Jason Koebler

Jason is a cofounder of 404 Media. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Motherboard. He loves the Freedom of Information Act and surfing.

396 posts

Podcast

Podcast: The Life Changing Power of Lifting

Jason speaks to Casey Johnston, author of A Physical Education.

Jason Koebler

· Jul 3, 2025

PSA

Gone Fishin': 404 Media Summer Break 2025

404 Media is closed this week. School's out.

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Emanuel Maiberg ,

Samantha Cole ,

Joseph Cox

· Jun 30, 2025

Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: Chatbot 'Addiction' and a Reading List

This week, we discuss wrestling over a good headline, what to read this summer, and Super 8 film.

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Jason Koebler ,

Samantha Cole ,

Emanuel Maiberg

· Jun 27, 2025

Flock

Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed

Following 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.

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Jason Koebler

· Jun 25, 2025

AI

Judge Rules Training AI on Authors' Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not

A judge rules that Anthropic's training on copyrighted works without authors' permission was a legal fair use, but that stealing the books in the first place is illegal.

Jason Koebler

· Jun 24, 2025

Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: The Omnipresence Is the Point

This week, we discuss Deadheads and doxxing sites.

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Jason Koebler ,

Samantha Cole ,

Emanuel Maiberg

· Jun 20, 2025

AI

Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With AI

In an industry full of grifters and companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a worse actor than Meta, or a worse product that the AI Discover feed.

Jason Koebler

· Jun 17, 2025