Eliminating net neutrality was all well and good when the Trump administration and supporters were set to benefit from its demise. Now, however, government leaders seem to feel that some form of net neutrality needs to come back because they say social media sites are stifling free speech (of conservatives) on social media. On Sept. 5, U.S. Attorney … 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
Remember the plaid shirt guy from Friday’s Donald Trump rally in Montana? The one who made all of those funny faces in response to Trump’s speech before he got ejected? Well, the not-quite-masked emoter’s identity has been discovered by the Daily Beast, and he spoke to the site about his viral antics. #plaidshirtguy was ANYTHING but boring! … 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
Twitter seems to have fallen in love with a man in a plaid shirt who sat behind Donald Trump at Thursday’s rally in Billings, Montana. It was clear from the man’s facial expressions that he was not a big fan of what the president had to say, and eventually, he was asked to move. #plaidshirtguy was ANYTHING … Read more
Alex Jones, the currently besieged host of InfoWars, confronted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) in the U.S. Capitol, after Rubio’s questioning Wednesday during the Senate’s hearing on Twitter and Facebook. Jones, along with other far-right social media stars like Jack Posobiec, Chuck Johnson, and Laura Loomer, found a seat in the front row during the hearing. While there … Read more
Kanye West went on another tweet storm Wednesday, this time apologizing to Drake for “stepping on [his] release date in the first place” and his involvement in the Pusha T beef. Let me start by apologizing for stepping on your release date in the first place … We were building a bond and working on music together including … Read more
Vanilla Ice, the rapper of “Ice Ice Baby” fame, found himself on the flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to New York City’s Kennedy Airport that left at least a dozen passengers sick on Wednesday. When the Emirates flight arrived at 9:10am ET, the passengers were met with police vehicles and ambulances, plus an investigation … Read more
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday alongside Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg regarding the meddling prior to the 2016 presidential election, as well as the general abuse that occurs on their respective platforms. During his testimony, Dorsey was forced to address accusations of shadow banning, as members of GOP including President Donald Trump … Read more