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Pay to Play

How to Get Facebook Without Ads—if It’s Available for You

Meta now offers users an ad-free option, but it’s only available in Europe for those who can afford the €10-a-month subscription.

Reece Rogers

Safety First

Sweeping New Powers Could Let the UK Block Big Tech Platforms

Peter Guest

Bad Company

The GOP Presidential Debate Is Livestreaming on Rumble, Home to White Nationalist Nick Fuentes

David Gilbert

Error Detected

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Detection Believed to Break EU Privacy Law

K.G. Orphanides

Pay Up

Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service

Vittoria Elliott

AWOL

Where the Hell Is X CEO Linda Yaccarino?

Vittoria Elliott

Paying the Bills

YouTube’s Crackdown Spurs Record Uninstalls of Ad Blockers

Paresh Dave

Missing the Boat

The New Era of Social Media Looks as Bad for Privacy as the Last One

Vittoria Elliott

Pay Up

Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month

Morgan Meaker

Bird App

X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court

Morgan Meaker

Political Platform

Greece’s New Political Star Is a TikTok Creation

Eliza Gkritsi

Flip the Bird

Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird

Vittoria Elliott

War Profiteers

TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts

David Gilbert

Tech Crackdown

The UK’s Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law

Peter Guest

Influence Operations

Elon Musk Mocked Ukraine, and Russian Trolls Went Wild

Matt Burgess

Social Media

The 5 Instagram Features That US States Say Ruin Teens’ Mental Health

Paresh Dave

Horrors of War

The Hamas Threat of Hostage Execution Videos Looms Large Over Social Media

David Gilbert

Blackout

Palestinians Claim Social Media ‘Censorship’ Is Endangering Lives

Lila Hassan

Fog of War

Who’s Responsible for the Gaza Hospital Explosion? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Know What’s Real

David Gilbert

Weighed Down

Elon Musk’s Main Tool for Fighting Disinformation on X Is Making the Problem Worse, Insiders Claim

Vittoria Elliott and David Gilbert

Clickbait

X’s Sneaky New Ads Might Be Illegal

Vittoria Elliott

Feed the Troll

The EU’s Threats to Elon Musk Are Empty, Sources Say

Morgan Meaker

Noted

A Graphic Hamas Video Donald Trump Jr. Shared on X Is Actually Real, Research Confirms

David Gilbert