Disinformation is everywhere on the internet in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel. Here’s how to spot it and stop its spread. Who wrote, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on.”? Ask Google and you’ll see an answer, sourced to a tweet from…

As Elon Musk’s X spreads disinformation about Israel and Palestine, X CEO Linda Yaccarino is cancelling an upcoming appearance to allegedly deal with it. X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, descended into chaos over the weekend as disinformation permeated the social media site around the ongoing attacks and bombings in Israel and Palestine. Linda…

Instagram tests targeted audience lists for Stories, so now you’ll have more options outside of Close Friends. Ever wanted to post an Instagram Story for a curated group of people that isn’t your Close Friends list? You might be in luck. In an Instagram broadcast yesterday, Adam Mosseri announced that the social media giant is…

Elon Musk’s X is now serving users clickbait advertisements that can’t be blocked or reported. X, the Elon Musk-owned platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun serving its users with a weird new ad format and it’s one of the company’s least transparent products yet. The rollout of these ads also provides the public with…

Elon Musk’s latest (bad) idea for X: Remove headlines and other context from links that are shared on the platform. Another day, another Elon Musk-requested change to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that everyone seemingly hates. On Wednesday evening, users of the Musk-owned social media platform started to notice a change to the…

Musk’s X faces its first lawsuit over the X name. X is being sued by X. To be more specific: Elon Musk’s X is being sued by a Florida-based legal marketing company called X Social Media for trademark infringement over the name X.  The lawsuit marks the first time Musk’s company has been sued regarding…

Recent college graduate Ben Brody is suing Elon Musk for spreading conspiracy theories that led to harassment of the young man and his family. It looks like Elon Musk‘s spread of politically charged conspiracy theories on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has finally landed him in some legal trouble. On Monday, attorney Mark…

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Texas and Florida social media laws violate the Constitution. The United States Supreme Court announced Friday that it’ll decide whether to allow social media laws in Texas and Florida that prevent social media platforms from blocking content with certain views, the Washington Post reported. These hearings will likely…

X (Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino’s interview at a tech conference has gone viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s what happened. Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of social media platform X, was the headline guest at Vox Media’s Code 2023 event earlier this week. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin interviewed Elon Musk’s handpicked CEO, who is tasked with…

X CEO Linda Yaccarino shared the platform’s latest daily active users stats, which show a drop of millions of users from before Elon Musk took over Twitter. By now, you may have heard about Elon Musk’s handpicked CEO for X, Linda Yaccarino, and her disastrous interview with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin at Vox Media’s Code 2023…