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BREAD CRUMBS | 3-MINUTE READ
YouTube, Discord, and Lord of the Rings Led Police to a Teen Accused of a US Swatting Spree
BY DHRUV MEHROTRA AND ANDREW COUTS
For nearly two years, police have been tracking down the culprit behind a wave of hoax threats. A digital trail took them to the door of a 17-year-old in California.
BOVINE UNIVERSITY | 4-MINUTE READ
Inside the Beef Industry's Campaign to Influence Kids
BY MATT REYNOLDS
Big Beef is wooing science teachers with webinars and lesson plans in an attempt to change students' perceptions of the industry.
EXTREMISM | 4-MINUTE READ
A Decapitation May Have Roots in Far-Right Border and Immigrant Paranoia
BY DAVID GILBERT
A man charged with murdering his father and showing his decapitated head on YouTube spent years ranting about extremist conspiracies.
THE BIG INTERVIEW | 19-MINUTE READ
'Over Time the Trust Will Come': An Exclusive Interview With TikTok's CEO
BY DEXTER THOMAS
A few weeks ago, Shou Zi Chew sat down with WIRED to tell us how he's trying to make TikTok better. Is the company's CEO for real—or just a really good politician?
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RIP TIDE | 3-MINUTE READ
Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way—Especially From YouTube
BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER
Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.
STREISAND EFFECT | 6-MINUTE READ
A Startup Allegedly 'Hacked the World.' Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash
BY ANDY GREENBERG
A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight reports of one Indian company's hacker-for-hire past—and the legal threats aimed at making them disappear.
DEALS | 3-MINUTE READ
9 Good Deals on Smartwatches, Robot Vacuums, and Video Games
BY LOURYN STRAMPE
Happy February! Welcome the leap month with these snazzy deals on tech and games.
BLANK SPACE | 6-MINUTE READ
Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theorists Get Psyops All Wrong
BY JUSTIN LING
Some prominent right-wing commentators say the relationship between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is a ploy to keep President Biden in power. Psyop experts think otherwise.
SECOND THOUGHTS | 3-MINUTE READ
Linda Yaccarino Says X Needs More Moderators After All
BY VITTORIA ELLIOTT
X CEO Linda Yaccarino told US senators she's hiring more trust and safety staffers. She didn't mention that Elon Musk fired most people policing content on the platform when he acquired it in 2022.
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