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
Opinion | An unsettling look at Donald Trump’s social media rants The former president’s social media audience has diminished since 2021, but his posts — mostly on Truth Social — have only gotten more disturbing April 23, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Republican lawmaker crushes Tucker Carlson with surprisingly legitimate commentary Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw blasted the former Fox News host for being a ‘click-chaser’ in a capable rant on X. April 11, 2024 Tom Jones
How Elon Musk has amplified falsehoods about immigration and voting In the last three months, Musk has flooded X with dozens of posts that speak to a conspiracy theory about Democrats using immigrants to grab power April 4, 2024 Amy Sherman
Opinion | Elon Musk hired safety chiefs for X. Will it actually get safer? Based on Musk’s history as the owner of the social network, you can see why the news has been met with skepticism. April 3, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Elon Musk’s deal with Don Lemon goes sour The former CNN host kicked off his new X show with a 90-minute Musk interview. Shortly after its taping, Musk ended their partnership. March 14, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | ‘A moment for the ages’ as Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to families of abuse victims ‘I’m sorry for everything you have all been through. No one should have to go through the things that your families have suffered.’ February 1, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Look for the death of X and audio deepfakes in 2024 A look back at the big trends in misinformation in 2023, and what to expect this year. January 4, 2024 Alex Mahadevan
Opinion | Elon Musk and X welcome back conspiracy theorist Alex Jones Jones was banned in 2018, well before Musk bought the social media site, for promoting hate speech and antisemitic conspiracy theories. December 11, 2023 Tom Jones
Opinion | Advertisers are backing away from Elon Musk’s X Is his reckless and odd behavior with his social media toy finally catching up with him? November 29, 2023 Tom Jones
Fact-checking 3 claims from an episode of Tucker Carlson’s X show about trans health care On Oct. 4, Carlson released an episode titled ‘Trans, Inc’ that focused on gender-affirming health care provided to transgender people. November 16, 2023 Grace Abels
Opinion | The fog of war envelops social media Hamas and the Israeli government are pioneering ways to shape public opinion about the war through Telegram, X and other social sites. October 18, 2023 Tom Jones
Opinion | The move that could make Threads a true threat to Twitter It’s hard to say where Threads will ultimately go, but it wasn’t going to go any further without a web version. August 22, 2023 Tom Jones
Opinion | Elon Musk’s latest petty move targeted The New York Times and others Have you noticed a delay when clicking on links in tweets to the Times, Reuters, Substack, Facebook and others? August 16, 2023 Tom Jones
Opinion | Elon Musk is changing Twitter to X. Why? There must be more to it than the fact that, apparently, all the bird references simply annoyed him. July 25, 2023 Tom Jones