Elizabeth Dwoskin

The X owner’s dispute over disinformation with a Brazilian judge could influence social media use everywhere.

Mnuchin’s proposal to buy TikTok without its algorithm from its Chinese owner has drawn skeptical reactions, including from those he’s pitched.

Bill Ackman used Wall Street tactics to oust Harvard’s first Black president, part of a wave of business leaders attacking diversity initiatives spurred by George Floyd’s death.

The Meta CEO is supporting former Facebook colleague Sam Lessin’s bid for a spot on the university’s alumni governing board.

It’s the ChatGPT maker’s first known action against the use of its technology in a political campaign.

Denial of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel is spreading. The untrue narrative seeded on social media from TikTok to Reddit is bleeding into the real world.

A new crop of Silicon Valley-backed digital banks has promised financial inclusion for Brazil’s poor. The effort has left some borrowers worse off than before.

Sam Altman, Silicon Valley wunderkind behind ChatGPT, has led a life of contradictions. It’s cemented his place as a household name and led to drama at OpenAI.

Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired by his mentor at the prominent start-up incubator Y Combinator, part of a pattern of clashes that some attribute to his self-serving approach.

Antisemitism has long festered on the internet, but the Israel-Gaza war and the loosening of content moderation on X have propelled it to unprecedented levels.

Republican tech elites like Peter Thiel were once enticed by the prospect that Trump would usher in a new, ultra-capitalist era of Republican politics. Now they’re adrift.

In the two years since an Israelis company first tried to thwart a Russian disinformation campaign in Burkina Faso, coups or rebels have removed the governments of five former French colonies, replacing them with pro-Russia leaders.

A flood of misinformation in the Israel-Gaza war is shaping how panicked citizens and a global public view the conflict with Hamas.

Facebook published a series of reports on Tuesday that showcase the company’s evolving response to a tide of criticism that its platform causes societal harm. The reports demonstrate that the company is gradually increasing transparency and oversight of its platform - though assuredly not to a degre…

They faulted the social network for making policy decisions that undermine civil rights progress.

Facebook sent out a companywide notice on Tuesday ordering employees to preserve documents and communications since 2016 in response to legal inquiries from around the world.

But now they have a glimmer of hope. Lawmakers failed to renew the ban. Another try is likely.

Facebook’s move to block news publishers in Australia may create an even stronger backlash against the company, adding fuel to arguments that it has too much power.

With Bezos out as CEO after 27 years, Mark Zuckerberg is the last founder to run a tech giant.

Facebook said that it will submit its decision to ban Trump for review by an independent oversight board that can oversee its content moderation choices. It will be the most significant such case for the board, which was launched last year.