Here’s The Deeply Personal Information DACA Applicants Have To Give The Government
The Department of Homeland Security has received nearly 2 million applications for DACA — those who applied fear what the government could do with the personal information now that the program is being rescinded.
Demand For Shelter In Houston Subsides, So Residents Won't Be Sent To Other Cities, Officials Say
Shelter capacity in Houston, once in critically tight supply, was at the point Wednesday that officials said residents would not need to be shipped to other cities.
Social Media Saved Harvey Victims In Texas — But That's Not Really A Plan
Twitter and smartphones didn't exist when Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans. Hurricane Harvey showed their potential — and how much remains to be done.
Inside The Partisan Fight For Your News Feed
How ideologues, opportunists, and internet marketers built a massive new universe of partisan news on the web and on Facebook.
This Conservative Mom And Liberal Daughter Were Surprised By How Different Their Facebook Feeds Are
BuzzFeed News analyzed 2,367 posts from the Facebook News Feeds of a politically divided mother and daughter to show them just how different their online worlds are.
Here's How Accurate The Fitbit Alta HR Actually Is
We pitted Fitbit's new ultra-slim wristband against a chest strap to see just how accurately it could measure beats per minute.
In Spite Of The Crackdown, Fake News Publishers Are Still Earning Money From Major Ad Networks
“As long as the traffic is real and the ads are being served to real people,” ad networks will accept fake news sites, according to one publisher.
We Recreated The Moment That One Twitter User Went Viral
A quick tutorial on using the Twitter search API to find mentions, timestamps, and anything else you need to recreate the moment that a story erupted on Twitter.
Here's What Facebook's Live Video Filter Bubble Looks Like
When you watch a live screening of an event, it’s free of filters and media bias, right? Nope. Enter the Facebook Live filter bubble.
Here's What It Feels Like To Be Trolled In Trump's America
After a Washington Post editor found herself at the heart of a political controversy, BuzzFeed News analyzed and visualized 24,731 of the tweets directed at her to show you what a Twitter attack feels like.
Getting Twitter Handle Information
Without copying and pasting (pssst! You can get them from the API).
These Are All The Accounts Donald Trump Retweeted During The Campaign
BuzzFeed News analyzed all the accounts Donald Trump retweeted during his presidential campaign. What we found are clues as to whom the president-elect views as a fitting surrogate.
The Twitterverse Of Donald Trump In 26,234 Tweets
How you can scrape social data and analyze it
Here's Where Donald Trump Gets His News
BuzzFeed News analyzed all the links Donald Trump tweeted since he launched his presidential campaign to determine where the president-elect gets his news.
I Will Invade Your Privacy (In Ethical Ways) For Stories
Americans produce unfathomable volumes of digital data every day, much of it publicly accessible on social media. What does it mean to use social data ethically?