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Wow, Superman’s Good At Twitter

2 years ago

Wow, Superman’s Good At Twitter

James Whitbrook

FBI Plans To Monitor Facebook, Twitter, And Instagram For Terrorism And Domestic Threats In Real-Time

2 years ago

FBI Plans To Monitor Facebook, Twitter, And Instagram For Terrorism And Domestic Threats In Real-Time

Jennings Brown

TikTok Owner ByteDance Is Getting Into The Phone Biz

2 years ago

TikTok Owner ByteDance Is Getting Into The Phone Biz

Sam Rutherford

Report: U.S. FTC To Accuse Facebook Of Using 2FA Numbers For Ads, Hiding Facial Recognition Settings

2 years ago

Report: U.S. FTC To Accuse Facebook Of Using 2FA Numbers For Ads, Hiding Facial Recognition Settings

Tom McKay

Two Cops Fired Over Facebook Post Suggesting Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Assassinated

2 years ago

Two Cops Fired Over Facebook Post Suggesting Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Should Be Assassinated

Matt Novak

Guy Who Built Twitter’s Retweet Button Admits Maybe That Was A Really Bad Idea

2 years ago

Guy Who Built Twitter’s Retweet Button Admits Maybe That Was A Really Bad Idea

Tom McKay

Libra Scammers Are Promising Early Access To Facebook’s Digital Currency To Steal Private Information

2 years ago

Libra Scammers Are Promising Early Access To Facebook’s Digital Currency To Steal Private Information

Matt Novak

TikTok Appears To Be Experimenting With A Bunch Of Instagram-Like Features

2 years ago

TikTok Appears To Be Experimenting With A Bunch Of Instagram-Like Features

Catie Keck

Top Searches On Merriam-Webster Include ‘Fascism’ And ‘Racism’ After Trump’s Latest Rally

2 years ago

Top Searches On Merriam-Webster Include ‘Fascism’ And ‘Racism’ After Trump’s Latest Rally

Matt Novak

U.S. Congressman To Facebook: Your Digital Currency Could Be Worse Than 9-11

2 years ago

U.S. Congressman To Facebook: Your Digital Currency Could Be Worse Than 9-11

Matt Novak

How To Infiltrate Area 51 Like A Pro

2 years ago

How To Infiltrate Area 51 Like A Pro

Tom McKay

Twitter Finally Redesigned Its Website, Said No One

2 years ago

Twitter Finally Redesigned Its Website, Said No One

Catie Keck

U.S. Woman Charged With Felony After Daughter Is Filmed Licking Tongue Depressor In Medical Centre

2 years ago

U.S. Woman Charged With Felony After Daughter Is Filmed Licking Tongue Depressor In Medical Centre

Catie Keck

The White House Learned Four Internet Words And Wants To Teach You How To Say Them Wrong

2 years ago

The White House Learned Four Internet Words And Wants To Teach You How To Say Them Wrong

Bryan Menegus

Facebook’s Libra Project Is Getting Hammered From All Sides, With U.S. Chair Raising ‘Serious Concerns’

2 years ago

Facebook’s Libra Project Is Getting Hammered From All Sides, With U.S. Chair Raising ‘Serious Concerns’

Tom McKay

7 More Reaction Gifs Featuring Famous Hollywood Actor Robert Redford

2 years ago

7 More Reaction Gifs Featuring Famous Hollywood Actor Robert Redford

Matt Novak

Russian Coal Plant Tells Instagrammers To Please Stop Bathing In Its Toxic Ash Dump

Science & Health

2 years ago

Russian Coal Plant Tells Instagrammers To Please Stop Bathing In Its Toxic Ash Dump

Jennings Brown

Everything Social Media Giants Banned In 2019 (That They Should Have Banned Ages Ago)

2 years ago

Everything Social Media Giants Banned In 2019 (That They Should Have Banned Ages Ago)

Catie Keck

YouTube Announces Some Changes To Its Infamously Awful Copyright Infringement System

2 years ago

YouTube Announces Some Changes To Its Infamously Awful Copyright Infringement System

Tom McKay

Facebook And Twitter Not Invited To White House Social Media Summit This Week

2 years ago

Facebook And Twitter Not Invited To White House Social Media Summit This Week

Matt Novak

Facebook, We’re Disappointed But Not Surprised

2 years ago

Facebook, We’re Disappointed But Not Surprised

Catie Keck

Instagram Now Preemptively Shames People Before They Post Shitty Comments

2 years ago

Instagram Now Preemptively Shames People Before They Post Shitty Comments

Catie Keck

Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Says Most People Should Get Off Facebook Permanently

2 years ago

Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Says Most People Should Get Off Facebook Permanently

Matt Novak

Trump Campaign Uses Stock Video Of ‘Supporters’ In Latest Facebook Ads

2 years ago

Trump Campaign Uses Stock Video Of ‘Supporters’ In Latest Facebook Ads

Matt Novak

That One Guy You Blocked On Tinder Disrupted A U.S. Rally Against Tech ‘Censorship’

2 years ago

That One Guy You Blocked On Tinder Disrupted A U.S. Rally Against Tech ‘Censorship’

Tom McKay

We Regret To Inform You The UK’s Ad Regulator Has Deemed Anyone With 30,000 Followers A Celebrity

2 years ago

We Regret To Inform You The UK’s Ad Regulator Has Deemed Anyone With 30,000 Followers A Celebrity

Tom McKay

New Zealand Says Google Broke The Law By Naming Suspect In Grace Millane Murder Case

2 years ago

New Zealand Says Google Broke The Law By Naming Suspect In Grace Millane Murder Case

Matt Novak

U.S. Concentration Camp Guards Promise Investigation Into Hateful Facebook Posts

2 years ago

U.S. Concentration Camp Guards Promise Investigation Into Hateful Facebook Posts

Matt Novak

Trump Invites Consortium Of Conservative Internet Trolls To The White House For ‘Social Media Summit’

2 years ago

Trump Invites Consortium Of Conservative Internet Trolls To The White House For ‘Social Media Summit’

Jennings Brown

Report: Parents Of Child YouTubers Worry Getting Pushed To YouTube Kids Will Make Them Less Money

2 years ago

Report: Parents Of Child YouTubers Worry Getting Pushed To YouTube Kids Will Make Them Less Money

Tom McKay

New Emails Reveal How The Trump Regime Creates Twitter Propaganda To Excuse The Migrant Baby Jails

2 years ago

New Emails Reveal How The Trump Regime Creates Twitter Propaganda To Excuse The Migrant Baby Jails

Matt Novak

Knitting Group Bans Users Who Publicly Support The Trump Regime And The President’s White Supremacist Ideology

2 years ago

Knitting Group Bans Users Who Publicly Support The Trump Regime And The President’s White Supremacist Ideology

Matt Novak

President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are The Perfect Analogy For ‘Censorship’ On Social Media

2 years ago

President Trump’s Designated Protest Zones Are The Perfect Analogy For ‘Censorship’ On Social Media

Matt Novak

How To Schedule Your Messages, Emails, And Tweets To Go At Any Time

2 years ago

How To Schedule Your Messages, Emails, And Tweets To Go At Any Time

David Nield

Fire At Oil Refinery In U.S. Causes Massive Explosions

Science & Health

2 years ago

Fire At Oil Refinery In U.S. Causes Massive Explosions

Matt Novak

Facebook Sets Its Unholy Path Toward Becoming An Independent Nation

2 years ago

Facebook Sets Its Unholy Path Toward Becoming An Independent Nation

Jennifer Grygiel

Senate Banking Committee Schedules Hearing On Facebook’s Massive Cryptocurrency Project

2 years ago

Senate Banking Committee Schedules Hearing On Facebook’s Massive Cryptocurrency Project

Tom McKay

Neo-Nazi Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Sharing Video Of Mosque Massacre And Calling It ‘Awesome’

2 years ago

Neo-Nazi Sentenced To 21 Months In Prison For Sharing Video Of Mosque Massacre And Calling It ‘Awesome’

Matt Novak

Facebook Announces Libra, Digital Currency On The Blockchain That Doesn’t Actually Need To Be On The Blockchain

2 years ago

Facebook Announces Libra, Digital Currency On The Blockchain That Doesn’t Actually Need To Be On The Blockchain

Matt Novak

Accused Terrorist Shocks New Zealand Courtroom With Not Guilty Plea For 51 Murders Livestreamed On Facebook

2 years ago

Accused Terrorist Shocks New Zealand Courtroom With Not Guilty Plea For 51 Murders Livestreamed On Facebook

Matt Novak

Facebook Worried About Mark Zuckerberg’s Old Emails In FTC Privacy Probe

2 years ago

Facebook Worried About Mark Zuckerberg’s Old Emails In FTC Privacy Probe

Tom McKay

Fortnite’s Creator Just Gave Us A Good Reason To Take It Seriously As A Social Media Company

2 years ago

Fortnite’s Creator Just Gave Us A Good Reason To Take It Seriously As A Social Media Company

Victoria Song

Facebook Says Natural News Got Banned For Spam, Not For Spreading Health Misinformation And Hate

2 years ago

Facebook Says Natural News Got Banned For Spam, Not For Spreading Health Misinformation And Hate

Matt Novak

Meet The Deepfake Zuck, Same As The Flesh Zuck

2 years ago

Meet The Deepfake Zuck, Same As The Flesh Zuck

Tom McKay

Twitter Executive: ‘A Lot Of What People Consider Abusive On The Service Doesn’t Actually Violate Our Policies’

2 years ago

Twitter Executive: ‘A Lot Of What People Consider Abusive On The Service Doesn’t Actually Violate Our Policies’

Matt Novak

Facebook Is Betting People Are Still Hungry For Another Heaping Ladle Of Portal

2 years ago

Facebook Is Betting People Are Still Hungry For Another Heaping Ladle Of Portal

Tom McKay

YouTube Just Can’t Stop Mumbling Nonsense About Its Harassment And Hate Speech Policy

2 years ago

YouTube Just Can’t Stop Mumbling Nonsense About Its Harassment And Hate Speech Policy

Tom McKay

YouTube: No, We Won’t Remove These Videos Of Racist, Anti-Gay Harassment Because It’s Just ‘Debating’

2 years ago

YouTube: No, We Won’t Remove These Videos Of Racist, Anti-Gay Harassment Because It’s Just ‘Debating’

Tom McKay

Social Media Screening Will Now Affect Nearly All U.S. Visa Applicants

2 years ago

Social Media Screening Will Now Affect Nearly All U.S. Visa Applicants

Catie Keck

Terry Pratchett Predicted The Rise Of Nazis Online During An Interview With Bill Gates In 1995

2 years ago

Terry Pratchett Predicted The Rise Of Nazis Online During An Interview With Bill Gates In 1995

Matt Novak

Average User Still Spending 38 More Minutes On Facebook Per Day Than They Should

2 years ago

Average User Still Spending 38 More Minutes On Facebook Per Day Than They Should

Matt Novak

Why Australians Are Tweeting About The Prime Minister Shitting His Pants At McDonald’s

2 years ago

Why Australians Are Tweeting About The Prime Minister Shitting His Pants At McDonald’s

Matt Novak

Trump Admin Creates Web Portal For Supporters To Complain About Getting Banned On Social Media

2 years ago

Trump Admin Creates Web Portal For Supporters To Complain About Getting Banned On Social Media

Tom McKay

White House Refuses To Support ‘Christchurch Call’ That Condemns Extremism Online, Releases Absolutely Bonkers Statement

2 years ago

White House Refuses To Support ‘Christchurch Call’ That Condemns Extremism Online, Releases Absolutely Bonkers Statement

Matt Novak

Facebook Argues Against Breaking Up Facebook

2 years ago

Facebook Argues Against Breaking Up Facebook

Tom McKay

New Zealand Seeking Global Support For Pledge To Counter Extremist Content Online

2 years ago

New Zealand Seeking Global Support For Pledge To Counter Extremist Content Online

Tom McKay

Facebook Invites Journalists To See New ‘War Room,’ Won’t Let Them Ask Workers Questions

2 years ago

Facebook Invites Journalists To See New ‘War Room,’ Won’t Let Them Ask Workers Questions

Matt Novak

The 13 Most Notorious Deleted Tweets In History

2 years ago

The 13 Most Notorious Deleted Tweets In History

Matt Novak

Slack Is Cracking Down On Fun

2 years ago

Slack Is Cracking Down On Fun

Catie Keck

Facebook Tries To Wipe The Slate Clean By Giving Its Busted Website A New Look

2 years ago

Facebook Tries To Wipe The Slate Clean By Giving Its Busted Website A New Look

Catie Keck

You Animals Love Vertical Video So Much Samsung Made A TV That Turns Sideways

2 years ago

You Animals Love Vertical Video So Much Samsung Made A TV That Turns Sideways

Adam Clark Estes

India Lifts Its Ban On Video App TikTok, Allowing It To Return To Apple And Google App Stores

2 years ago

India Lifts Its Ban On Video App TikTok, Allowing It To Return To Apple And Google App Stores

Tom McKay

Sri Lanka Blocks Facebook, WhatsApp After Easter Bombings Leave Hundreds Dead

2 years ago

Sri Lanka Blocks Facebook, WhatsApp After Easter Bombings Leave Hundreds Dead

Tom McKay

Snap Inc Is Clawing Back Ground After The Release Of Its Rebuilt Android App

2 years ago

Snap Inc Is Clawing Back Ground After The Release Of Its Rebuilt Android App

Why Social Media Going Dark In Sri Lanka Isn’t As Simple As You Think

2 years ago

Why Social Media Going Dark In Sri Lanka Isn’t As Simple As You Think

Patrick Howell O'Neill

Instagram Now Has A Quiz Sticker If You Like Stumping Your Mates

2 years ago

Instagram Now Has A Quiz Sticker If You Like Stumping Your Mates

The Worst Thing About Instagram Might Be Going Away

2 years ago

The Worst Thing About Instagram Might Be Going Away

Catie Keck

Facebook Asked Some Users For Their Email Passwords, Then Downloaded 1.5 Million Contact Lists Without Consent

2 years ago

Facebook Asked Some Users For Their Email Passwords, Then Downloaded 1.5 Million Contact Lists Without Consent

Tom McKay

We Were All Free Of Facebook’s Iron Grip On The Internet For A Few Hours

2 years ago

We Were All Free Of Facebook’s Iron Grip On The Internet For A Few Hours

Tom McKay

Devin Nunes’ Lawyers Falsely Claim Reporter Bolded ‘Cocaine’ And ‘Woman’ In Tweet To Be Extra Mean

2 years ago

Devin Nunes’ Lawyers Falsely Claim Reporter Bolded ‘Cocaine’ And ‘Woman’ In Tweet To Be Extra Mean

Tom McKay

Warner Bros: Yes, We’re Aware Trump Ripped Off The Dark Knight Rises OST, No, He’s Not Allowed To Do That

2 years ago

Warner Bros: Yes, We’re Aware Trump Ripped Off The Dark Knight Rises OST, No, He’s Not Allowed To Do That

Tom McKay

ABC News Helps Mark Zuckerberg Peddle His Bullshit

2 years ago

ABC News Helps Mark Zuckerberg Peddle His Bullshit

Matt Novak

Facebook Is Paying A British Newspaper To Run Facebook-Friendly Sponsored Content

2 years ago

Facebook Is Paying A British Newspaper To Run Facebook-Friendly Sponsored Content

Tom McKay

Julian Assange Accused Of Leaking President Of Ecuador’s Private Family Photos

2 years ago

Julian Assange Accused Of Leaking President Of Ecuador’s Private Family Photos

Matt Novak

Facebook Is Just Casually Asking Some New Users For Their Email Passwords

2 years ago

Facebook Is Just Casually Asking Some New Users For Their Email Passwords

Tom McKay

Here’s One Small Way We Can Try To Make Twitter Less Of A Hell Site

2 years ago

Here’s One Small Way We Can Try To Make Twitter Less Of A Hell Site

Catie Keck

We Regret To Inform You Elon Musk Has Released A Rap Single About Harambe

2 years ago

We Regret To Inform You Elon Musk Has Released A Rap Single About Harambe

Tom McKay

RSS Is Better Than Twitter

2 years ago

RSS Is Better Than Twitter

Patrick Howell O'Neill

Facebook Reportedly Worked On Project To Build Fleet Of Bird-Sized Internet Drones

2 years ago

Facebook Reportedly Worked On Project To Build Fleet Of Bird-Sized Internet Drones

Tom McKay

Mark Zuckerberg: OK, Fine, Regulate Facebook

2 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg: OK, Fine, Regulate Facebook

Tom McKay

Facebook Charged With Enabling US Housing Discrimination

2 years ago

Facebook Charged With Enabling US Housing Discrimination

Matt Novak

Trump’s Legal Battle To Keep Blocking Critics On Twitter Doesn’t Seem To Be Going So Hot

2 years ago

Trump’s Legal Battle To Keep Blocking Critics On Twitter Doesn’t Seem To Be Going So Hot

Tom McKay

Australia ‘Absolutely Considering’ Jail Time For Tech Execs Who Can’t Scrub Hate Off Their Platforms

2 years ago

Australia ‘Absolutely Considering’ Jail Time For Tech Execs Who Can’t Scrub Hate Off Their Platforms

Melanie Ehrenkranz

Barr’s Summary Of Russian Cyber Interference In The 2016 Election Is Comically Light On Details

2 years ago

Barr’s Summary Of Russian Cyber Interference In The 2016 Election Is Comically Light On Details

Tom McKay

Elon Musk Is Still Fighting The SEC In Court Over His Bad Tweets

2 years ago

Elon Musk Is Still Fighting The SEC In Court Over His Bad Tweets

Tom McKay

Instagram Purges Its Platform Of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

2 years ago

Instagram Purges Its Platform Of Some Popular Anti-Vaccine Hashtags, But Others Are Still Thriving

Catie Keck

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Says Social Media Can’t Be ‘All Profit, No Responsibility’

2 years ago

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Says Social Media Can’t Be ‘All Profit, No Responsibility’

Matt Novak

18-Year-Old Arrested In New Zealand For Sharing Terrorist’s Facebook Video

2 years ago

18-Year-Old Arrested In New Zealand For Sharing Terrorist’s Facebook Video

Matt Novak

The SEC Says Elon Musk’s Rationale For Continuing To Send Out Bad Tweets ‘Borders On The Ridiculous’

2 years ago

The SEC Says Elon Musk’s Rationale For Continuing To Send Out Bad Tweets ‘Borders On The Ridiculous’

Tom McKay

Trump Now Just Accusing Google Of Aiding The Chinese Military, Or Whatever

2 years ago

Trump Now Just Accusing Google Of Aiding The Chinese Military, Or Whatever

Tom McKay

Facebook Says It Removed 1.5 Million Videos Of Christchurch Massacre Within 24 Hours

2 years ago

Facebook Says It Removed 1.5 Million Videos Of Christchurch Massacre Within 24 Hours

Tom McKay

2 years ago

Alleged North Korean Front Company Still Using The Same Brand Name On Social Media, Apparently

Tom McKay

Report: Man Arrested For Threatening Google Didn’t Know His Wife Deleted His YouTube Account

2 years ago

Report: Man Arrested For Threatening Google Didn’t Know His Wife Deleted His YouTube Account

Tom McKay