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  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta closes nearly 4,800 accounts it says China-based actors were exploiting to repost Twitter content and polarize U.S. voters

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta updates AI deepfake policy for political ads, 2 months after Google did it

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Free speech absolutist Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who uncovered X/Twitter’s increase in hate speech since takeover

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The Federal Trade Commission claims Meta’s plan to buy the competitor will give it an unfair advantage in the burgeoning VR market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    ‘It’s not simple’: Researchers tweaked Facebook’s algorithms to see if they could fix America’s political polarization. They failed

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • MIAMI, FLORIDA – MAY 06: Elon Musk walks in the Paddock prior to final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 06, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Clive Mason – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk posted misleading tweets about the Texas mall gunman’s long history of neo-Nazi views being a potential ‘psyop’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • KNUTSFORD, UNITED KINGDOM APRIL 21: In this photo illustration the Twitter logo is seen on a computer screen and mobile cellphone on April 21, 2023 in Knutsford, United Kingdom. The social media company started removing large numbers of the blue verification check marks, or “blue ticks,” that had historically indicated a verified account. The company said in a statement that they are “removing legacy verified checkmarks” and, to remain verified on Twitter, users can sign up for the paid Twitter Blue subscription. (Photo illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)Tech

    Changes at Elon Musk’s Twitter have supercharged views for Russian and Chinese propaganda accounts, according to a new report

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen which displays the TikTok home screen, March 18, 2023, in Boston. Social media platforms often rely on labels to let users know an account is operated by a Russian state propaganda agency. But new research shows that on TikTok at least, the labels aren’t very effective even when they’re applied consistently. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)Tech

    TikTok’s Russian propaganda label has been haphazard and ineffective, according to a new study

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Jevin WestSuccess

    Americans barely have media literacy. Now teachers have to tackle ‘digital literacy.’

    By David Klepper, Manuel Valdes, and others
  • editor looking at online information about vasectomy procedures.Tech

    Teaching internet literacy: The growing movement working to offset an explosion of online misinformation

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Researchers have uncovered a network of tens of thousands of fake Twitter accounts created to support ex-President Donald Trump and attack his critics and potential rivals. Those targeted by the bot network include Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. secretary now challenging Trump for the Republican nomination, as well as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)Tech

    A sprawling army of Twitter bots has spent the last few months praising Donald Trump and slamming his Republican critics

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • EMTs transfer a patient in the busy ambulance bay at UMass Memorial Medical Center.Health

    Latest report on COVID-19’s suspected lab origins fuels more conspiracies: ‘Everything we skeptics said was true’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Sen. Joni Ernst talks to reporters.Health

    COVID-19 origins: Lab leak or spread from animals? The latest of many attempts by scientists and officials to identify the virus source remains hazy

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Ilan ShorLeadership

    Sanctioned Moldovan oligarch close to Putin allowed to run Facebook ads calling for political revolution

    By David Klepper, Stephen McGrath, and others
  • Moldova’s parliamentary candidate Ilan Shor, businessman, leader of his self-named party and the mayor of the town of Orhei, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. – On the campaign trail, businessman Ilan Shor insists corruption is Moldova’s most pressing issue, despite himself having been convicted in a fraud case dubbed “the crime of the century”. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Facebook ran ads for a Kremlin-connected Moldovan oligarch sanctioned by the US targeting the country’s pro-Western government

    By David Klepper, Stephen McGrath, and others
  • Balloon and UFOPolitics

    Social media’s reaction to the ballooning UFO carnage shows that the internet doesn’t trust the government

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press