Tech
Elon Musk Beat The "Pedo Guy" Defamation Suit In A Dramatic Victory
“The people that read Musk's tweet wouldn’t have known who he was talking about," one juror told BuzzFeed News.
Ryan Mac
NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed.
A NATO affiliate carried out a four-month experiment into manipulation on social media websites. The findings are published in a major new report.
Alberto Nardelli
Facebook Said A Chinese Company Compromised Users With Malware And Then Ran Ads Using Their Accounts
The defendants allegedly used the accounts to run ads that often misused the images of celebrities to sell “counterfeit goods and diet pills.”
Craig Silverman
Kashmiris Are Disappearing From WhatsApp
Kashmiris enduring their region's ongoing internet blackout are losing their WhatsApp accounts because of the platform's policy on inactive accounts.
Pranav Dixit
New Lawsuit Alleges Mailchimp Facilitated Sex Trafficking
Filed in a Georgia court, the suit claims that the email marketing platform allowed a sex trafficker to match a victim with an online market for sexual exploitation.
Alex Kantrowitz
Google's Cofounders Are Stepping Down. Sundar Pichai Will Become The CEO Of Google And Alphabet.
Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are passing the torch.
Nicole Nguyen
Amazon Workers In Sacramento Are Demanding Paid Time Off
The workers, who call themselves Amazonians United Sacramento, say that unlike other Amazon employees, they receive no paid time off.
Caroline O'Donovan
Four Engineers Allege Google Fired Them For Speaking Up. Now They Want The NLRB To Investigate.
A group of former Google employees who were terminated last month are hoping their complaints about unfair labor practices will trigger a federal investigation into the search giant.
Ryan Mac
This Man's Post Was The First To Be "Corrected" By Facebook Under Singapore's Fake News Law
"Facebook did a great job," said Alex Tan. "They didn’t say that this post contains a falsehood."
Cameron Wilson
After Google Announced New Political Ad Rules, Michael Bloomberg Spent An Estimated $1 Million
That’s far more than the estimated amount Warren spent in November.
Alex Kantrowitz
Tinder Lets Known Sex Offenders Use The App. It’s Not The Only One.
Match Group, which owns most major online dating services, screens for sexual predators on Match — but not on Tinder, OkCupid, or Plenty of Fish. A spokesperson said, “There are definitely registered sex offenders on our free products.”
Hillary Flynn
People Are Doing Weird Stuff At Trump Properties On Google Maps
“Look a little closer!”
Caroline Haskins
21 Things BuzzFeed News Tried And Loved In 2019
Some of these things may change your life. Or not.
Scott Lucas
A Huge Flood Of Housing Is Expected To Hit The Market As Boomers Die
Get ready for a listing boom over the next 20 years in retirement destinations like Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Tucson.
Venessa Wong
Twitter Said It Will Not Delete The Accounts Of Dead People
Twitter made a swift change to its plans to purge inactive accounts after people pointed out it this meant deleting the accounts of dead loved ones.
Katie Notopoulos
Russia Wants To Be Seen As The Owner Of Crimea. Apple Just Recognized Them.
“IPhones are great products. Seriously, though, @Apple, please, please, stick to high-tech and entertainment. Global politics is not your strong side,” Ukraine’s foreign minister tweeted.
Christopher Miller
12 Impeachment Conspiracies You’re Likely To Hear About At Thanksgiving
Pull this up on your phone before you start arguing at the dinner table this year.
Ryan Broderick
Ring Doesn’t Have Facial Recognition — Some Police Want To Add Their Own
The assistant police chief of Chandler, Arizona, briefed colleagues in April on “leveraging consumer surveillance systems.”
Caroline Haskins
Facebook’s New Message To Political Advertisers Is All About Protecting The 2020 Election
Forget 2016.
Alex Kantrowitz
Help, I Can’t Stop Watching This Video Of Elon Musk Breaking His Cybertruck Windows
"Oh my fucking god."
Ryan Mac
“Nothing Is Off The Table” For Facebook As Google And Twitter Crack Down On Political Ads
For now, Donald Trump and Joe Biden can target ads however they want on Facebook. How long will that last?
Alex Kantrowitz
A Cricket Club's Account Was Banned After It Was Hacked And Posted ISIS Content
"My first thought would be, why would anyone hack a cricket club's Twitter that has no followers?"
Cameron Wilson
Her Amazon Purchases Are Real. The Reviews Are Fake.
Earlier this year, one woman stumbled into a side hustle that’s resulted in hundreds of free Amazon products, worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Nicole Nguyen
Republicans’ Conspiracy Theory–Ridden Counterprogramming To Impeachment Is Working
Nothing Republican Rep. Devin Nunes does during the hearings makes sense if you watch it in the moment. When it’s posted on Facebook later, though, it works perfectly.
Ryan Broderick
Facebook Says Anonymous Pages Posting Coordinated Pro-Trump Content Do Not Break Its Rules
“I like positivity and like to follow all Trump media”
Craig Silverman
House Caucus Leaders Wrote A Letter To Google Asking About Its Hire Of A Former DHS Staffer Who Worked On Family Separation
“We find it alarming when companies choose to reward and hire individuals that have played active roles in implementing cruel policies that target and hurt the communities we represent and Google is no exception.”
Ryan Mac
T-Mobile's CEO Is Resigning, Finally Putting An End To His Promoted Tweets
Good night, sweet magenta prince.
Katie Notopoulos
The American Internet Sucks. The Alternative Is China.
In a fragmenting world, will governments choose ruthless digital order over chaotic digital freedom?
Joseph Bernstein
Twitter Has Suspended Several Accounts That Tweeted “I Hired Donald Trump To Fire People Like Yovanovitch"
A spokesperson for Twitter said they're looking into whether the phrase is trending organically.
Ryan Broderick
Donald Trump And Joe Biden Will No Longer Be Able To Run Ads On Twitter
“We’re absolutely going to make mistakes here. But we firmly believe that it’s better for us to start getting it right and giving people ways to tell us how it’s wrong.”
Ryan Mac
