Category: Media
Hitting the Books: Modern social media has made misinformation so, so much worse
It’s not just that one uncle who’s not allowed at Thanksgiving anymore who’s been spreading misinformation online. The practice began long before the rise of social media — governments around the world have been doing it for centuries. But it wasn’t until the modern era, one fueled by algorithmic recommendation…
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Engadget Podcast: How bad is the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling?
This week, Devindra and Senior Writer Sam Rutherford dive into the Supreme Court’s latest EPA ruling, which severely limits the agency’s ability to curtail power plant emissions. Devindra also chats with ProPublica reporter Lisa Song about what this means for the EPA and other federal agencies. (Basically, it makes fighting…
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