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Big Sean has become the latest entertainer to speak out against the injustices that led to George Floyd‘s death and the ensuing protests. On Monday, the rapper took to social media where he shared his thoughts on the situation. “Clearly we got the whole world’s attention, obviously,” Sean said in a video. “And justice has […]
As protests over the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police continue, Facebook executives have openly criticized Mark Zuckerberg’s stance on Donald Trump. As The New York Times reports, a number of high-profile Facebook employees staged a virtual walkout on Monday to protest the company’s decision to take no action over Trump’s more extreme […]
As anticipated in the thick of a tumultuous humanitarian crisis, activist hacker group Anonymous is rearing its head during the current uprisings. On Saturday, the internet discovered that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) website was taken offline. Although the group didn’t take direct responsibility for the act, an account associated with Anonymous revealed that the site was disabled. The […]
America is at a boiling point, and many are looking toward their favorite artists to help make sense of this new reality. Although he’s a proud Torontonian, Tory Lanez offered a clear assessment of the uprisings. On Sunday, Lanez took to Twitter where he made it clear that he won’t be the latest celebrity to condemn protestors […]
Fashion brand Pretty Little Thing has come under fire after their attempt to show racial solidarity went left. On Friday, the company tweeted a graphic that read: “Stand together.” “We understand we have a duty of care to talk about topics other than just fashion and lifestyle news,” the company wrote in a caption alongside the […]
Facebook has once again banned Natural News, an infamous peddler of conspiracy-focused content. But the ban wasn’t due to the outlet’s propagation of fake news—it was for alleged spam tactics. The tech giant made the move last week after discovering the outlet was using troll farms from North Macedonia and the Philippines to spread its articles, many of which included false information […]
Just when you think 2020 can’t get any more bizarre, Indian authorities have confirmed a gang of monkeys were recently on the loose with stolen coronavirus test samples. According to Reuters, the situation began earlier this week when a lab worker was attacked by a group of primates on the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut. The technician […]
Wanda Sykes has finally responded to actor Scott Baio, who tried to bait the comedian last week following her continued support of Joe Biden despite his controversial remark on the Breakfast Club. “Oh! Hey Chachi. Apologies, I didn’t see you. I’ll keep it short. Joe Biden didn’t say, ‘Then you ain’t an ape,’” Sykes tweeted, slicing […]
According to a report published on Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal top executives at Facebook either weakened or completely threw out solutions that had been proposed after an internal investigation of theirs found evidence that the social media juggernaut had been intensifying divisiveness and polarization amongst its users. This issue (which you probably already […]
Twitter announced Tuesday it would not remove posts from Donald Trump that suggest Joe Scarborough was involved in his former staffer’s death. On Sunday, the president shared a tweet that promoted a nearly 20-year-old conspiracy theory about Lori Klausutis, who died in 2001 while working for then-Congressman Scarborough. The Washington Post reports Klausutis’ death was ruled an accident, after the medical examiner determined […]
