Ben Goggin
deputy tech editor, NBC News — online investigations, internet culture, extremism, child safety [email protected] [email protected]
Conspiracy theories about the Trump rally shooting flourish onlinewww.nbcnews.com With few details released about the incident in its immediate aftermath, false and misleading claims have spready quickly.
Update from the Policy Forum on our approach to ‘Zionist’ as a proxy for hate speech | Transparency Centertransparency.meta.com Meta regularly publishes reports to give our community visibility into community standards enforcement, government requests and internet disruptions
Deepfake creators sell nonconsensual video on ‘hidden’ websites that take Visa and Mastercardwww.nbcnews.com A company registered in the U.K. allows creators of nonconsensual deepfakes to profit via “hidden links” that lead to a subscription service.
YouTube’s Rulings on Gaza War Videos Spark Internal Backlashwww.wired.com Insiders have shared YouTube’s playbook for handling the Gaza crisis. They argue that it shows inconsistent enforcement.
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot repeated a false claim about the presidential debatewww.nbcnews.com The AI programs seemingly drew on conservative misinformation posted just hour earlier to generate their answers.
Israeli government sparks outcry with videos saying ‘there are no innocent civilians’ in Gazawww.nbcnews.com The video used a portion of an interview given by a freed Israeli hostage after she was rescued.
Disney fans say changes to disability program exclude many people who were previously coveredwww.nbcnews.com Disney World, and soon Disneyland, will limit what kinds of disabilities are covered under its Disability Access Service.
ACT UP NY Replaces Fire Island Flag Honoring Pro-Israel Rep With Flag of Cecilia Gentiliwww.them.us Members also added a “Silence = Death” flag showing solidarity with Palestine.
A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It?www.newyorker.com Colleagues reportedly called Lucy Letby an “angel of death,” and the Prime Minister condemned her. But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats showwww.washingtonpost.com A WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy Americans after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack reveals their focus on New York Mayor Eric Adams and their work to shape U.S. opinion of the Gaza war.
Disney's international parks target U.S. customers with American influencers and bloggerswww.nbcnews.com With a new Tokyo Disney Resort expansion on the horizon, Disney invited American content creators to preview it for their audiences around the world.
Google tests AI to detect scam phone calls. Privacy advocates are terrified.www.nbcnews.com Google said this week it was testing software that would monitor phone calls for suspicious activity, such as fraud.
Israeli whistleblowers detail horror of shadowy detention facility for Palestinians | CNNwww.cnn.com At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel’s Negev desert, an Israeli working at the facility snapped two photographs of a scene that he says continues to haunt him.
Israel’s prime minister has had a tense relationship with the network.www.nytimes.com
Israel’s prime minister has had a tense relationship with the network.www.nytimes.com
Sexual abusers have used Uber and Lyft to bring teens to their doorsteps, prosecutors saywww.nbcnews.com Lawsuits and prosecutions reviewed by NBC News say sexual abusers were able to bypass Uber’s and Lyft’s terms of service to transport unaccompanied children.