Jesselyn Cook

Pinterest’s algorithm is inadvertently curating images of young children for adults who go looking for them.

Pinterest’s algorithm is inadvertently curating images of young children for adults who go looking for them.

Some websites that resemble the government page where businesses must register before pursuing federal contracts buy ads that outrank the legitimate SAM.gov page in Google search results.

Lawyers say the case makes unprecedented use of documents released with the Facebook Papers.

As sellers jack up prices by as much as 300 percent, desperate parents say platforms are doing little or nothing to intervene.

With little regulation, some influencers are stepping in to call out their peers.

While the convoys are easy to laugh at — and may ultimately fizzle out — there is deep support for them among far-right activists and media.

Paid Google ads urging people to apply for fake payments were viewed more than 100 million times in five months — and stayed up until HuffPost reached out.

Documents show that meme accounts rife with disinformation have also become shadowy advertising tools for some notable Republicans.

A sudden policy change that will ban “sexually explicit” material from OnlyFans threatens to upend the lives of those who made the platform successful.

The AI-generated nudes, which look horrifyingly realistic, are sweeping the web.

The AI-generated nudes, which look horrifyingly realistic, are sweeping the web.

For women who earn a living on Twitch, being the target of coordinated, multiplatform sexual harassment campaigns comes with the job.

“He said if I take the vaccine I could pack my bags and leave his kids here.”

The billion-user app is not only hosting — but actively promoting — vaccine conspiracy theories in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

The viral video-sharing app is acutely vulnerable to covert disinformation campaigns, a new report warns.

Daniel Rodriguez was arrested following a HuffPost investigation identifying him as the rioter who used a stun gun on D.C. police officer Mike Fanone.

Here’s what it’s like to lose the person who raised you to a far-right cult.

A look inside QAnon’s virtual inauguration watch party, which went horribly wrong.

Unable to grasp how Trump supporters could turn against cops, many officers are blaming antifa for the deadly violence. Others joined the riot themselves.