A Black Man Has Died After Louisiana Police Fired More Than 10 Shots At Him As He Walked Away
Police say 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin was carrying a knife and fled after they were called to an alleged disturbance in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Friday night.
Facebook’s Preferential Treatment Of US Conservatives Puts Its Fact-Checking Program In Danger
Facebook’s employees and fact-checking partners say they are left in the dark about how the company decides what content stays up and what comes down.
Mark Zuckerberg Says A Ban On TikTok Would Set “A Really Bad Long-Term Precedent”
“I certainly think that there are valid national security questions about having an app that has a lot of people’s data that follows the rules of another country, a government that is increasingly is kind of seen as a competitor.”
Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment
Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation. And they’re worried about how the company will handle the president’s falsehoods in an election year.
Instagram Displayed Negative Related Hashtags For Biden, But Hid Them For Trump
“A technical error caused a number of hashtags to not show related hashtags. We've disabled this feature while we investigate.”
“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.
A Group Of Moms Formed A Human Wall To Protect Portland Protesters From Federal Officers
"We’ll be out until no protester needs protecting,” one of the mothers, who organized the group "Wall of Moms," told BuzzFeed News.
Roger Stone Used A Racial Slur During An Interview With A Black Radio Host
In text messages to BuzzFeed News, Stone denied calling Morris O’Kelly a Negro and said that the word is “far from a slur.”
Joe Biden, Elon Musk, And Barack Obama's Twitter Accounts Were Hacked In A Bitcoin Scam
Hackers took over some of Twitter's biggest accounts to solicit bitcoin on Wednesday.
Facebook Said It “Stands Firmly Against Hate.” It Still Ran A White Nationalist Ad.
For four days in July, Facebook ran an ad from a page called “White Wellbeing Australia.”
New York's Attorney General Ordered The Black Lives Matter Foundation To Stop Collecting Money
Following a BuzzFeed News investigation into donor confusion between the California-based foundation and the Black Lives Matter movement, authorities are stepping in.
How A 4th Of July Meal Exposes The Coronavirus Risk For Thousands Of US Food Workers
Hundreds of workers may have contracted COVID-19 to get you the food on your plate this 4th of July. Some may have even died. A BuzzFeed News investigation exposes the cost of your BBQ.
Facebook Has Been Profiting From Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War And Unrest
Facebook said on Tuesday it was banning content associated with the "Boogaloo" extremist group. BuzzFeed News found the company has been running Boogaloo ads advocating for violence for months.
Boston Just Banned Its Government From Using Facial Recognition Technology
Citing “racial bias in facial surveillance,” the Boston City Council voted unanimously to stop the use of facial recognition by public agencies.
Tesla Told Employees On Juneteenth That It's A Holiday, But They Still Had To Use PTO
"It does require use of a paid-time-off day, which is true of many other holidays," Elon Musk said.
Microsoft Says It Won't Sell Facial Recognition To The Police. These Documents Show How It Pitched That Technology To The Federal Government.
Last week, Microsoft said it would not sell its facial recognition to police departments. But new documents reveal it was pitching that technology to at least one federal agency as recently as two years ago.
"The Black Lives Matter Foundation" Raised Millions. It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement.
Employees of Apple, Google, and Microsoft have raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter Foundation thinking it's the international racial justice movement seeking to end police brutality. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Mark Zuckerberg Promises Changes At Facebook While Declaring “Black Lives Matter”
“It’s encouraging to see Zuck post this, but I’ll maintain my skepticism until some sort of action is taken by the company," one Facebook employee told BuzzFeed News.
Some Nextdoor Moderators Are Furious With The Company’s Backing Of Black Lives Matter
Inside a private forum, some volunteer moderators for the platform are furious at the company's stance.
People On Nextdoor Say The Platform Censored Their "Black Lives Matter" Posts
People on the social platform say that moderators are deleting comments stating “Black Lives Matter” and stifling discussion about the nation’s protests.