New Media


Satire Piece Fact Check Shows Limits of Facebook’s Fight Against Fake News

On Thursday, the satirical website Babylon Bee published an article, “CNN Purchases Industrial-Sized Washing Machine To Spin News Before Publication.” The article poked fun at those who criticize CNN’s reporting, but unfortunately it appears that some people fell for it or at least found it questionable enough for Snopes, a […]


Twitter Announces New Ad Transparency Measures

Twitter announced on Tuesday new transparency measures for advertising served on its platform. Some of the measures, like a new Transparency Center, will affect all advertising while other measures are designed to provide specific information regarding political ads. Electioneering ads, or ads that advocate for a specific candidate, will have a […]


Gizmodo’s Public Pool Inadvertently Breaks Iranian Embargo

On Thursday night, the White House sent out the details of their new Iranian policy, but under embargo until the next morning. However, Public Pool, an automated website run by the Gizmodo Media Group that publishes the White House pool reports and Administration releases, published the report late Thursday night, breaking the embargo […]