Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Cycles of Access and Sensitive Sourcing
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss getting people to talk to us, and collapsing civilizations on the internet.
Media
Gateway Pundit Bankruptcy Is a 'Delay Tactic,' Election Workers Suing the Company Say
The conservative outlet's bankruptcy filings show a company with lots of revenue and few expenses.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Cycles of Access and Sensitive Sourcing
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss getting people to talk to us, and collapsing civilizations on the internet.
Tamagotchi
A 27-Year Old Tamagotchi Mystery Has Been Solved
"Looking at it now, this looks like a bad schoolyard video game urban legend. But it is real."
Court Allows K-Pop Group to Subpoena YouTuber's Identity from Google
K-pop group NewJeans is attempting to sue the anonymous user of a YouTube account for defamation, but cannot proceed without obtaining their identity.
Facebook’s Taylor Swift Fan Pages Taken Over by Animal Abuse, Porn, and Scams
Here is how I found hardcore porn, pirated content, malware, and endless scams on Facebook: I typed “Katy Perry” into the search bar.
Features
Inside a Kidnapping Planned on the FBI's Secret Chat App
Anom, the FBI's secret tech startup, is reaching breaking point due to being too popular. Will another murder fall through the cracks?
airtags
A Suspected Human Smuggler Used AirTags to Track and Control The Woman He Brought Into the U.S.
A man allegedly involved in a Russia-based smuggling operation is accused of placing at least seven AirTags on his ex-wife's car to surveil her.
Podcast
Podcast: A Massive Google Leak
We got a massive internal Google database. We also talk about deepfake laws, and the earliest example of the All Eyes on Rafah image.
News
'Team Fortress 2' Botters Use AI Voice to Defame Critic
Team Fortress 2’s botting problem has escalated to doxing, swatting, and defaming people who call attention to it.
Amazon
Amazon’s AI Warehouses Isolate Workers and Hinder Union Organizing, New Report Finds
The report finds that Amazon workers in robotic warehouses feel more isolated at work, which makes it difficult to unionize.
Deepfakes
Laws About Deepfakes Can’t Leave Sex Workers Behind
As lawmakers propose federal laws about preventing or regulating nonconsensual AI generated images, they can't forget that there are at least two people in every deepfake.
News
Why Do These Instagram Electricians Want to 'Deep Throat' You?
A convoluted web of referral schemes results in Instagram ads for roofers who want to have sex with you.