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Jason Parham

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
14
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Jason Parham

    Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads (opens the original)

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    Last week, after a Mississippi grand jury declined to bring criminal charges in the death of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old Black college student who disappeared on Horn Island while traveling with a group of white friends and was later found dead, Black users on Threads demanded justice. “Just so it’s abundantly clear: The state of Mississippi is covering up the murder of Nolan Wells,” user @_taexoxo posted two days after the September 21 decision. The case has incited racial tensions natio

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Jason Parham

    Party Invite Phishing Scams Are the New Missed Connections (opens the original)

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    This past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod, Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night? The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, or why random acquaintances he’d met in passing 15 years ago were emailing him. On deadline and already stressed about work, he checked his phone, where more messages inquired about a supp

  3. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Jason Parham

    Face Recognition Is Becoming the Norm for Dating Apps (opens the original)

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    In 2025, AI deepfakes flooded Tinder. According to the company, 98 percent of the content-moderation actions on the app were focused on combating fake accounts, scamming, and spam, pushing the company to expand its moderation efforts for its 60 million global users. The problem is not unique to Tinder. The spread of AI-generated fake accounts has become a rising concern for dating apps, as things like chatfishing and voice cloning have gotten more widespread across the industry. Among current on

  4. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Jason Parham

    PeopleFinders’ New Website Runs Background Checks on Your Dates (opens the original)

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    We’ve all been there. You meet someone new on a dating app, start to envision a life together, only to wonder: Is the person actually who they say they are? It’s an experience that has led many singles, sometimes out of concern or just genuine curiosity, to prescreen dates by tracing their digital footprint: scanning social media posts, browsing their LinkedIn profile for clues. The platform Stud or Dud—not to be confused with stud’s use as a slang term for a masculine-presenting Black l

  5. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Jason Parham

    Bumble Tried to Change Dating, but the Dating Market Forced It to Change Instead (opens the original)

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    Not even 24 hours after dating app Bumble announced it was getting rid of its trademark feature that requires women to make the first move, Robin H.’s inbox was already attracting unwanted attention. “This guy responded to my prompt, and he wasn’t a person I would have swiped on. I can’t believe some of these men think we’re a match,” the 53-year-old social worker in Orlando, Florida, tells WIRED. “Men will swipe on anybody and see what sticks. And with this change, they are just going to be rea

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