X’s location tool reveals global disinformation machine - opinion
By exposing hidden accounts' location, X’s location tool delivers a small win in a sprawling information war that continues to evolve.
Elon Musk calls to abolish European Union after X fined €120 million for transparency failures
The Deep Dive: Assassination conspiracy, Muslim Brotherhood, and regional flare-ups - podcast
Paris prosecutors investigate Musk’s Grok AI over antisemitic, Holocaust denial posts - POLITICO
X is down for thousands of users in US according to Downdetector
There were more than 19,500 reports of issues with the social media platform, as of 10:51 a.m. ET, according to specialized Downdetector.
Cloudflare, Amazon, Meta: The biggest tech outages of recent years - explainer
This was the second major internet disruption of 2025, following the October malfunction of Amazon's cloud services unit, AWS.
New York seeks dismissal of lawsuit by Elon Musk's X/Twitter over hate speech law
Musk's company argued that New York's law unconstitutionally exposed it to lawsuits and big fines unless it disclosed "highly sensitive and controversial speech" that the state found objectionable.
Former Kataib Hezbollah hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov issues first statement since release
Tsurkov wrote in English, Arabic, and Hebrew on her X/Twitter account to thank those who helped secure her release.
X is among most effective tools for spreading antisemitism in history, research finds
The research identified 679,584 antisemitic posts between February 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025, which combined were viewed 193 million times.
Donald Trump's death rumors put to an end after social media outrage over his disappearance
The false rumor began circulating on social media on Friday, when different accounts started to point out the lack of footage that official government accounts were releasing of Trump.
Indonesia urges TikTok, Meta to act against harmful online content
The Indonesian government urged TikTok and Meta to raise the moderation of harmful content, including disinformation, that is spread on their platforms.
UN's Francesca Albanese loses 'blue check' verification on X amid coming US sanctions
This came days after UN Watch submitted a legal appeal to the owner of X, Elon Musk. The appeal called on the company to remove Albanese's check mark following her designation under US sanctions.
Dutch nurse investigated on social media posts threatening to kill 'Zionist' patients via injection
Naomi Mestrum, director of the Center for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI), told De Telegraaf that if Chait-Said is behind the accounts, she will be “severely punished.”
'Full Nazi clown mode': Yair Netanyahu, Piers Morgan trade barbs over BBC Gaza report
Netanyahu responded sharply, calling the BBC's reporting “medieval-style blood libel” and accusing Morgan of bias. “You guys went full Nazi Mode. I hope Qatar is paying well,” he wrote.
Investigation exposes X, WhatsApp as hotbeds for arms trade involving Houthis, US weapons
TTP identified 130 Yemen-based X accounts that were advertising a range of weapons, including high-powered rifles, grenade launchers, and other military-grade arms.