Tech
Facebook’s Dating App Is Launching In The US. Here’s How It Works.
And no, it won’t match you with your preexisting Facebook friends.
Ryan Broderick
How I Went From Nonsmoker To Craven Juul Addict
User data from people who ordered pods from its website is being passed to a political PR agency to help fight state regulations.
Katie Notopoulos
Lyft Received Nearly 100 Complaints Of Sexual Assault By Drivers In Just One State Over Two Years
The lawsuit claims that Lyft received nearly 100 complaints of sexual assault in California in just two years.
Amber Jamieson
America’s Orthodox Jews Are Selling A Ton Of The Products You Buy On Amazon
A community of Orthodox Jews prospers by selling products on Amazon — and keeping one foot in modernity and one foot out.
Leticia Miranda
This Is What It’s Like Living Through Kashmir’s Communications Blackout
“Human rights are being snatched away as we speak.”
Pranav Dixit
The Straight Pride Parade Is The Newest Far-Right Meme And Cities Aren’t Ready For It
"We thought this was a good time to stick it to the collectivist, idealist identitarian left."
Ryan Broderick
It’s Not Just Fires. Your Phone Is Also Destroying The Amazon.
“You could drop a nuclear bomb on the forest and it would be better than mining it.”
Nicole Nguyen
Amazon’s Next-Day Delivery Has Brought Chaos And Carnage To America’s Streets — But The World’s Biggest Retailer Has A System To Escape The Blame
Deaths and devastating injuries. A litany of labor violations. Drivers forced to urinate in their vans. Here is how Amazon’s gigantic, decentralized, next-day delivery network brought chaos, exploitation, and danger to communities across America.
Caroline O'Donovan
Hackers Tweeted Racial Slurs From Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account
Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was compromised on Friday afternoon and tweeted the n-word and anti-Semitic remarks. A source confirmed he had his mobile device "SIM swapped."
Nicole Nguyen
Ring Says It Doesn't Use Facial Recognition, But It Has “A Head Of Face Recognition Research”
More than 10 million Ring doorbells have been installed worldwide, and BuzzFeed News found evidence that the company is working to develop facial recognition technology for its devices in Ukraine.
Nicole Nguyen
Men Have Been Using Twitter And Pinterest To Post And Organise Creepy Screenshots Of Women Journalists
In response to questions from BuzzFeed News, Twitter said the accounts sexually objectified women “without their consent”, while Pinterest called them “gross” and apologised.
Mark Di Stefano
An Alphabet Chief Legal Officer Called Himself “Far From Perfect” In Addressing An Extramarital Relationship At Work
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, declined to comment on the matter.
Ryan Mac
She Was Ordered To Pay Damages And Apologize To The Man Who Allegedly Assaulted Her — So She Left The Country
Shailja Patel accused a fellow writer of sexual assault. Five years later, she’s in hiding in another country.
Tamerra Griffin
Teens Are Using Instagram To Cast Each Other In Fake Broadway Shows
“It’s just a great place to talk about theater,” one teen told BuzzFeed News of the Instagram musical theater community, “because you don’t really get that in school, because a lot of people aren’t really into it.”
Julia Reinstein
Two American Hackers Accused Of Murder In The Philippines Were Identified In Court
“Attorneys are bad. They told us the wrong things to say.”
Kimberly dela Cruz
These “Canadian” Websites And Facebook Pages Are Actually Run From Overseas
Some of the websites use fake profile photos for their writers, while others spread false information.
Craig Silverman
Exclusive: Funders Have Given Facebook A Deadline To Share Data With Researchers Or They’re Pulling Out
Facebook has to provide key data by Sept. 30.
Craig Silverman
A Former Uber Executive Was Charged With Stealing Google’s Self-Driving Car Secrets
If convicted, Anthony Levandowski faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Ryan Mac
iFunny Is Trying To Fix Its Far-Right Problem By Shutting Up Its Moderators
“They’re trying to make all of us sign an NDA to shut us up so we can’t expose them again."
Ryan Broderick
Trump Ordered US Companies To Leave China And Come Back “Home.” They Aren't.
US manufacturers may be leaving China — but they're going to places like Vietnam.
Leticia Miranda
Federal Agencies Have Been Sending Employees Articles From White Nationalist And Conspiracy Websites For Months
A BuzzFeed News investigation found that an arm of the Justice Department and the Department of Labor have shared stories from VDare, a white nationalist publication, with federal employees on multiple occasions over the last two years.
Hamed Aleaziz
Opinion: With This Statement, I Give Notice That Instagram Owns Your Soul
People posting a pseudo-legal declaration may believe they're in a two-way dialogue with the company. The opposite is true.
Joan Donovan
Facebook Said It Would Give Detailed Data To Academics. They’re Still Waiting.
“I think the only way to feel reasonably confident about this project is if you ignore what’s happened over the past 16 months.”
Craig Silverman
Here’s Some Actually Useful Information To Help You Prepare For A Recession
People may be telling you to pay off debts now and dust off your résumé. Here’s what they’re actually bracing you for.
Venessa Wong
Rick Perry, The Man In Charge Of American Nuclear Weapons, Fell For An Instagram Hoax
"I’d like to introduce you to a Nigerian prince," read one comment from an Instagram user mocking the energy secretary for being gullible.
David Mack
These New Facebook Ads From Chinese State Media Want You To Believe Xinjiang’s Muslim Internment Camps Are Just Great
BuzzFeed News found two ads placed in the last three days casting doubt on human rights violations in Xinjiang, where the Chinese government has detained more than a million people.
Ryan Mac
You Can Finally See All Of The Info Facebook Collected About You From Other Websites
Users will now be able to see the reach of Facebook’s tracking outside of the social network through a new tool called “Off-Facebook Activity,” which Mark Zuckerberg announced as "Clear History" more than a year ago.
Nicole Nguyen
Thousands Of Accounts Linked To The Chinese Government Have Been Kicked Off Of Social Media
The decision to pull the accounts comes after BuzzFeed News and other outlets reported that Chinese state-run media outlets were running ads about Hong Kong on Facebook and Twitter.
Jane Lytvynenko
Have You Seen These Ads About Hong Kong's Protests? China Certainly Hopes You Have.
As the Hong Kong protests continue, Chinese state media outlets are hoping paid ads on Facebook and Twitter will shift the narrative online.
Ryan Mac
It's Hard To Notice, But Marketers Are Absolutely On TikTok
TikTok's viral, user-generated nature makes it easy to obscure what started as a paid campaign.
Lauren Strapagiel
