Craig Silverman
A Staff Member At A Summer Camp Got COVID-19. Then More Than 250 Others Tested Positive.
Almost half of the staffers and campers who tested were infected with COVID-19. The CDC said singing and cheering "might have contributed to transmission."
Craig Silverman
Facebook Bought Instagram To Neutralize A Competitor, Emails Show
The revelation from Mark Zuckerberg's emails was a flashpoint during the congressional hearing on tech antitrust.
Craig Silverman
A Black Family Received A Racist Letter About Their Twin Daughters After Celebrating Their Graduation
"They're just super sweet girls," said David Sproul about his twin daughters, Xanah and Xarah.
Craig Silverman
Statues Of Christopher Columbus And Robert E. Lee Were Removed From Chicago And Richmond
A Robert E. Lee High School in Virginia was also renamed for civil rights icon John Lewis.
Craig Silverman
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Called Out A GOP Lawmaker For Using His Wife And Daughter "As Shields And Excuses" After He Accosted Her
"What Mr. Yoho did was give permission to other men to do that to his daughters," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after Yoho reportedly called her a sexist slur.
Craig Silverman
“Facebook Is Hurting People At Scale”: Mark Zuckerberg’s Employees Reckon With The Social Network They’ve Built
As the US heads toward a crucial and contentious presidential election, the world's largest social network is facing an unprecedented cultural crisis.
Ryan Mac
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Hit Back After A GOP Lawmaker Allegedly Called Her A Sexist Slur
Rep. Ted Yoho's office has denied he called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "fucking bitch."
Craig Silverman
“Flat-Out Unconstitutional”: Federal Officers In Unmarked Vans Are Snatching People Off The Streets In Portland
“They're snatching people and asking questions later," said one resident.
Craig Silverman
Three Arizona Teachers Shared A Classroom. They All Got COVID-19, And One Died.
“It spread between the three of us in four days. Imagine what's going to happen with more people in the classroom,” said one teacher.
Craig Silverman
A Wisconsin Man Allegedly Killed A Motorcyclist Because He Was White
Daniel Navarro, 27, allegedly told detectives he’d been the victim of racism from white people because he’s Hispanic and that “people are going to have to die.”
Craig Silverman
The Search For "Glee" Actor Naya Rivera Is Now Focused On Recovering Her Body
Video footage released by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department shows Rivera and her son renting the boat she later disappeared from.
Craig Silverman
Indiana Police Arrested A Woman For A Hit-And-Run Crash At A Black Lives Matter Protest
Christi Bennett, 66, was booked on four preliminary charges for the alleged hit-and-run.
Craig Silverman
A Muslim Teen Filed A Discrimination Claim After Receiving A Starbucks Cup With "ISIS" Written On It
"I actually couldn’t believe this was happening,” she told BuzzFeed News. Target, which operates the Starbucks location, says it was a mistake.
Craig Silverman
Boompilled: Fireworks Conspiracy Theories Are Bursting Across The Internet
There's no evidence that the fireworks lighting up US cities are caused by anything other than oversupply and understimulation. That hasn't stopped the conspiracies.
Craig Silverman
Black Lives Matter Activists Say They're Being Silenced By Facebook
As the platform regulates speech, social justice advocates want it to stop perpetuating the same structures of racism they experience offline.
Craig Silverman
Facebook Is Suing Two Developers It Says Sold Fake Likes And Scraped User Data
It’s the latest example of Facebook suing people it says have abused its platform.
Craig Silverman
Donald Trump Amplified A Conspiracy Theory That Buffalo Protester Martin Gugino Was Trying To "Scan" The Police Before He Was Injured
It's all thanks to an "absolutely insane" report from pro-Trump cable outlet OAN.
Craig Silverman
A Popular QAnon Twitter Account That Claims To Have Explosive DC Dirt Is Really Just A Random Italian Guy
"Greg Rubini" isn't the person he claims to be.
Craig Silverman
People Say Pallets Of Bricks Are Showing Up Near Protests All Over The US. The Truth Is More Complicated.
As of now, there's no evidence to support claims of coordinated brick placements at protests.
Craig Silverman
We’re Keeping A Running List Of Hoaxes And Misleading Posts About The Nationwide Police Brutality Protests
As thousands protest the death of George Floyd, BuzzFeed News is debunking the hoaxes and disinformation that have been spreading online.
Jane Lytvynenko
