elections A vast network of shadowy news sites promote conservative talking points mixed with floods of algorithmically generated "news" Cory Doctorow
denialism Leaks reveal how the "Pitbull of PR" helped Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers ignite the opioid crisis Cory Doctorow
youtube Banned from Youtube, Chinese propagandists are using Pornhub to publish anti-Hong Kong videos Cory Doctorow
corruption Leaks reveal how creepy, cultish monopolist Intuit lobbied Congress and the IRS to kill free tax-filing Cory Doctorow
Business Amazon pays happy warehouse workers to tweet about how happy they are whenever someone complains about warehouse conditions Cory Doctorow
Business The only thing health insurance companies are good at is scaring us about socialized medicine Cory Doctorow
corruption Health industry lobbyists are posing as "ordinary citizens who don't want Medicare for All" Cory Doctorow
trumpism Blockbuster Gizmodo investigation reveals probable masterminds of the massive anti-Net Neutrality identity theft/astroturf campaign Cory Doctorow
videos If you tell Facebook you're a senator looking to buy political ads, they just take your word for it Cory Doctorow
corruption New York Attorney General expands law-enforcement investigation into the bots that killed Network Neutrality Cory Doctorow
Business US governmental requests for comment are routinely flooded by pro-corporate bots Cory Doctorow
trumpism Scott Pruitt's EPA has opened secret backchannels to the climate denial industry to find "scientists" and other "experts" Cory Doctorow
christ what an asshole Two sitting Senators were among the people whose identities were stolen in FCC comments from anti-Net Neutrality bots Cory Doctorow
Business It's laughably simple to buy thousands of cheap, plausible Facebook identities Cory Doctorow
videos How Russian investigative journalists working for precarious free press outlets exposed the "troll factory" Cory Doctorow
infosec Lobbyists release push-poll in an effort to tank Right to Repair bills and control independent security research Cory Doctorow
Business The independent experts who favorably evaluated Facebook's "Messenger Kids" were funded by Facebook Cory Doctorow
Business Exiled Cambodian opposition leader sues Facebook in California over allegations of collusion with Cambodia's dictator Cory Doctorow
