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  • FILE – SpaceX’s Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night, Dec. 12. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)Tech

    Here’s how Elon Musk is changing what appears on your Twitter feed

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Former President Donald Trump greets people after announcing he is running for president for the third time as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Son Barron Trump watches. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Politics

    Trump may have declared his 2024 presidential bid, but Facebook is still banning him

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • man looks at phoneTech

    Anti-Black racial slur on Twitter was 3x higher than the 2022 average in the week after Musk’s takeover, report says

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • The Twitter profile belonging to the 46th US President Joe Biden on an Apple iPhone mobile phonePolitics

    Check sources, know your blind spots, and pay attention to your emotions: Tips for navigating social media on Election Day

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Person looking at phoneTech

    Popular far-right video sharing platform Rumble is riddled with election misinformation, study says

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Affidavit printers are lined up at the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. The seeds of misinformation about next week’s midterm elections were planted in 2020. And despite efforts by tech companies to slow their spread, misleading claims about mail ballots, vote tallying and certification never went away. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Politics

    Here’s what election misinformation you can expect in the 2022 midterms

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY – AUGUST 13: Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory on August 13, 2021 in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany. The US company plans to build around 500,000 of the compact Model 3 and Model Y series here every year. (Photo by Patrick Pleul – Pool/Getty Images)Tech

    Just days after buying Twitter, Elon Musk fuels a surge in misinformation on the service about the Pelosi attack

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Elon Musk speaks at a conference.Tech

    Elon Musk’s Twitter faces early test in U.S. midterms: ‘Disinformation can pay off big time’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Facebook logo is seen on a mobile phone, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they’re taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Yet a look at some of the most popular platforms shows baseless claims about election fraud continue to flourish. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)Politics

    ‘You would think that they would have learned by now.’ Facebook and other social media still serve up election lies weeks before midterms

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department stores all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. A new poll says Americans from across the political spectrum say misinformation increases extreme political beliefs and hate crimes. The survey from The Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about three-quarters of adult Americans believe misinformation is leading to more extreme political views as well as violence based on race, gender or religion. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Politics

    ‘My Facebook page is loaded with this stuff’: Three-quarters of Americans say misinformation is increasing political extremism and hate crimes

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • The TikTok logo.Tech

    Candidates turn to TikTok to reach young voters despite security fears: ‘You have to be in the arena’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Tucker CarlsonEnvironment

    Tucker Carlson repeats baseless Russian talking point that U.S. was behind gas pipeline sabotage

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • a mobile phone can be seen displaying the logos for Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok in front of a monitor showing the flags of the United States and China on an internet pageTech

    Midterm candidates are embracing TikTok ‘for better or worse’. For a number of officials, it’s worse

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Vladimir PutinPolitics

    Meta disables massive Russian disinformation network targeting Europe

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Ukraine invasionTech

    New Twitter policy aims to crack down on war misinformation

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press