Social media may harm kids. US Surgeon General says so That's a warning and not permission, in case you were wondering Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 19
Elon Musk finally finds 'someone foolish enough to take the job' of Twitter CEO Opinion Though we're not sure NBCUniversal ad exec Linda Yaccarino appreciates the description Personal Tech12 May 2023 | 102
Meta CEO doesn't Zuck at Brazilian jiu-jitsu, apparently 'Silent killer' Mark bags himself top medals in tournament Offbeat09 May 2023 | 22
Vietnam to require registration of social media, even on global platforms Show some ID or your Facebook feed might not make it across the border Legal09 May 2023 | 5
Deplatforming hate forums doesn't work, British boffins warn Updated Industry intervention alone can't deal with harassment Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 122
Substack copied Twitter so Twitter is copying Substack Actual features pending, please pay us now Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 61
Utah outlaws kids' social media addiction, sets digital curfew Age verification, a private right to sue Big Tech ... thinking of the children or political points? Personal Tech24 Mar 2023 | 73
Requiem for Google Reader, dead for a decade but not forgotten Special report RSS pioneer Dave Winer sees Mastodon as a positive sign Networks14 Mar 2023 | 50
Meta confirms decentralized Twitter rival in the works Where there's disaffected twits there's potential revenue, and Facebook parent smells blood – er, profit Personal Tech11 Mar 2023 | 28
'Brittle' Twitter suffers bad case of the Mondays: Links, pics, vids fail Once again, the status page is oblivious Personal Tech06 Mar 2023 | 62
Happy Lunar New Year: Beijing warns of enhanced surveillance during celebrations Censors are on the lookout for showering under a waterfall of money, overeating, and more conventional sins Security20 Jan 2023 | 8
UK Online Safety law threatens Big Tech bosses with jail Two years in the clink proposed for not thinking of the children Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 85
You can't handle the truth! Indian government suggests its own fact checkers judge what's right on social media Classy: slips obviously conflicted idea in alongside changed gaming rules on last day of consultation period Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 2
Third-party Twitter apps stopped dead with no explanation from El Musko Sorry, when exactly are you going to sod off to Mars, mate? Software14 Jan 2023 | 123
Russian meddling in 2016 US presidential election was weak sauce Boffins find Twitter foreign influence campaign didn't have much pull Security10 Jan 2023 | 60
US schools sue Meta, Google and friends over 'youth mental health crisis' Updated Social media as public nuisance? Seattle may be on to something Personal Tech10 Jan 2023 | 50
More pre-Musk Twitter 1.0 execs leave the building Last one out turn off the lights Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 25
US House boots TikTok from government phones ByteDance ban for federal devices awaits Biden’s signature Security28 Dec 2022 | 13
Elon Musk starts poll with one question: Should I step down as head of Twitter? Updated The ayes have it: You said 'YES' Personal Tech19 Dec 2022 | 134
TikTok could be banned from America, thanks to proposed bipartisan bill If you listen really closely, you can hear Mark Zuckerberg's excitement Security14 Dec 2022 | 27
Twitter dismantles its Trust and Safety Council moments before meeting Comment Plus: Elon Musk is now a number 2 Personal Tech13 Dec 2022 | 109
UK lawmakers look to enforce blocking tools for legal but harmful content The latest idea in the long gestation of the online harms legislation Security09 Dec 2022 | 143
Twitter gives up fight against COVID-19 misinformation Ex-moderation lead says he does not feel the platform is 'safe' under Musk Personal Tech30 Nov 2022 | 211
Meta scores $200k default win against alleged peddler of Instagram Likes Manipulating users' feelings on a social media platform? That's our job! Legal28 Nov 2022 | 3
Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns Didn't say they were good, though – covert ops apparently got 'little to no engagement' from targets Research24 Nov 2022 | 20
Twitter set for more layoffs as Musk mulls next move Plus: He ran a poll 51.8% in favor of overturning Donald Trump's ban... but some must be bots, right Elon? Networks21 Nov 2022 | 131
World's richest man posts memes as $44b Twitter acquisition veers off course Staff locked out as hundreds appear to say no to Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum Offbeat18 Nov 2022 | 210
Twitter refugees seek asylum in an unusual place: The Matt Hancock app Move over, Mastodon – bungling UK politician's platform finds thousands of new users amid Elon Musk chaos Bootnotes17 Nov 2022 | 32
Twitter, Musk, and a week of bad decisions Lost among the chaos? We'll try to sort it out for you, so far Personal Tech11 Nov 2022 | 106
Musk sows more Twitter chaos, now with Official policy snafu Today's messes: a possible crypto venture; blue tick blackflips; advertiser assurances; and a promise to try dumb things Personal Tech10 Nov 2022 | 31
Tumblr says nudes are back on the menu – within reason But old 'go nuts, show nuts' attitude is dead for good Offbeat03 Nov 2022 | 27
Meta fined record-breaking $24.6m for deliberately ignoring political ad law Pocket change for troubled Facebook giant, plus more US election news Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 30
Pro-China crew ramps up disinfo ahead of US midterms. Not that anyone's falling for it Hey, Xi, 滚开 Cyber-crime27 Oct 2022 | 16
Twitter's most valuable users are ghosting the platform Fly, little birds: Damning internal research emerges just before Elon Musk buy Offbeat26 Oct 2022 | 122
Artist formerly known as Kanye reveals Parler trick: Buying the far-right haven Used to tweeting? Get ready for Yeeting Bootnotes17 Oct 2022 | 77
Elon Musk tells Twitter: My takeover deal is back on Updated World's richest man wants to kill trial – and presumably end more text message embarrassment Personal Tech04 Oct 2022 | 84
FYI: TikTok tracking pixels can be found all over the web – just like Meta, Google Updated Don't have a TT account? Doesn't matter! Personal Tech03 Oct 2022 | 24
Florida asks Supreme Court if it's OK to ban content moderation it doesn't like Nothing screams Land of the Free like the government ordering you to host awful but lawful content Personal Tech23 Sep 2022 | 99
Afghanistan’s Taliban government bans TikTok First-person shooter PUBG also barred for corrupting the young Personal Tech21 Sep 2022 | 9
Appeals court already under fire for upholding Texas no-content-moderation law Big Tech forbidden from taking down 'viewpoint-based' posts no matter how awful but lawful Personal Tech16 Sep 2022 | 112
To preserve Earth's treasures, digital silence is golden Column There are beautiful, undisturbed places in the world. You do not have to catch 'em all Software14 Sep 2022 | 56
Indian tech minister picks a fight with Wikipedia over cricketer's dropped catch Also separatism, nationalism, and whether Big Tech does enough to police user-generated content Bootnotes06 Sep 2022 | 17
Twitter edit button coming later this month ... for some Looks like the bird site didn't need Musk's money to get the feature added, after all Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 8
Snap to lay off one in five employees as losses mount Original shows, games, the company's other apps, and more also being axed Applications31 Aug 2022 | 9
Musk tries to stall Twitter takeover trial following whistleblower claims And throws a copy of Mudge's allegations to the SEC, too, just in case it hasn't read them yet Personal Tech31 Aug 2022 | 58
Twitter, Meta kill hundreds of pro-Western troll accounts It turns out online chicanery aiming to destabilize foreign nations is a two-way street Research25 Aug 2022 | 38
Twitter savaged by former security boss Mudge in whistleblower complaint Loose access to production systems, out of date software, and more claimed CSO23 Aug 2022 | 36
David Holz, founder of AI art generator Midjourney, on the future of imaging Interview Optimizing for beauty while trying to suppress sensationalism AI + ML01 Aug 2022 | 10
Elon Musk considering 'drastic action' as Twitter takeover in 'jeopardy' Updated Though it's not clear what tech mogul might do seeing that he has committed to completing the transaction Networks08 Jul 2022 | 135
Taiwan creates new challenge for tech industry: stern content regulation laws Big tech asked to be more transparent by logging what it took down and why Legal30 Jun 2022 | 10
LGBTQ+ folks warned of dating app extortion scams Uncle Sam tells of crooks exploiting Pride Month Cyber-crime27 Jun 2022 | 6
Japan makes online insults a crime that can earn a year in jail Law will be reviewed after three years amid debate on free speech vs civility Legal16 Jun 2022 | 94
Twitter shareholders to vote on Elon Musk's acquisition Mogul's team sprayed with 'firehose' of data as unending saga continues Networks09 Jun 2022 | 49
Another VPN quits India, as government proposes social media censorship powers New Delhi now fighting criticism of eroding free speech and privacy with two proposed regulations Legal08 Jun 2022 | 13
US Supreme Court puts Texas social media law on hold Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh, Barrett help halt enforcement of HB 20 Personal Tech31 May 2022 | 37
Florida's content-moderation law kept on ice, likely unconstitutional, court says So cool you're into free speech because that includes taking down misinformation Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 51
Supreme Court urged to halt 'unconstitutional' Texas content-no-moderation law Everyone's entitled to a viewpoint but what's your viewpoint on what exactly is and isn't a viewpoint? Personal Tech18 May 2022 | 84
Appeals court unleashes Texas's anti-Big-Tech content-no-moderation law That bit in Ghostbusters when they shut off the containment unit? That, but with social networks Personal Tech12 May 2022 | 59
Did you know Twitter has an open-source arm? This is what it's been up to Bluesky thinking includes blueprints for distributed social network Applications05 May 2022 | 17
Eggheads demo how to fool share-trading bots with carefully crafted retweets Good thing no one's buying or selling stock from Twitter posts, right? Um, right? AI + ML05 May 2022 | 17
Sina Weibo, China's Twitter analog, reveals users' locations and IP addresses Sssshhhh! Nobody tell Elon Musk Security29 Apr 2022 | 9
Twitter preps poison pill to preclude Elon Musk's purchase plan Comment Populist provocateur ponders partners to pay for platform prize Personal Tech16 Apr 2022 | 118