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Meet The Private Detective Who Ignited A Clinton Conspiracy Theory
Seth Rich’s bereaved family rejected a Fox News report and told BuzzFeed News through a spokesman that Wheeler had been “paid for by a third party.”
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Why Is A Top Harvard Law Professor Sharing Anti-Trump Conspiracy Theories?
Among the prominent anti-Trumpers spreading unconfirmed information are famed constitutional scholars, Pulitzer Prize winners, and US senators.
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Facebook Will Hire 3,000 People To Monitor Videos For Violence
Following a spate of grisly videos uploaded or streamed to Facebook, the social media giant will beef up its community staff.
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Microsoft Just Announced The Surface Laptop, A Competitor To The Chromebook
The new laptop will square off against Chromebooks for a share of the lucrative education market.
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The Trump Internet Keeps Making Fake Hate Symbols, And People Keep Falling For It
The latest: the universal “OK” hand sign, which two pro-Trump writers made at the White House on Friday.
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How "Last Resort" Became The Internet’s New Favorite Joke Song
Seventeen years ago, Papa Roach’s teen-angst smash was inescapable on MTV. Now, partially thanks to a joke about Paul Ryan, it has become an unofficial anthem of the owned.
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Louise Mensch Has A List Of Suspected Russian Agents
The former British MP leads an outraged online investigation into Trump’s connection to Russia. Is it pulling in innocent people?
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Mark Zuckerberg Just Addressed The Murder On Facebook
“We will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening.”
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A Nonprofit Trolled Breitbart And InfoWars With A Stealth Pro-Refugee Ad Campaign
The alarming ads, from the humanitarian medical group Doctors of the World, click through to a site that seeks to humanize Syrian refugees.
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The Crowdsourced Russia Twitter Investigation Has Prompted A Harassment Complaint
Former British Member of Parliament Louise Mensch runs Twitter’s intense investigation into Russian influence in American politics. A reporter for a Russian-backed outlet says she has gone too far.
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Never Mind The Russians, Meet The Bot King Who Helps Trump Win Twitter
“It’s All Us, Not Russians. And We’re Not Going To Stop”
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Federal Cybercrime Officials Are Investigating Jewish Center Threats And If A "Troll" Is Involved
The FBI is exploring multiple angles, BuzzFeed News has learned, including the possibility that an online troll is involved in the latest wave of bomb threats to Jewish centers and schools this week.
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How YouTube Serves As The Content Engine Of The Internet’s Dark Side
Everyone knows that Twitter and Facebook spread bad information and hate speech. But YouTube, which pays for conspiracy theories seen by millions, may be even worse.
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CPAC Shuns DeploraBall Organizers
Days after booting Milo Yiannopoulos from its roster of scheduled speakers, the annual conservative conference has denied MAGA3X’s request for a press pass.
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Apple’s New Spaceship Campus Opens In April
Called “Apple Park,” the campus is 175 acres and will feature a theater named for Steve Jobs.
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The First Rule of These Facebook Groups: Don’t Talk Trump
As President Trump continues to swallow the internet, beleaguered moderators are trying their damndest to preserve a few safe spaces.
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The Tools Of The Viral Anti-Trump Movement Will Be Used Against It
The online opposition to President Trump is a huge target, and it’s being watched.
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How Many Startups Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?
Austin-based lighting startup Ketra has built a state-of-the-art LED bulb and a state-of-the-art way to control it. But to sell its wares to the world’s biggest tech companies, it first had to build a state-of-the-art problem.
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This Alt-Right Investigations Site May Have Ties To The Trump Administration
Meet WeSearchr, the crowd-funded site trying to get to the bottom of the Richard Spencer punch and Pizzagate.
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A Thriving Chat Startup Braces For The Alt-Right
Discord is a buzzed-about group chat platform for gamers. And like its predecessors Twitter and Reddit, it’s become a hangout for trolls and white nationalists.
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