Elizabeth Dwoskin
Washington Post
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever now includes $2,500 full-body MRIs
Proponents of Prenuvo argue the $2,500 full-body MRIs should become as a routine as a mammogram or colonoscopy. Celebrities and venture capitalists are flocking to a growing number of clinics. → Read More
Come to the 'war cry party': How social media helped drive mayhem in Brazil
In the weeks leading up to Sunday's violent attacks on Brazil's congress and other government buildings, the country's social media channels surged with... → Read More
Gun ownership went up. Killings went down. Brazil debates why.
Firearms enthusiasts are claiming victory. Not so fast, criminologists say. → Read More
Trump aides Bannon, Miller advising the Bolsonaros on next steps
Some allies and advisers want the Brazilian president to contest his election loss to Lula. Others want a global fight over free speech. → Read More
How Facebook and TikTok are helping push Stop the Steal in Brazil
In the days before the presidential election, Meta and TikTok have steered millions toward conspiracy theories and extremist content, researchers say. → Read More
Tech companies are gaming out responses to the Texas social media law
Social media companies aren't waiting on the Supreme Court to start thinking about how they can respond to a Texas law prohibiting them from removing political speech. → Read More
Outside audit says Facebook restricted Palestinian posts during Gaza war
An independent audit of Meta’s handling of online content during the two-week war between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas last year found that the social media giant had denied Palestinian users their freedom of expression by erroneously removing their content and punished Arabic-speaking users more heavily than Hebrew-speaking ones. → Read More
Trump’s ‘big lie’ fueled a new generation of social media influencers
The campaign to undermine the legitimacy of the 2020 election launched a powerful new generation of online influencers, a Washington Post analysis has found. → Read More
New whistleblower allegations could factor into Twitter vs. Musk trial
A whistleblower complaint from a recently fired Twitter executive could boost Elon Musk's case that the company is understating the prevalence of spam bots. → Read More
In first hearing, Twitter to push for speedy trial against Elon Musk
In the first court hearing of the high profile suit, Twitter will ask Delaware Chancery Court judge for a speedy trial, aiming to avoid a fishing expedition from Elon Musk. → Read More
Twitter pushes for speedy trial in latest legal filing
In a legal filing lobbed against Elon Musk late Monday, Twitter continued to push for an expedited trial, aiming to prevent the billionaire from a potentially-damaging fishing expedition → Read More
'Bring rifles’: Extremist groups call for violence over abortion ruling
On far-right and far-left Telegram channels, influencers called on followers to take up arms and create mayhem in response to Friday's ruling striking down the right to abortion in the United States. → Read More
Peter Thiel helped build big tech. Now he wants to tear it all down.
Inside the billionaire investor’s journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right → Read More
Elon Musk to face Twitter staff for the first time
Employees fear Musk will upend the company’s culture and initiate mass layoffs. → Read More
In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data
Twitter plans to provide the full firehose of internal data to Elon Musk, after weeks of resisting the billionaire's requests. → Read More
Elon Musk, notorious Twitter troll, is now trolling Twitter itself
The stock price is plummeting, and executives are heading for the doors. Can the social media company withstand Musk’s takeover bid? → Read More
Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives, prompting online attacks
The targeting of employees by Musk’s massive Twitter megaphone is a major concern for workers. → Read More
Twitter workers face a reality they’ve long feared: Elon Musk as owner
Twitter employees reacted with dismay, sadness and shock as Elon Musk's takeover bid won. → Read More
Elon Musk wants a free speech utopia. Technologists clap back.
Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter as an un-policed free speech town square is a utopian vision of the Internet that has failed in practice and does not take into account the realities of the world. The company tried it for years, and instead it learned it needed to moderate speech more aggressively. → Read More
China is Russia’s most powerful weapon for information warfare
Russia's ability to sow propaganda has been crippled because social media companies have banned or restricted its state news channels. But Chinese state media, which has an even larger audience than Russia's, is amplifying Russian talking points. → Read More