January 27, 2021 at 10:09AM A major Internet outage on Tuesday affected school and work for some Verizon customers. Verizon said the issue is resolved
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With Few Details From Health Officials, Volunteers Create COVID-19 Vaccine Database
January 26, 2021 at 09:17PM California has only administered about half of the available COVID-19 shots. With the flailing rollout, volunteer tech workers have stepped
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Permanently Suspended From Twitter
January 26, 2021 at 03:17PM Lindell, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, had been using his Twitter account to spread disinformation about the
Is Your 401(k) Colluding To Make Cereal More Expensive?
January 26, 2021 at 11:31AM A new study investigates whether common ownership of cereal makers by institutional investors is leading them to become a kind
Is Deplatforming Enough To Fight Disinformation And Extremism?
January 25, 2021 at 09:16PM NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with crisis informatics expert Kate Starbird about whether deplatforming is enough to stop disinformation and violent
Alternative Social Media Platforms Become Popular Among Some Trump Supporters
January 25, 2021 at 09:16PM As Facebook and Twitter crack down on extremist groups, some on the right are migrating to alternative social media platforms
Facebook Oversight Board Co-Chair On Determining The Future Of Trump’s Accounts
January 24, 2021 at 02:04AM Facebook oversight board co-chair Jamal Greene tells NPR about what the board is considering as it weighs whether to allow
Facebook Oversight Board Co-Chair On Future Of Trump’s Account
January 23, 2021 at 09:53PM NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Jamal Greene, co-chair of Facebook’s independent oversight board, about what will happen next with President
Twitter Bans Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader
January 22, 2021 at 11:05PM An image that seems to threaten former President Donald Trump has prompted Twitter to deactivate an account linked to Ayatollah
Fast-Growing Alternative To Facebook, Twitter Finds Right-Wing Surge ‘Messy’
January 22, 2021 at 05:29PM Social network MeWe began as a privacy-focused alternative to Facebook. Trump supporters and right-wing groups disillusioned with mainstream social media