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Grok Is Spewing Antisemitic Garbage on X

2025-07-09

Grok’s first reply has since been “deleted by the Post author,” but in subsequent posts the chatbot suggested that people ...

A Trans Pilot Was Falsely Blamed for a Plane Crash. Now She’s Fighting the Right-Wing Disinfo Machine

2025-07-02

Wallace, who Ellis has filed suit against, also regularly posts content about trans people, including making false claims on X ...

The Era of ‘Woke’ Brand Activism Is Over

2025-06-27

In May 2019, Gillette released an ad on Facebook just in time for Pride month. It featured Samson Bonkeabantu Brown—a ...

Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing

2025-06-22

Truth Social malfunctioned on Saturday night amid President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. ...

Social Media Is Now a DIY Alert System for ICE Raids

2025-06-13

Alerts about operations are disseminated through direct messages, WhatsApp, or posts on each page’s feed. In turn, it is possible ...

An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories

2025-06-11

Unlike most dating apps, which charge monthly or annual fees for their paid tiers, there is only a one-time payment ...

AI Chatbots Are Making LA Protest Disinformation Worse

2025-06-11

In another instance of Grok boosting disinformation about the protests, Mike Crispi, chair of America First Republicans of New Jersey ...

Meta’s ‘Free Expression’ Push Results in Far Fewer Content Takedowns

2025-05-30

Meta announced in January it would end some content moderation efforts, loosen its rules, and put more emphasis on supporting ...

International students sue State Department over Trump’s social media surveillance plan

2025-05-29

Fifteen Iranian students and researchers sued the Trump administration for completely halting student visa interviews while it determines whether to ...