Reuters: Romanian prosecutors add hate speech against women to Andrew Tate investigation. “Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday they have extended a criminal investigation into internet personality Andrew Tate by adding charges of instigating ​hatred and discrimination against women.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/31/reuters-romanian-prosecutors-add-hate-speech-against-women-to-andrew-tate-investigation/

Associated Press: Woman fired by Indiana university over Charlie Kirk post to receive $225,000 settlement. “A woman fired by an Indiana university over her Facebook post criticizing conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was killed will receive $225,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused her former employer of violating her free-speech rights, the woman’s attorneys said Tuesday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/associated-press-woman-fired-by-indiana-university-over-charlie-kirk-post-to-receive-225000-settlement/

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media: Social and Political Framing in Search Engine Results. “While prior research has extensively examined various dimensions of search bias—such as content prioritization, indexical bias, political polarization, and sources of bias—an important question remains underexplored: how do search engines and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/proceedings-of-the-international-aaai-conference-social-and-political-framing-in-search-engine-results/

Courthouse News Service: X pledges crackdown on illegal content in UK. “Elon Musk’s X has committed to cracking down on illegal content to protect U.K. users, Britain’s media regulator said Friday, as it steps up pressure on social media platforms. The commitments include reviewing suspected illegal terrorist and hate content within an average of 24 hours of it being reported, and blocking […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/courthouse-news-service-x-pledges-crackdown-on-illegal-content-in-uk/

UC San Diego: Governments May Shape What AI Chatbots Say by Shaping the Web They Learn From. “Ask an AI model the same political question in two different languages, and you may get two very different responses. A new study in Nature suggests one reason why: governments can indirectly influence large language models (LLMs) by shaping the online media environment, and thus the text those systems […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/uc-san-diego-governments-may-shape-what-ai-chatbots-say-by-shaping-the-web-they-learn-from/

San Francisco Standard: Most AI chatbots don’t tell you who to vote for. Grok: Hold my beer. “…as the unusually tight polling in the governor’s race has shown, there’s little distinction between the candidates that has broken through to the public. Instead, voters get sedate debates, cringeworthy ads, and overflowing mailboxes of flyers. Ideally, a chatbot could help you cut through […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/san-francisco-standard-most-ai-chatbots-dont-tell-you-who-to-vote-for-grok-hold-my-beer/

Wall Street Journal: The late-night Truth Social storms that offer a window into the president’s mind. This article is MSN-syndicated and has no paywall. “The nighttime missives often include some of the president’s sharpest and most divisive messaging, amplifying conspiracy theories, describing migrants as a threat to the country, threatening to punish his adversaries and mocking his […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/wall-street-journal-the-late-night-truth-social-storms-that-offer-a-window-into-the-presidents-mind/

Variety: Trump Media, Parent of Truth Social, Reports Q1 Sales of $871,000 and $405.9 Million Net Loss. “For the first quarter, TMTG generated net sales of $871,200, up 6% year over year. The company reported a $405.9 million net loss and a $387.8 million adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) loss for the first quarter of 2026.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/10/variety-trump-media-parent-of-truth-social-reports-q1-sales-of-871000-and-405-9-million-net-loss/

Washington Post: Inside a MAGA influencer’s turn against the right-wing machine. This link goes to a Yahoo-syndicated version of the article with no paywall. “[Ashley] St. Clair’s transformation from a self-described ‘good little foot soldier’ to MAGA turncoat has unspooled in near-daily monologues to more than 77,000 followers on her TikTok feed, where she applies makeup from her New York […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/08/washington-post-inside-a-maga-influencers-turn-against-the-right-wing-machine/

Tubefilter: Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others. “Researchers set up 323 ‘sock puppet’ accounts on TikTok to measure the political polarization of the For You Page, and they found some apparent disparities between right-leaning and left-leaning feeds.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/07/tubefilter-social-media-has-political-divides-but-some-feeds-are-more-polarized-than-others/