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Germany’s Far-Right Party Is Running Hateful Ads on Facebook and Instagram
Earlier this month, a German court ruled that the countryâs nationalist far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), was potentially âextremistâ and could warrant surveillance...
Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen
A majority of US TikTok creators donât believe the platform will be banned within a year, and most havenât seen brands they work for...
Meta Faces Fresh Probe Over ‘Addictive’ Effect on Kids
The European Union has opened an investigation into Facebook and Instagram for the platformsâ potentially addictive effects on children, echoing two similar probes opened...
Right-Wing ‘Snowflake News’ Influencer Arrested on Jan. 6 Charges
The Florida influencer behind the right-wing Instagram meme account Snowflake News was arrested Wednesday on charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the...
Instagram Is My Eden of Delusion. I Never Want to Leave
There was a time when the experience of being online didn’t have the feeling of live theater. Today, everyone’s got a part to...
1994 Was the Last Good Year—and It’s Still Going
In 1994, everything was cool. Music, movies, TVâthe cultural output felt alive. People were also very cool, or they were achieving cool by...
Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram
However, 3,000 ads for âAI girlfriendsâ and 1,100 containing âNSFWâ were live on April 23, according to Metaâs ad library.WIREDâs initial review found...
TikTok’s Creator Economy Stares Into the Abyss
The US Senate passed a bill late Tuesday that allows the government to ban TikTok within a year if it doesnât make meaningful...
She Painted a Few Champagne Bottles. Then Came Meta’s Customer Support...
Holifield hired Eva to help get her account back. But Eva warned that the chances of success were impossible to predict. Eva herself...
Celebrity Deepfake Porn Cases Will Be Investigated by Meta Oversight Board
As AI tools become increasingly sophisticated and accessible, so too has one of its worst applications: non-consensual deepfake pornography. While much of this...