The Trump administration's immigration enforcement has revealed itself to be not just cruel, but fundamentally backwards: They're literally freeing dangerous criminals while manufacturing cases against innocent people. And they're doing it all to cover up their own massive legal fuckups. Take the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. We covered this last week when Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes ordered his release, noting that the Justice Department appeared to have leaned on actual criminals to fabricate evidence against him.

CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.

After one man loses control of his social media account, one of his acquaintances gets bilked out of $5,000.

It’s a pillar of the social web — but will it make a good investment?

An analysis of why Instagram search is more harmful than Google Search. We dive into how Instagram search is designed, compare to how Google Search is designed, and highlight how Instagram’s design ...

If products grow harmful enough, people will seek less noxious alternatives, say Matt Motyl & Glenn Elllingson.

If products grow harmful enough, people will seek less noxious alternatives, say Matt Motyl & Glenn Elllingson.

We introduce a set of specific design solutions for improving social media's impact on society, especially given upcoming global elections and the increasing ubiquity of generative AI.

Plus, the Integrity Institute launches the second part of its Election Integrity Best Practices Guide.

Elections matter, and history has demonstrated online platforms will find themselves grappling with these challenges whether they want to be or not. This latest guide provides companies – large or...