Safari’s “Siri Suggested” Search Results Highlighted Conspiracy Sites And Fake News
The Siri Suggested recommendation feature inside Safari promoted Pizzagate videos, Holocaust denier articles, and debunked race science posts.
Charlie Warzel
The Creator Of One Of YouTube’s Top Tween Channels Was Arrested For Molesting A Minor. YouTube Is Keeping The Channel Up.
The arrest raises questions about whether YouTube is taking appropriate precautions to ensure its most vulnerable talent isn’t exploited or abused.
Charlie Warzel
The New Apple Watch Feels Like A Device For A Future That Isn’t Quite Here
It’s a gorgeous piece of technology, but it’s still a total luxury.
Charlie Warzel
Apple Has Permanently Banned Alex Jones' Infowars App From The App Store
Apple's App Store guidelines for developers forbid apps with "content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste."
John Paczkowski
After Multiple Provocations, Twitter Has Banned Alex Jones And Infowars
"We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday that violate our abusive behavior policy, in addition to the accounts’ previous violations."
Charlie Warzel
This Group Posed As Russian Trolls And Bought Political Ads On Google. It Was Easy.
Google says it's securing its ad platform against foreign meddlers, but for just $35 researchers posing as Russian trolls were able to run political ads without any hurdles.
Charlie Warzel
Trump Might Regulate Google For Conservative Bias Based On A "Not Scientific" Web Post
The president accused Google of rigging search results against him.
Tasneem Nashrulla
I Used AI To Clone My Voice And Trick My Mom Into Thinking It Was Me
You can watch our journey into the terrifying future of fake news on BuzzFeed News' Follow This series on Netflix.
Charlie Warzel
Jack Dorsey On Deleting Tweets, Banning Trump, And Whether An Unbiased Twitter Can Exist
“There is more than one Twitter...but our product today doesn’t allow you to see that.”
Charlie Warzel
Here's Why Microsoft Threatened To Ban Gab Over Hate Speech
Microsoft gave the free speech social network 48 hours to "remove posts that advocate for ‘ritual death by torture’ and the ‘complete eradication’ of all Jews."
Charlie Warzel
