The same laws used to imprison the activist musicians of Pussy Riot in Russia are being used to pursue charges regarding posts made by a female blogger, who could face jail time as a consequence. Lyobov Kalugina, a 31-year-old who resides in the Siberian city Omsk, said she’s facing charges regarding posts that she made on Russian … Read more
On Tuesday, Zina Bash, a member of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh‘s team, came under fire for holding her thumb and forefinger together in a circle. A gesture that was once universally understood to mean “OK,” has been reappropriated by pranksters as a nod to white supremacy and the policies of President Donald Trump. But it also still means “OK,” … Read more
More than four months after singer and chef Kelis said that rapper Nas, her ex-husband, abused her physically and mentally during their marriage, Nas has finally responded to her accounts. In a series of Instagram posts shared on Thursday, Nas denied ever having “beat up” his ex-wife, and alleged that she was the abusive partner, only coming … Read more
Cardi B and Nicki Minaj’s feud took a turn for the ugly last night after a physical altercation at Harper’s Bazaar’s ICONS party at the Plaza Hotel during New York Fashion Week. Reports and videos of the fight have since gone viral, with different accounts of what exactly went down. Here’s everything we know so … Read more
In another blow to Alex Jones’ InfoWars franchise, Apple has removed the channel’s app from its App Store, further limiting Jones’ ability to spread his conspiracy theories. The news comes on the heels of a very bad month for Jones, in which his content was banned from Facebook, iTunes, YouTube, and Spotify, among others. A spokeswoman from Apple said, via the New York … Read more
WikiLeaks has done it again. The Julian Assange-fronted group of hacker activists, whose purpose is to obtain and expose high-level government secrets, has gotten to the bottom of the mystery of who wrote the anonymous op-ed in Wednesday’s New York Times. Sort of—they have a general idea of who it might be. WikiLeaks released a tweet on Friday … Read more
The U.S. Justice Department has charged North Korean hackers as part of a state-sponsored conspiracy in the 2014 Sony cyberattack. Park Jin Hyok and other unidentified co-conspirators are being charged with hacking on behalf of the North Korea Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country’s military intelligence agency. The operatives are believed to be part of the Lazarus Group, the hacking … Read more
The E.U. has proposed new internet copyright reform laws, and according to Wikimedia (the organization behind Wikipedia), those changes—if accepted—could have serious, potentially negative effects on our connected lives. Wikimedia argues that the context in which copyright operates has changed significantly since the dawn of the internet, and the proposed reforms could hinder internet user’s creativity and the sharing … Read more
If you haven’t heard of mSpy, it’s probably for your own good. MSpy is not far removed from the Black Mirror episode, “Arkangel,” when the mom installs a chip in her child’s head to monitor what she’s seeing and feeling. But now it’s invisible monitoring through smartphones. The company is under serious trouble again as it recently … Read more
The Facebook app is becoming obsolete for young people—but not because of their political views—according to new data from the Pew Research Center. A survey shows that 47 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 29 have taken a break from checking the app for several weeks. More noticeably, 44 percent of younger Americans have … Read more