Ben Goggin is a Deputy Technology Editor at NBC News. He is an award-winning journalist whose reporting focuses on child safety online, internet subcultures, online extremism, and new influence, with a keen interest in technology and internet culture. Ben's work has been featured in prominent outlets including Yahoo Finance, CNBC, and NBC Los Angeles.
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Ben Goggin's articles primarily focus on evolving stories and government announcements within the tech, social media, and government & politics realms. He seems to be particularly interested in controversies or legal aspects of major tech companies like Meta (formerly Facebook), Airbnb, Elon Musk, as well as issues related to social media platforms.
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By: Ben Goggin, Minyvonne Burke
Larry Summers announced he is resigning from OpenAI's board of directors, days after he said he was stepping back from public commitments following the publication of his emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
By: Bruna Horvath, Kevin Collier, David Ingram, Ben Goggin
Advocates for transparency on social media cheered this weekend when X, the app owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, rolled out a new feature that disclosed what the company said were the country locations of accounts.
By: Corky Siemaszko, Matt Bradley, Ben Goggin
For the past couple of years, leaders in Australia's Jewish community have been seeing a rise in antisemitism and urging the country's leaders to act.
By: Ben Goggin, Bruna Horvath
Ashley St. Clair, known for her fiery commentary online, says X has been slow to respond to the issue. The chatbot has recently been scrutinized for creating sexualized images of minors.
By: Steve Kopack, Ben Goggin, Kevin Collier, David Ingram, Bruna Horvath
Elon Musk was facing mounting pressure from regulators and lawmakers.
By: Griffin Eckstein, Brittany Kubicko, Ben Goggin, David K. Li, Erick Mendoza, Emilie Dorn
Instructure, parent company of the education platform Canvas, said it took “immediate steps” to contain the hack before calling law enforcement.
By: Ben Goggin, Jane Lytvynenko
The platform's ability to anonymize users makes it a favorite for those seeking to carry out nefarious activities.
By: David Ingram, Jay Blackman, Rebecca Cohen, Samantha Elkins, Ben Goggin
Lawyers and the families of victims of fatal Tesla Autopilot crashes told NBC News they take issue with how Elon Musk markets self-driving technology.
By: Ben Goggin
Meta's new Muse AI can generate realistic images based on public Instagram images including of many celebrities and public figures.
By: Natasha Korecki, Ben Goggin, Adam Edelman, Korecki Ben Goggin
Crowley contends others also had access to the Twitter burner account and says he did not post incendiary messages about women and race, as well as derogatory LGBTQ references.
