404 Media
Jason Koebler, Samantha Cole, Joseph Cox, Emanuel Maiberg — Journalist-owned tech publication, founded after Vice/Motherboard
404 Media is an independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.
404media.coIn a kleptocracy, there is no reason for a billionaire to own an adversarial news outlet.
Four journalists who covered tech at Vice's Motherboard went independent and built something sharper than what came before. 404 Media breaks stories on surveillance, hacking, AI abuse, and internet culture with genuine investigative muscle — their reporting has triggered telecom fines, congressional investigations, and platform policy changes. The tone is direct, occasionally darkly funny, and never hedges when something deserves to be called out.
Written by Jason Koebler, Samantha Cole, Joseph Cox, Emanuel Maiberg since 2023.
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Company Helps Men Scrub Negative Posts About Them from Tea App
Tea App Green Flags, a service that claims it can “protect your digital reputation,” will remove negative posts about men from private online groups where women share “red flags” about men they’ve dated in order to help other women. The service is another escalation in the age of online dating, women attempting to protect each other from other men in the dating pool, and instances of men fighting against those efforts. It also shows how some of these alleg...
The Government Just Made it Harder to See What Spy Tech it Buys
It might look like something from the early days of the internet, with its aggressively grey color scheme and rectangles nested inside rectangles, but FPDS.gov is one of the most important resources for keeping tabs on what powerful spying tools U.S. government agencies are buying. It includes everything from phone hacking technology, to masses of location data, to more Palantir installations.Or rather, it was an incredible tool and the basis for countless of my own investigations and others. Be...
The Islamic State Is Using AI to Resurrect Dead Leaders and Platforms Are Failing to Moderate It
The Islamic State’s online warriors are still posting. It’s been almost a decade since the group lost the Battle of Raqqa and saw its IRL territorial ambitions thwarted. Unable to hold territory in the real world, the group renewed its focus on posting and has started using AI to resurrect dead leaders. And, because social media platforms have gutted their content moderation operations, the terror group’s strategy is working.The Islamic State’s online success is detai...
Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address
Amazon is telling people who use its wishlists feature to switch to post office boxes or non-residential delivery addresses if they want to ensure their home addresses remain private, as part of a change in how it processes gifts bought from third-party sellers. The change is especially concerning to many sex workers, influencers and public figures who use Amazon wishlists to receive gifts from fans and clients. First spotted by adult content creators raising the alarm on social media, the...
Podcast: Ring Is Just Getting Started
This week we start with Jason’s follow up to Ring launching its ‘Search Party’ feature. It turns out, according to a leaked email he got, the feature is only starting with finding lost dogs. After the break, Emanuel explains why we’ve learned nothing about amplification when it comes to the recent looksmaxxing trend. In the subscribers-only section, Sam explains how Grok produced the real name of a sex worker who performs pseudonymously. Listen to the weekly podcas...
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