6/16/22The Facebook Papers: How Meta Failed to Fight Against American Climate DenialFacebook's own employees think its efforts combating misinformation on climate change are inadequate. Read the…
6/15/22Facebook Is Dodging Questions About Surveillance of Users Seeking AbortionsAn ad tool is helping Meta and crisis pregnancy centers identify people seeking information about abortions online.
6/14/22Senator Presses Amazon to Disclose Just How Creepy Ring Cameras Can BeNew concerns about Ring's audio recording practices are breathing new life into a yearslong inquiry.
6/13/22Who Are the White Nationalists Mass Arrested in Idaho?Thirty-one members of Patriot Front were arrested with tactical gear while allegedly trying to start a riot at a…
6/10/22How the Facebook Papers Exposed Meta's Moderation DisasterFrom hate speech to misinformation, Facebook's moderation often failed to meet the problems at hand, according to…
6/9/22Family Blames Instagram for Teen’s Eating Disorder in Lawsuit Challenging Section 230 ProtectionsCiting the Facebook Papers, two parents are targeting Instagram's algorithms rather than its third-party content in…
6/7/22A Woman Murdered Her Boyfriend After Tracking Him to a Bar With an AirTag, Cops SayApple's tracking device has reportedly been used to stalk dozens of victims since launch last year.
6/7/22How Memestock Traders Responded to Mockery From the Government“Like, are they TRYING to get me to buy more?” one would-be trader wrote after watching a fake game show made by the…
6/6/22Coming to iOS: 'Safety Check' for Domestic Violence VictimsSafety Check will reset an iPhone's privacy settings and prevent location tracking by abusive partners.
6/1/22Sheryl Sandberg Quits FacebookFacebook's COO said she was leaving the company 'proud of everything' she'd achieved with Mark Zuckerberg in 14…
6/1/22This Coffee Company's Been Spying on Customers With Its App, According to the Canadian Government"You can’t spy on your customers just because it fits in your marketing strategy," British Columbia's privacy…
5/25/22Now playing Making the Facebook Papers PublicThe historic leak left more than 1,000 top-secret documents in the hands of a select few reporters. Now, we’re…
5/16/22We're Publishing the Facebook Papers. Here's How Facebook Killed News Feed Fixes Over Fear of Conservative Backlash.Facebook said it did not "build and withhold any News Feed changes based on potential impact on any one political…
5/3/22Senator: Overturning Roe Will 'Weaponize' Women's DataSen. Ron Wyden said shady data practices put the 'lives and essential rights of women' at risk.
5/3/227 Things We Learned From the Facebook Papers About Jan. 6, Meta, and the News FeedHere's a look at just a few of the first 1,000 previously confidential pages Gizmodo published this month.
5/2/22We're Publishing the Facebook Papers. Here's What They Say About the Ranking Algorithms That Control Your News Feed.Facebook employees knew that a computer-curated feed increased the time users spent on the social network—and that…
4/27/22Minneapolis Cops Used Fake Accounts to Spy on Innocent Black PeopleMinneapolis P.D. engaged in a 'pattern and practice' of racial discrimination both online and off for at least 10…
4/27/22Twitter Admits It Hid Tweets About HBO's QAnon Docuseries [Updated]Twitter told the director of "Q: Into the Storm" it had "made the decision not to allow promotion of this…
4/18/22Read the Facebook Papers for YourselfHundreds of internal documents formed the basis of dozen of news stories. They have not been made public. Until now.
4/18/22We’re Publishing the Facebook Papers. Here’s What They Say About Donald Trump, the 2020 Election, and Jan. 6.Gizmodo has reviewed, redacted, and published more than two dozen leaked Facebook documents, the first of hundreds…