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How X's new location feature exposed big US politics accounts
BBC News
Dozens of pro-Trump accounts are being accused of misleading followers after the social media site began showing user locations.
Nov 24, 2025, 10:21 PM
DHS Denies Its X Account Was Based in Israel as New Location Tracking Creates Chaos
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
Elon Musk's big change to X has caused an apocalypse for MAGA influencers, but it's not all good news.
Nov 24, 2025, 7:50 PM
New Twitter Feature Reveals That Profitable “MAGA” Accounts Are Actually Scammers From the Developing World Cashing in on Gullible Americans
Victor Tangermann, Futurism
"This is total armageddon for the online right."
Nov 24, 2025, 7:14 PM
X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety teams at social media platforms working to identify and remove coord…
Nov 24, 2025, 5:24 PM
X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run
Shuvrajit Das Biswas, Hindustan Times
Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has rolled out a feature where going to the ‘Joined’ tab on one's profile, displays the country of origin for that account.
Nov 23, 2025, 11:25 PM
New X Feature Reveals Many MAGA Patriots on X Are Not Even Based in The U.S.
Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com
Users are able to spot the deceit thanks to a new feature rolled out over the weekend
Nov 23, 2025, 5:43 PM
Many Top MAGA Trolls Aren’t Even in the U.S.
Rachel Kahn, The New Republic
Elon Musk’s latest feature on X has had some shocking and unintended consequences.Starting Friday, X users were able to use a new “about this account” feature to see what country accounts were based in. And for many “America First ” posters, this revealed an i…
Nov 23, 2025, 3:19 PM
Don't fall for this video of Trump and Epstein watching young girls at party
Aleksandra Wrona, Snopes.com
The AI-generated video recirculated after the November 2025 release of thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Nov 23, 2025, 3:00 AM
Larry Bushart: The Man Who Spent 37 Days in Jail for a Single Trump Meme
Jim Vorel, Jezebel
This is the story of a Tennessee man who was jailed for more than a month for the crime of posting one Donald Trump quote on Facebook.
Nov 21, 2025, 1:12 PM
Joe Rogan Subreddit Bans ‘Political’ Posts, Sends Fans Into Fits of Confusion
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
"Will you ban Joe Rogan from talking about politics then?" one commenter asked
Nov 20, 2025, 10:10 PM
The Largest Joe Rogan Fan Forum Just Banned Politics Talk
Keegan Kelly, Cracked.com
By Keegan Kelly Published: November 19th, 2025
Nov 20, 2025, 1:00 AM
Senators propose to let users sue tech giants for harmful algos
Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com
The latest attack on Section 230 is likely to face the same fate as many previous efforts A pair of bipartisan senators wants to hold social media giants accountable for pushing content that radicalizes Americans.…
Nov 19, 2025, 9:06 PM
Bipartisan Senators Want To Honor Charlie Kirk By Making It Easier To Censor The Internet
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly and Republican Senator John Curtis want to gut Section 230 to combat “political radicalization”—in honor of Charlie Kirk, whose entire career was built on political radicalization. Kirk styled himself as a “free speech warrior” b…
Nov 18, 2025, 5:27 PM
Trump, Brendan Carr Threaten To Censor Some More Comedians For The Crime Of Comedy
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Donald Trump and his earlobe nibbler (FCC boss Brendan Carr) are threatening to try and censor some more comedians after their efforts to cancel Jimmy Kimmel went so well (read: not well at all). Over at the right wing white propaganda website formerly known …
Nov 18, 2025, 1:30 PM
INSTA Promotes New AI Tool With Trump Kneeling Before Satanic Demon...
Amber Jo Cooper, The Daily Wire
Meta promoted its artificial intelligence’s new “free AI creator tools” on Instagram with a piece of content that appears to show an AI-generated video of President Donald Trump kneeling before a demon.A screenshot of the AI-generated video, showcased i…
Nov 17, 2025, 11:04 PM
Courage Doesn’t Scale
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
It has been frustrating, to say the least, to watch many of the big Silicon Valley tech firms bow down to Trump and do his bidding, especially when it directly contradicts things they’ve said and done in the past. I’ve tried to explain to tech company execs w…
Nov 17, 2025, 5:33 PM
FCC Chair Retweets Trump Call To Fire Seth Meyers ‘Immediately’
Matt Solomon, Cracked.com
By Matt Solomon Published: November 17th, 2025
Nov 17, 2025, 4:00 PM
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Leigh Beadon, Techdirt
This week, all our winning comments came in response to our post about Donald Trump falling for satire from a website called The Dunning-Kruger Times. In first place on the insightful side, it’s That One Guy with a comment about how this is hardly surprising:…
Nov 16, 2025, 8:40 PM
Galaxy Brain: The Internet Is a Misery Machine
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic
Hank Green on outrage, creativity, and what, exactly, went wrong with the internet.
Nov 14, 2025, 5:30 PM
Sinclair Broadcasting Posts Huge Quarterly Loss After Jimmy Kimmel Censorship
Karl Bode, Techdirt
You might recall that right wing propaganda broadcaster Sinclair Broadcasting recently tripped over its own ass after working with the Trump administration to try and censor Jimmy Kimmel for criticizing the President. The flood of outrage at the Disney/FCC/AB…
Nov 13, 2025, 1:28 PM
Jack Schlossberg Is Taking a Break from Shitposting to Run for Congress
Danielle Han, Jezebel
Three things are certain in life, death, taxes, and a Kennedy in politics.
Nov 12, 2025, 2:01 PM
Who Is Threads For? Meta Would Like One Answer to Be ‘Podcasters’
Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com
Threads is making a concerted effort to woo podcasters. A new suite of podcaster-friendly features came out this week.
Nov 12, 2025, 1:05 PM
Carol Leonnig & Ken Dilanian Talk About Covering A “Five-Alarm Fire” At DOJ, Protecting Sources Amid Trump Threats And Working At A Rebranded MS Now
Ted Johnson, Deadline
MSNBC will rebrand as MS Now on Saturday, a reflection of the cable news network’s separation from Comcast and sister network NBC News. As the new Versant network sets out on its own, it has been building up its own newsroom, with two major hires with a focus…
Nov 11, 2025, 2:21 PM
Trump Falls For Satire From Site Called ‘The Dunning Kruger Times’
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Over the weekend, the President of the United States fell for obvious satire from a website literally called “The Dunning Kruger Times.” Donald Trump—a man with access to the best, most accurate information on basically any subject—posted to Truth Social a sc…
Nov 10, 2025, 7:02 PM