Kylie Jenner has denied trying to sue a family selling “Rise and Shine” t-shirts after a rumor circulated on social media that she had sent them cease and desist letters. Several accounts started posting a screenshot over the weekend which told the supposed …
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Joshua v Ruiz II: Four talking points from fight week so far
Media playback is not supported on this device ‘I’ve had to reinvent myself’ – Joshua on Ruiz Jr rematch Andy Ruiz v Anthony Joshua Venue: Diriyah Arena, Saudi Arabia Date: Saturday, 7 DecemberCoverage: Li…
DC Comics Deletes ‘Batman’ Image That China Complained Was Supporting Hong Kong Protesters
The artwork depicts Batman throwing a Molotov cocktail against a backdrop of hot-pink words spelling out the new comic book’s tagline, “the future is young.” It was posted on DC Comics’ Twitter and Instagram accounts; both platforms are blocked in mainland Ch…
How GOP-linked PR firms use Google’s ad platform to harvest email addresses
It also owns and runs a supposed news site called Conservative Buzz and, under that banner, it’s been running Google Ads like this: Which lead those who click on them to webpages like this: That box is ticked on arrival. Clearly not the best polling practic…
I ran digital ads for a presidential campaign, and Twitter is right to ban them
As the digital director for Congressman Seth Moultons 2020 presidential campaign, I was responsible for everything the campaign did on the internet: the emails you claim to hate, the videos we hoped would go viral, the online infrastructure that supported org…
Twitter wants your feedback on its proposed deepfakes policy
Enlarge/ A Twitter logo displayed on a smartphone. 4 with 4 posters participating A lie has always been able to travel faster than the truth, and that goes double on Twitter, where a combination of bad human choices and bad-faith bots amplifies false messag…
U.S. alleges Russian operatives sought to undermine U.S. election agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have accused Russian operatives of seeking to interfere with a federal agency charged with policing American elections, as part of their case relating to interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential contest, saying the gr…
50 years later, the internet’s inventors are horrified by what it’s become
Fifty years ago today, the first permanent link between a computer at UCLA and at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) was formed. It was the first connection of ARPANET, which would grow into a large network of research and military computers and later beco…
Mysterious travel ads for a fictional island are popping up on social media. Harry Styles stans think they know what it’s all about.
Within the past week, hundreds of social media users began questioning ads that had appeared on their social media feeds that encouraged them to travel to the island of Eroda. The ads seem standard, with picturesque channels populated by sailboats, dreamy No…
Data Brokers are Cruising for a Bruising
Despite historic breach after historic breach, our personal data largely remains unprotected and up for grabs. Late last month, WIRED reported that 1.2 billion personal recordsfrom social media handles and email addresses to phone numberswere left exposed in…