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Meta Kills a Crucial Transparency Tool At the Worst Possible Time

CrowdTangle helps researchers track disinformation, but Meta will close it down before the US election. The tool's cofounder, Brandon Silverman, says it's time to force companies to share data.

Reddit Stock Surges on Its First Day of Trading

The home of memestocks is now publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as RDDT, in the first major social media IPO in five years.

Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name

Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.

Reddit IPO Filings Reveal the Company’s Hopes—and Fears

WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO paperwork over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways.

Can Reddit Survive Its Own IPO?

An army of more than 60,000 unpaid moderators has unprecedented power over Reddit. The company’s future hinges on whether they can coexist with Wall Street’s expectations.

There Are Dark Corners of the Internet. Then There's 764

A global network of violent predators is hiding in plain sight, targeting children on major platforms, grooming them, and extorting them to commit horrific acts of abuse.

Yoel Roth, Twitter's Former Trust and Safety Chief, Is Trying to Clean Up Your Dating Apps

Yoel Roth suffered targeted harassment after quitting as top content cop at Elon Musk’s Twitter. Now he’s head of trust and safety at dating giant Match Group, owner of Tinder, Hinge, and more.

The Influencers Getting Paid to Promote Designer Knockoffs From China

Influencers on TikTok and Reddit earn a cut of the counterfeit goods trade by promoting high-quality “replicas” sourced from ecommerce sites in China.

This Senator Wants to Know What Meta and TikTok Are Doing About Parent-Run Girl Influencer Accounts

Senator Maggie Hassan wrote to Meta and other platforms asking what they're doing to protect girls after The New York Times found some parents posting suggestive images of their daughters online.

Meta Abandons Hacking Victims, Draining Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Say

A coalition of 41 state attorneys general says Meta is failing to assist Facebook and Instagram users whose accounts have been hacked—and they want the company to take “immediate action.”

Facebook, Instagram, and Threads Are Coming Back Online After a 2-Hour Outage

People around the world reported that Meta’s social platforms Facebook, Instagram, and Threads suffered outages for about two hours this morning.

Elon Musk's Lawsuit Against a Group That Found Hate Speech on X Isn't Going Well

X alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate cost it millions by showing that hate speech was spreading on the platform. In a hearing Thursday, a federal judge sounded skeptical of those claims.

Why Joe Biden Finally Joined TikTok

The Biden campaign’s TikTok account got off to a rocky start—but they’re not stressing the comments.

Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying

Reddit says it wants to reward users by letting them buy into the company’s public listing. Some say it’s too risky—others say they won’t pay a company they’ve already given hours of free labor to.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won’t ‘Enshittify the Network With Ads’

WIRED spoke with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about the X competitor opening signups to all, how to crowdsource deepfake porn moderation, Jack Dorsey, and more.

‘Over Time the Trust Will Come’: An Exclusive Interview With TikTok’s CEO

A few weeks ago, Shou Zi Chew sat down with WIRED to tell us how he’s trying to make TikTok better. Is the company’s CEO for real—or just a really good politician?

A US-Sanctioned Oligarch Ran Pro-Kremlin Ads on Facebook—Again

Meta earned over $200,000 from an ad campaign, seen by millions, that pushed pro-Kremlin talking points and undermined local elections in Moldova, according to new research.

Rumble Is Part of an 'Active and Ongoing' SEC Investigation

The SEC confirmed to WIRED that the financial regulator has launched an investigation involving Rumble, a “free speech” video platform. The nature of the probe remains unknown.

Meet Flip, the Viral Video App Giving Away Free Stuff

Social video app Flip is trying to create a social platform dedicated to reviewing and buying products. Some early adopters are cashing in on the app's giveaways—but have questions about its future.

EU Investigates Elon Musk’s X for Spreading Illegal Content

Raising a range of concerns into the way X has been run under Elon Musk, EU officials will also probe whether graphic content from Hamas’ attack on Israel was allowed to spread across the site.

Pinterest Is Having a Moment

Millennials may have popularized Pinterest, but Gen Z is pushing the platform to new heights.

YouTube Is Now Hiding Which Channels Get a Cut of Ad Revenue

YouTube removed a snippet of code that publicly disclosed whether a channel receives ad and subscription payouts, obscuring which creators benefit most from the platform.

End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years

Mark Zuckerberg personally promised that the privacy feature would launch by default on Messenger and Instagram chat. WIRED goes behind the scenes of the company’s colossal effort to get it right.

Palestinians Are Locked Out of Google’s Online Economy

YouTube's revenue sharing for creators and other Google services are shut off or hard to access for people in Palestinian territories. That digital divide is under new scrutiny as war ravages Gaza.

Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren't Really Bans

A WIRED analysis of more than 100 restricted channels shows these communities remain active, and content shared within them often spreads to channels accessible to the public.

China Tried to Keep Kids Off Social Media. Now the Elderly Are Hooked

As smartphone costs fall and society becomes more atomized, China’s elderly are using apps like Douyin to find connection and companionship. Many feel they have no choice.

YouTube and Reels Could Decide India’s Elections

Major political parties in India are courting social media influencers to reach rural voters, paying for reach and dodging tough questions.

Hard Drives, YouTube, and Murder: India’s Dark History of Digital Hate

Par : Parth M.N.
India's next election will be partly decided online. But even before the internet reached the country's rural regions, divisive videos were distributed using hard drives and laptops.

US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Launch Fraud Investigation Into Elon Musk

A letter members of Congress sent to the SEC claims that Musk misled Neuralink investors in a post on X about the fate of monkeys used to test a brain-chip interface.

Elon Musk’s Media Matters Lawsuit Will Have a ‘Chilling Effect’

Musk has filed his “thermonuclear” suit against Media Matters for America at the same time the Texas attorney general launched an investigation into the nonprofit.

Twitter’s Former Head of Trust and Safety Finally Breaks Her Silence

From Israel vs. Hamas threats to Donald Trump’s “wild” posts, Del Harvey helped make the platform’s hardest content moderation calls for 13 years. Then she left in 2021 … and disappeared.

TikTok Shop’s Black Friday Sale Is Full of Very Weird Stuff

TikTok Shop's Black Friday sale has plenty of big discounts, but it’s awash with brands you've never heard of selling everything from snail slime to rainbow eucalyptus trees.

Bumble, Grindr, and Hinge Moderators Struggle to Keep Users—and Themselves—Safe

An investigation revealed that workers dealing with user reports on dating apps struggle with “unattainable” expectations and traumatic content.

Elon Musk May Have Just Signed X’s Death Warrant

IBM, Disney, Lionsgate, the European Union, and, reportedly, Apple have all pulled advertising from X following Elon Musk’s apparent endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Experts say it could soon get much worse.

Norway's Privacy Battle With Meta Is Just Getting Started

The Norwegian data regulator has already fined Meta $7 million. Now it says it’s investigating the company’s new ad-free subscription services.

A Watchdog Group Calls for an Investigation of X’s Sneaky New Ads

Industry watchdog Check My Ads is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to investigate X for unlabeled—and potentially misleading—advertisements.

Social Media Sleuths, Armed With AI, Are Identifying Dead Bodies

Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. TikTok and Facebook pages are filling the gap—with AI proving a powerful and controversial new tool.

How to Get Facebook Without Ads—if It’s Available for You

Meta now offers users an ad-free option, but it’s only available in Europe for those who can afford the €10-a-month subscription.

Sweeping New Powers Could Let the UK Block Big Tech Platforms

Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has released its first set of proposed rules under a new online safety law, with strict penalties for noncompliance.

The GOP Presidential Debate Is Livestreaming on Rumble, Home to White Nationalist Nick Fuentes

The third GOP debate is sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition and will be livestreamed on a platform favored by one of America’s most notorious white nationalists.

YouTube's Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law

A complaint filed with the EU’s independent data regulator accuses YouTube of failing to get explicit user permission for its ad blocker detection system, potentially violating the ePrivacy Directive.

Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service

The burgeoning trust and safety industry promises to help tech companies navigate scrutiny and regulation. But these services bring problems of their own.

Where the Hell Is X CEO Linda Yaccarino?

Despite Linda Yaccarino having the top job at X, Elon Musk’s outsize presence may be hampering her ability to succeed.

YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers

YouTube expanded a “test” that threatens to cut off users who don't turn off their ad blocker. Developers of the tools are scrambling to respond.

The New Era of Social Media Looks as Bad for Privacy as the Last One

The slow-motion implosion of Elon Musk’s X has given rise to a slew of competitors, where privacy invasions that ran rampant over the past decade still largely persist.

Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month

Meta is about to roll out ad-free subscriptions on Instagram and Facebook. But critics say privacy should not be turned into a luxury.

X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court

Software developer Travis Brown’s X account was banned after his research alleged far-right influencers were becoming more prominent on the platform. He’s taking X to court in a bid to reverse the decision.
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