Deception
Elon the gamer
Why does the world's richest man care so much about beating nobodies in digital caves?
Deception
X embraces the deepfakes
A lack of moderation and a flood of clout-chasing accounts has turned the platform into "4chan 2."
Social media
The viral bin Laden trend that wasn't
How a "small group of nobodies" on TikTok sparked the latest social media panic.
Social media
A fake leftie built for outrage
"It’s as if she dropped from the moon and arrived fully formed with this narrative that makes liberals look like idiots."
Deception
The AI girl next door
“Feeling pretty today :).”
Social media
Meta's secret mudslinging
Inside a Facebook-funded consulting firm's scramble to frame TikTok as a threat to American teens.
Surveillance
The princess escape
“Shoot me here. Don’t take me back,” she’d screamed as commandos dragged her off the yacht. Then she disappeared.
Profiles
Fantasy world
"The only thing I’m creating is … my appearance. Everything else is me."
Infowar
Unraveling a viral fraud
“We don’t have a policy that stipulates that the information you post on Facebook must be true."
AI
Deepfake misogyny
"The Internet is a vast wormhole of darkness that eats itself."
Infowar
Inventing a conspiracy
We tracked how bigots and trolls raced to spread the "crisis actor" lie after the Parkland school shooting.