THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in the Irish countryside, Liam, 19, sat at his laptop, an energy drink fizzing at his elbow. He leaned in for a better look at the profile photo and, sure enough, saw the face of an old…
This piece is part of Gizmodo’s ongoing effort to make the Facebook Papers available to the public. See the full directory of documents here. In a presentation dated May 6, 2018, a Facebook employee asked, “Is Ranking Good?” “Probably. Even asking the question feels slightly blasphemous at Facebook,” the same…
On the subway this morning, I looked up and saw an ad for a new cryptocurrency. More specifically, I looked up at a bright-red rectangle behind large white font reading: It’s never too late to be early. We’re in the midst of a speculation boom that has been variously compared…
