Monthly Archives: October 2020
Facebook wants NYU researchers to stop sharing the political ad data it keeps secret
Facebook isn’t happy with New York University. It’s because of NYU Ad Observatory, a newly launched research project from the university’s engineering school that aims to show how different election campaigns are spending their ad money on the site, and what kinds of voters they’re targeting. The research is gathered with help from a data-collecting […]
Thomas Brodie-Sangster from 'The Queen's Gambit' chooses his ultimate chess squad
Thomas Brodie-Sangster plays a chess master in Netflix’s new series ‘The Queen’s Gambit.’ From 15 geniuses, we had him choose his ultimate 5-person chess squad. Read our full review of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ here. Read more… More about Netflix, Mashable Video, Game Of Thrones, Love Actually, and Anya Taylor Joy
Americans asked Google a bunch of unintentionally funny election questions this week
After a wild week with dueling presidential town hall events and a Supreme Court nominee push only weeks before the election, our Google searches were pretty wide-ranging and involved some scandals and gossip. For the week of Oct. 15 to Oct. 23 here were some of the top questions for Google’s search engine. 1. Who […]
Home to Proud Boys domain, Gab, and other right-wing sites posts unhinged letters after PayPal cuts ties
PayPal, Hunter Biden, Bloomberg News, and several Avengers were targeted in a series of unhinged open letters from Epik after PayPal terminated its account. The domain registrar, whose CEO once defended David Duke on a white nationalist podcast, is home to Gab and other far-right websites, and formerly hosted 8chan. It also hosts the domain […]
Cedric The Entertainer becomes a comedy mentor in 'The Opening Act'
Cedric The Entertainer plays the role of fictional legendary comedian Billy G in the upcoming film ‘The Opening Act.’ He takes Jimmy O. Yang’s character William Chew under his wing and shows him the ropes of life as stand up comedian. Read more… More about Entertainment, Mashable Video, Comedy, Cedric The Entertainer, and Jimmy O […]
See every major platform's misinformation policies in this handy chart
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Last month, Facebook gave money to three members of Congress who refused to condemn QAnon
When it comes to QAnon conspiracy theorists, Facebook is wagging a finger with one hand, and slipping some enablers cash with the other. According to ProPublica’s database of congressional contributions, in September, Facebook donated money to 45 members of Congress and PACs from both sides of the aisle. Shortly thereafter, three of the U.S. representatives […]
12 single TV characters who'll always have a place in our hearts
In Party for One, Mashable explores single life in 2020, from Carly Rae Jepsen’s iconic single anthems, to the beauty of alone time, and the fascinating history behind the single positivity movement. Sometimes being single is a journey and sometimes it’s a destination. For a long time, the untold rule of storytelling was that characters […]
New ad asks Mark Zuckerberg if Facebook makes his kids proud
When Joe Biden and Donald Trump take to the stage on Thursday for the final presidential debate, someone else will be put in the hot seat: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. A new video is set to air on TV that night targeting the Facebook founder. The organization behind the clip, Accountable Tech, is spending $250,000 […]
Twitter is still letting you retweet. You don’t have to quote tweet.
There seems to be quite a lot of confusion surrounding some recent updates Twitter made to its platform. Specifically, Twitter changed what happens when you click the “retweet” button. Well, I just wanted to retweet this but Twitter won’t let me so you’re getting some useless words here you can ignore; instead, just watch…https://t.co/KXxoRwVTqO — […]