On Facebook, Elon Musk is an invention superhero. But much of it is made-up and features AI images A Tesla water engine. A $1K Tesla e-bike. Low-cost Tesla houses. A robot for surrogate pregnancies. A ‘UFO fighter jet that defies physics.’ All fake. November 22, 2024 Loreben Tuquero
‘Frenemies’: The complicated relationship between fact-checkers and tech giants like Meta and TikTok Many fact-checking outlets are financially dependent on the very platforms that they criticize June 28, 2024 Angela Fu
Opinion | Could social media soon have warning labels? The US surgeon general wants a warning — similar to those on tobacco products — that points out mental health risks of TikTok, Instagram and others June 18, 2024 Tom Jones
No, President Biden was not ignored by people at a Pittsburgh-area gas station Fox News host Sean Hannity said in.a Facebook post that Biden got the cold shoulder from customers and workers at a Sheetz location April 30, 2024 Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Opinion | Let’s say it plainly: Fact-checking is not censorship Fact-checking adds to the public debate; it doesn’t suppress it April 2, 2024 Angie Drobnic Holan
Can social media platform outages impact US elections? Not likely, experts say Election officials in multiple jurisdictions told PolitiFact the March 5 Meta outages outages did not affect voting. March 7, 2024 Madison Czopek
Opinion | Instead of Taylor Swift beat reporters, we need Nextdoor beat reporters Its reach is on par with, if not greater than, US newspapers. Instead of harrumphing its lack of journalistic standards, why don’t we embed reporters? November 15, 2023 Steven Waldman
In the wake of Idalia, residents of one Florida town are turning to Facebook for their news In regions where there isn’t a robust news presence, local residents often turn to social media. September 1, 2023 Angela Fu
News publishers declare global principles for bargaining with Big Tech Journalists and scholars gathered for two days in South Africa to hammer out details of fair compensation from Big Tech July 26, 2023 Anya Schiffrin
How Meta, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube plan to address 2024 election misinformation Tech giants have struggled to balance curtailing misinformation with protecting users’ political speech. July 7, 2023 Sevana Wenn
Could Threads kill Twitter? (Like, for real?) Here’s what some notable journalists think about Meta’s new social network, which has seen explosive growth since its Wednesday launch. July 6, 2023 Annie Aguiar
Opinion | Could Meta provide competition for Twitter? Instagram’s soon-to-be-launched ‘text-based conversation app’ sure sounds familiar. July 5, 2023 Tom Jones
Opinion | The EU drops the hammer on Meta with a record fine The EU fined Meta, the owner of Facebook, 1.2 billion euros and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information from Europe to the US. May 23, 2023 Tom Jones
News publishers across the globe are presenting Big Tech with a bill Many countries are following Australia’s lead to push Google and Facebook to pay for news. The tech companies would rather head them off. May 23, 2023 Anya Schiffrin
Opinion | Another massive round of layoffs at Meta The Facebook and Instagram owner will lay off about 10,000 employees. Founder Mark Zuckerberg has dubbed it the ‘Year of Efficiency.’ March 15, 2023 Tom Jones
