Feds Sue Coinbase One Day After Filing Suit Against BinanceAfter months of hints, the SEC formally accused Coinbase of operating as an illegal, unregistered broker and…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedJune 6, 2023
Facebook's Supreme Court Receives an Appeal Every 24 SecondsThe Facebook Oversight Board overturned 75% of Meta's initial content moderation decision in 12 high-profile cases…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedJune 6, 2023
Instagram Bans, Unbans Facebook Critic, and It Won’t Say WhyMeta won't say why it suspended The Real Facebook Oversight Board after it criticized the platform's threat to cut…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedJune 5, 2023
Twitter Loses Its Second Trust and Safety Head Under Elon Musk's ReignTwitter's head of trust and safety and the company's head of brand safety and ad quality reportedly resigned after…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedJune 2, 2023
How a Journalist Is Using Twitch Streams of Impossible Games to Counter Sexist JerksJessica Boddy says she finally found her community when she started streaming during the pandemic. Now she's working…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedJune 2, 2023
Please Don’t Make These 7 Nasty ChatGPT-Generated Vegan RecipesVegan chefs asked ChatGPT to churn out 100 different recipes. All but one were utter failures.ByMack DeGeurinPublishedJune 2, 2023
Instagram's Head Says You Shouldn't Worry About ShadowbanningAdam Mosseri gave more details about ranking in Stories, Reels, and Explore ahead of Instagram's expected launch of…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedJune 1, 2023
California Assembly Calls Meta's Bluff on Journalism Preservation ActFacebook and Instagram say a bill forcing them to pay publishers a journalism usage fee amounts to a "slush fund"…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 31, 2023
You Do It: Twitter Outsources AI Image Detection to Its UsersElon Musk's expanded Community Notes feature will ask users to "add context" to maybe-AI-generated images.ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 31, 2023
SCOTUS Declines to Hear Reddit Child Sex Abuse Case, Handing Big Tech a WinExperts say the court's decision to dance around tech liability in recent cases shows justices would rather punt…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 30, 2023
China Removes 1.4 Million Posts and 67,000 Accounts in Latest Social Media PurgeThe Cyberspace Administration of China says the removals came after a two-month investigation into misinformation…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 30, 2023
‘Are We Waiting for S**t to Hit The Fan?’: Former Google Safety Lead Warns of AI Chatbots Writing NewsSmartNews Trust and Safety Lead Arjun Narayan says news organizations must develop "first principles" and assure…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 29, 2023
12 Companies Racing to Create AI Deepfake DetectorsStartups and tech giants alike are racing to create deepfake detection devices to try and prevent a surge in…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 27, 2023
Welp, the FDA Says Elon's Brain Interface Company Can Start Carving Up HumansNeuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, said it's received FDA approval to begin testing its device…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 26, 2023
Trump Trolls DeSantis and Musk With a Hitler DeepfakeThe Trump campaign created a fake Twitter Spaces event using voice clones of Dick Cheney, Satan, and Hitler to mock…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 25, 2023
Surgeon General Warns of Social Media's 'Profound Risk of Harm' to KidsThe nation's leading doctor said there isn't enough evidence to determine if social media is "sufficiently safe" for…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 23, 2023
TikTok Sues Montana to Reverse App BanTikTok says Montana's law banning downloads of the app in the state is illegal and would crush local users' freedom…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedMay 22, 2023
How Montana's TikTokers Are Fighting Back Against the State's BanMontana TikTokers are joining lawsuits seeking to overturn a state-wide ban on the app. They say the prohibition…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 20, 2023
SCOTUS Says It Won't Mess With Section 230, for NowThe court said it did not need to reinterpret tech's biggest liability shield to resolve a pair of terrorism suits…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedMay 18, 2023
Montana Bans TikTokMontana's governor signed the nation's first state ban into law as the federal government considers prohibiting the…ByBlake Montgomery and Mack DeGeurinPublishedMay 17, 2023