Social media in 2025 was absolutely swamped with fakes. AI tools have made it easy for anyone to make fake photos and videos that can fool many people into thinking they’re real. The tech has now advanced sufficiently that you shouldn’t necessarily feel bad if you fall for one that pops up in your feed. […]
X ‘Bid Adieu’ to the Twitter Brand, but Now It’s Suing to Keep It
Elon Musk’s X may have dropped the Twitter name, but it doesn’t want anyone else to use it. The social media company, formerly known as Twitter, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Delaware against a startup called Operation Bluebird, accusing it of trademark infringement over plans to revive the Twitter brand. Musk bought […]
X Claims It Banned the European Commission’s Ad Account. It Says It Wasn’t Using Ads
On Saturday, X says it slapped the European Commission with a ban on its X ad account over what it has deemed a rule violation. Coincidentally enough, the European Commission had just slapped that social media platform with a fine of about $140 Million a day earlier for alleged deceptiveness and lack of transparency, and […]
Elon Musk Slapped With $140 Million Fine Over Deceptive Blue Checks on X
Elon Musk’s attempt to turn blue checks into a revenue stream for X has hit a major hurdle. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch responsible for enforcing the bloc’s laws, just hit X with a fine of 120 million euros (about $140 million) for breaking transparency obligations under its Digital Services Act. Specifically, the […]
New X Feature Reveals Many MAGA Patriots on X Are Not Even Based in The U.S.
Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s X began rolling out a new feature called “About This Profile,” and chaos ensued. With this feature, users are now able to see more information about other people’s accounts, like how many times they have changed their usernames, when they joined the platform, and where exactly they are based. The […]
Grok Says Elon Musk Is Smarter Than Einstein and More Fit Than LeBron James
Elon Musk has been pretty open about the fact that he’s been working to “fix” Grok anytime the AI chatbot gives an answer he doesn’t like. But we all know that his fixes are just transparently an effort to make Grok agree with him. With every new tweak, Grok gets creepier and more flattering to […]
Elon Musk Tries Desperately to Prove He’s a Real Human Being
Elon Musk is the wealthiest man in the world. But based on his posts on X, the billionaire has never appeared more detached from humanity. And after one high-profile author pointed out that fact over the weekend, Musk now seems determined to prove that he’s a real human person with real human interests. It all […]
No, Pro-Trump Hackers Didn’t Hack Zohran Mamdani’s Election Night Party
Did you see claims on Tuesday that Zohran Mamdani’s election night party was sabotaged by pro-Trump hackers? Someone who supports President Donald Trump was supposedly able to project a pro-MAGA message to the crowd before Mamdani spoke. But like so much of what goes viral on social media these days, it’s total nonsense. Mamdani was […]
That Trump Tweet About the World Series Being ‘Rigged’ Is Fake
Have you seen a tweet from President Donald Trump saying he’ll refuse to invite whoever wins the World Series to the White House? Trump appears to say that it’s because he believes the game is rigged, either by the mafia or the Democrats. But the tweet isn’t real. The post has gone viral across just […]
Facebook Removes ICE-Tracking Group Under Pressure From Trump Regime
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that the U.S. Justice Department had succeeded in getting Facebook to remove a group on the platform that allowed people in Chicago to alert their neighbors when ICE was in the area. “Today following outreach from @thejusticedept Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox […]