Getting Lots Of Political Messages On Your Phone? Welcome To 'The Texting Election' Texting has become a cheap and easy way for political campaigns to reach out to voters. But not everyone's happy about it. Jim Zarroli
Facebook, Twitter And TikTok Say Wishing Trump's Death From COVID-19 Is Not Allowed All three tech companies confirmed that posts expressing the hope that the president does not recover from COVID-19 will be removed for violating each platform's content policies. Bobby Allyn
Twitter Announces Changes To Image Cropping Amid Bias Concern In a blog post, the social media giant said it would review how preview images are cropped after some users recently posted examples white faces being selected over Black faces. Jason Slotkin
Social Media Companies Brace For Post-Election Threats With so many people voting by mail, experts warn final results of the 2020 election may be delayed — opening the door for misinformation on social media. What are the platforms doing to prepare? Shannon Bond
Author Interview: Adapting To Social Media's Disruptions In 'The Hype Machine' NPR's Michel Martin speaks with MIT professor Sinan Aral about his new book, The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health – and How we Must Adapt.
Google To Halt Political Ads After Polls Close, Amid Worries Over Delayed Results The tech giant will not allow election-related ads in Search, on YouTube or any of its other properties, citing the likelihood of delayed election results. Shannon Bond
Civil Rights Groups Say If Facebook Won't Act On Election Misinformation, They Will Facebook critics are banding together to monitor misinformation, hate speech and voter suppression on the social network because, they argue, it has fallen short. Shannon Bond
You Think Your Favorite Video Game Is Hard? Try Speedrunning It Speedrunning is the quirky subculture dedicated to playing through video games as fast as is humanly possible, exploiting glitches in game code and advanced techniques to barrel ahead. Keller Gordon
Can Circuit Breakers Stop Viral Rumors On Facebook, Twitter? False claims that blame left-wing activists for wildfires in Oregon have spread on social media. To stop the rumors, some experts say platforms should take inspiration from the stock market. Shannon Bond
Microsoft To Buy Bethesda In $7.5 Billion Deal, Acquiring Fallout, The Elder Scrolls The deal is set to be one of the largest ever acquisitions in the video game industry. Once the deal is finalized, Microsoft will own popular franchises such as Wolfenstein, Quake, and DOOM. Reese Oxner