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What would that look like?I think we’re at the very beginning of an entire ecosystem of better tools doing this work. The European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act has a bunch of transparency requirements around data sharing. One of…

The past few weeks have been a fever dream for the online conspiracy world. Wild claims about Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, went from fringe corners of the internet to mainstream social media platforms, and people who don’t…

Political violence is returning to the UK, bursting out of the morass of conspiracy and extremism online. There is at times a Blairish elusiveness to the way Khan talks—broadcastable sound bites, reversions to cliché, and a genial…

Since taking the helm as WIRED’s global editorial director last August, I’ve heard from plenty of avid audience members—some with enthusiastic feedback about WIRED stories or coverage areas, and others with a consistent message that goes…

Today, the Supreme Court will hear a case that will determine whether the government can communicate with social media companies to flag misleading or harmful content to social platforms—or talk to them at all. And a lot of the case…

What’s the difference between misinformation, disinformation or any other sort of bad information? There is none. All are merely propagandistic ways of labeling free speech Democrats/socialists/communists (D/s/cs) don’t like as somehow…

In his continued quest to become either the president of the United States or else a very interesting footnote to someone else’s reelection, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has enlisted a number of celebrities and influencers. On Tuesday, he…

AI-altered video clips of Adolf Hitler’s 1939 Reichstag speech at the beginning of World War II have recently gone viral. In the speech, Hitler proclaimed that the upcoming war would bring about the “annihilation of the Jewish race in…

On Sunday, Kensington Palace released a photo of Kate Middleton, the princess of Wales. The image, also shared to the royal couple’s Instagram account, depicts Middleton seated, smiling, and surrounded by her three children. Purportedly…

Super Tuesday was a blowout for former President Donald Trump, who won 14 out of 15 states. And yet, Trump’s most ardent supporters who believe that all votes and elections are now irredeemably fraudulent, spent the day boosting wild…