Substack apologizes after sending a push alert encouraging some users to subscribe to NatSocToday, a Nazi newsletter advocating for a “White homeland”
The alert contained a swastika and prompted users to subscribe to newsletter featuring opinions and news important to the “white nationalist community.” Bluesky: @jonayariley , @jimllmixit , @dankenne...
Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights the shift toward a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag : Threads: @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @stuartathompsonnyt , @taylorlorenz , @robbiekirshner , and @taylorlorenz Mastodon: @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social a...
Threads becoming inundated with liberal election fraud conspiracies highlights a shift towards a “post-truth” online landscape across the political spectrum
Thousands of users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism Threads: @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @robbiekirshner , @taylorl...
X says it is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe against her ex-employer Block, after being allegedly fired for her X posts about refugees and trans people
Happe accused Block of terminating her for expressing views Block didn't agree with. — X is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe … Threads: @carnage4life and @taylorlorenz . Mastodon: @brad@twit.s...
More than 100 human rights and LGBTQ groups and many kids condemn the Kids Online Safety Act after the January 31 hearing, saying it is “to control information”
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post : Mastodon: @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold . X: @cendemtech , @progresschamber , @evan_greer , and @washingtonpost Mastodon: Jeremiah Lee / @Jeremiah@alpaca.gold : @Techmeme I ...
Supporters of Israel are using apps to mass report pro-Palestinian content online, raising questions for tech platforms over “citizen-led propaganda” campaigns
which is not actually real.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Eileen Clancy / @clancynewyork : This level of organization only exists on one side of the conflict," said Emerson T. Brooking...[of] Dig...
Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war; one virtual protest area has been visited 275K+ times
- Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, and so far, one virtual protest area has been visited more than 275,000 times. Mastodon: @carnage4lif...
Adam Mosseri says Threads' blocking of “Covid” and related terms is temporary and will be lifted in “weeks or months”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Threads: @mosseri , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , and @taylorlorenz . Bluesky: @annatarkov.bsky.social Threads: Adam Mosseri / @mosseri : Weeks or months, let me look int...
A history of Vine's failure to build relationships with its top creators, who Vine leadership resented for gaming the app's ranking algorithm and their humor
and a deeper understanding of who ultimately controls a social product. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Herb Scribner / @herbscribner : This is a great look at the downfall of Vine by @TaylorLore...
A history of Vine's failure to build relationships with its top creators, who Vine leadership resented for gaming the app's ranking algorithm and their humor
The wildly popular video app's contentious relationship with its own power users offers a cautionary tale for social platforms X: @herbscribner , @enahpets , @washingtonpost , @katienotopoulos , @gerr...