TechNewsTechNewsFacebook Admits 'Incorrect Enforcement' After Removing Posts About Mailed Abortion PillsTests conducted by Gizmodo found users posting from less active accounts saw posts related to abortion pills removed…ByMack DeGeurin6/28/22 2:54PMComments (11)Save
TechNewsTechNewsThe One Video You Need to Watch From Last Night's Capitol Riot HearingThe video includes never-before-seen footage of President Trump's attempted coup.ByMatt Novak6/10/22 6:00AMComments (254)Save
TechTwitterTechTwitterWhere To Read Trump's Deleted TweetsIf Elon Musk has his way, ex-President Donald Trump may return to Twitter. Here's how to see the tweets that got him…ByKevin Hurler5/16/22 3:55PMComments (5)Save
TechNewsTechNews7 Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers About Jan. 6, Meta, and the News FeedHere's a look at just a few of the first 1,000 previously confidential pages Gizmodo published this month.ByDell Cameron5/03/22 2:28PMSave
TechNewsTechNewsMarjorie Taylor Greene Has a Half-Assed Plan to Abolish Section 230Greene's bill would attempt to classify social media platforms as common carries and prevent them from removing…ByMack DeGeurin4/29/22 3:00PMComments (54)Save
TechTwitterTechTwitterTwitter is Looking into Fluctuations in Follower Count Following Musk's TakeoverFormer President Barack Obama reportedly lost thousands of followers overnight.ByPassant Rabie4/27/22 1:10PMComments (9)Save
TechNewsTechNewsTwitter Admits It Hid Tweets About HBO's QAnon Docuseries [Updated]Twitter told the director of "Q: Into the Storm" it had "made the decision not to allow promotion of this…ByDell Cameron4/27/22 7:00AMComments (147)Save
TechFacebookTechFacebookInstagram Wants to Make Your Feed More OriginalThe social network's ranking change is meant to highlight original content, not compilations.ByShoshana Wodinsky4/21/22 1:39PMComments (3)Save
TechTwitterTechTwitterTwitter Bans State Media's War Prisoner Pics Because of the Geneva ConventionThe company said it would also stop amplifying and recommending government accounts from Russia.ByJody Serrano4/06/22 10:30AMComments (4)Save
TechNewsTechNewsFacebook Adds Tools for Group Admins To Limit Spread of MisinformationGroups users can now opt to automatically decline posts coming from sources Facebook fact-checkers have said contain…ByMack DeGeurin3/09/22 4:47PMComments (1)Save
TechFakesTechFakesThat Viral Photo of Queen Elizabeth Shaking Justin Trudeau's Hand is Totally FakeThere's even a conspiracy theory claiming Queen Elizabeth II actually died last year.ByMatt Novak3/08/22 6:00AMComments (54)Save
TechPoliticsTechPoliticsA Shady App Is Tricking Trump Supporters Into Thinking They’ve Joined the True Truth SocialAn Android app using a similar name to Trump's social media site has gotten well over 100,000 downloads and offers…ByTom McKay2/22/22 4:15PMComments (35)Save
TechPoliticsTechPoliticsVaccines, the Super Bowl, and Microwaved Brains: How Americans Caught ‘Freedom Convoy’ FeverAttempts to bring Canadian truckers' 'freedom convoy' to the U.S. are mired in dysfunction.ByDell Cameron, Tom McKay, and Andrew Couts2/11/22 3:48PMComments (113)Save
EartherConservationEartherConservationQAnon Conspiracy Theorists Force Butterfly Sanctuary to Shut DownSadly, this isn't the first time that the National Butterfly Center has been forced to take cover from QAnon…ByShoshana Wodinsky1/28/22 2:37PMComments (44)Save
TechPoliticsTechPolitics7 Trends in Online Extremism to Look Out for in 2022In 2022, right-wing extremists are increasingly decentralized, switching to new technologies like NFTs, and running…ByTom McKay1/21/22 9:00AMComments (10)Save
TechNewsTechNewsMAGA Chuds Are Failing to Grow Their Audiences on Sites Like Gettr and GabA Washington Post analysis shows that 47 far-right figures' followings on Gab, Gettr, Rumble and Telegram have…ByTom McKay1/20/22 4:40PMComments (19)Save
TechPoliticsTechPoliticsJan. 6 Committee Comes for Reddit, Meta, Alphabet, and TwitterThe House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol wants social media to answer for its role.ByAndrew Couts1/13/22 5:23PMComments (5)Save
TechNewsTechNewsTrump's Tech Company Pivots to Video With Rumble PartnershipThe agreement will see Rumble provide infrastructure and video sharing for Trump's Twitter clone and upcoming…ByMack DeGeurin12/15/21 2:15PMComments (16)Save
TechNewsTechNewsFascists Are Already Weaponizing Twitter's New 'Private Media' RuleA new Twitter rule against sharing "personal media" without consent is predictably being gamed by the far right.ByTom McKay12/03/21 4:10PMComments (11)Save
TechNewsTechNewsQAnon Shaman Sentenced to More Than Three Years in PrisonIn his ruling, the judge said the shaman's sentence was meant to set an example since he had become one of the…ByMack DeGeurin11/17/21 1:41PMComments (45)Save