Analysis of 2,000 misleading Israel-Hamas war X posts, viewed 500M times: verified users posting debunked claims are thriving and Community Notes isn't scaling
Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism … “My sisters have died,” the young boy sobbed, chest heaving, as he wailed into the sky. X: @emilybell , @davidclinchnews , and @dicktofel X: Emily...
As the “Bank of Startups”, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed from its exposure to interest-rate risk, a lack of diversity among depositors, and VC herd mentality
an unsecured illiquid claim on a failed bank. Absent @jpmorgan @citi or... https://twitter.com/... Bob Elliott / @bobeunlimited : Fed/FDIC decisions on SVB determine whether they risk a bank run trill...
Analysis shows Facebook's role in spreading false US election narratives; 650,000+ posts questioned Biden's victory between Election Day and the January 6 siege
three weeks before the election — Facebook announced, through life-long Dem operative @AndyMStone — that it was suppressing discussion of reporting about the Biden family pending a 3rd-party fact-chec...
Investigation details how safeguards for Facebook's Marketplace, which has 1B MAUs, can fail to protect buyers and sells from scams, fake accounts, and more
ProPublica : Tweets: @craigsilverman , @craigsilverman , @craigsilverman , @kantrowitz , @alanmillernlp , @bandler_james , @craigsilverman , @ericuman , @dicktofel , and @propublica Tweets: Craig Sil...
Emails show how Facebook responded to requests by Turkey to censor content during the authoritarian government's 2018 military offensive against Kurds
or risk getting shut down entirely. “I am fine with this,” wrote Sheryl Sandberg. My latest with @JustinElliott: https://www.propublica.org/... Jane Lytvynenko / @janelytv : “I am fine with this” Just...
Russian investigative journalism is flourishing alongside “probiv”, the buying of data on phone calls, cell location, or air travel off Telegram or the dark web
A new wave of news outlets has used conventional, and unconventional, methods to pierce the veil of Putin's power. Tweets: @albertwenger , @benweinthal , @andrew__roth , @rasmus_kleis , @jaycuthrell ,...
Leaked docs show how China stage-managed what appeared on its domestic internet to make coronavirus look less severe in the early days of the outbreak
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. Tweets: @paulmozur , @justinhendrix , @camillefrancois , @st...
Inside the IRS's probe into Facebook, including emails from 2008 where Sandberg and Ted Price, Facebook's head of tax, discuss tax havens for parking profits
The social media behemoth is about to face off with the tax agency in a rare trial to capture billions that the IRS thinks Facebook owes. Tweets: @mccarthyryanj , @stevecimino , @katielpaul , @thetnho...
Ads for housing that exclude demographics are still being approved by Facebook, a year after a study highlighted the illegal discriminatory practice on Facebook
Why There's Nothing to Fear With the End of Net Neutrality Richard Nieva / CNET : Facebook still allowing discriminatory housing ads Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company : Facebook's ad platform still...