Could this mysterious ‘pink slime’ news site influence California’s 2026 election?

The Courier is part of a growing ecosystem of news publications that publish biased articles in an attempt to surreptitiously ...

FACT FOCUS: Minneapolis shooting prompts spread of misrepresented and fabricated images online

Misrepresented and fabricated images spread widely on social media in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Minneapolis ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer leads Michigan and a social media empire

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer boasts that she has the "most creative" social media among governors. Why did building an online ...
The Economist

Social media are making it easier for cults to recruit and control members

Prevention may be the most effective response. Teaching young people how manipulation works could make them less susceptible.

Is social media over?

Data suggests usage has been declining since 2022, while platforms like Facebook, Instagram and X are increasingly filled ...

Fox News also dominated social media with 1.5 billion interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok

FOX News Media finished 2025 as the No. 1 news brand among YouTube video views as the company’s decision to emphasize the ...
IEEE

Promoting Security and Trust on Social Networks: Explainable Cyberbullying Detection Using Large Language Models in a Stream-Based Machine Learning Framework

Abstract: Social media platforms enable instant and ubiquitous connectivity and are essential to social interaction and communication in our technological society. Apart from its advantages, these ...

Could this mysterious California news site influence the 2026 election?

The California Courier uses the name of an established paper and doesn’t disclose apparent Republican ties. Critics call it ...