The Washington Post
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Drew Harwell
– May 23, 11:41 AM
Distorted videos of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), altered to make her sound as if she's drunkenly slurring her words, are spreading rapidly across social media, highlighting how political disinformation that clouds public understanding can…
Several departments inside social media giant Snap have dedicated tools for accessing user data, and multiple employees have abused their privileged access to spy on Snapchat users, Motherboard has learned. Two former employees said multiple Snap…
Ed and Brian Krassenstein are banned for life after ‘operating multiple fake accounts and purchasing account interactions,' a Twitter spokesman said. Twitter has permanently banned prominent anti-Trump brothers Brian and Ed Krassenstein…
The New York Times
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Charlie Savage
– May 23, 12:59 PM
WASHINGTON — Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks leader, has been indicted on 17 new counts of violating the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010, the Justice Department announced on…
The New York Times
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Michelle Alexander
– May 23, 3:00 AM
My 12-year-old daughter recently asked me what I think about abortion. She walked into the kitchen, poked around the refrigerator, then spun around and blurted it out: “I can't decide what I think about abortion. I want to know what you…
