Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
Stories
President Trump Announces #MAGACHALLENGE, a Social Media Rap Challenge for His Loyal Supporters
The challenge gives his supporters on social media a chance to shine.
Popular Gaming Channel MarcoStyle Has Been Hacked for Days, Running Scams, but YouTube Isn’t Responding
It wouldn’t be the first time that YouTubers have been frustrated at having no contact at YouTube and are being ignored when they report an issue.
FIFA Staff Twitter Accounts Hacked in Retaliation Against EA for Banning Pro Gamer Kurt0411
EA suspended Kurt “Kurt0411” Frenech for “abusive behavior”.
PewDiePie Exposes Fake “Hate Symbols”, Highlights the Real Danger in Media Smears Against Inert Symbols
PewDiePie educated his audience on the state of false smears.
Twitter Is Silencing Users for Publishing the Name of the Impeachment Whistleblower
Twitter deems it “private information”.
Twitter Wants to Influence How Users Respond to Tweets
“Why do you disagree?”
Stock Photo Company Shutterstock Is Censoring Images to Appeal to Chinese Government
Employees within the company are demanding a reversal.
Facebook Says Around 100 Developers Could Have Inappropriately Retained Data on Facebook Group Users
Facebook have come clean about another privacy concern.
Elizabeth Warren’s Online Medicare for All “Calculator” Tool Is Either Broken or Intentionally Misleading
The “calculator” doesn’t appear to calculate anything.
“Free Hong Kong” Protestor Disrupts BlizzCon Q+a Session
Blizzard has already been criticized for its “empty,” “non-apology,” about the banning of blitzchung.
8kun Comes Online, Announces Plans to Prevent Deplatforming and Attacks
8kun is slow and expecting media and cyber attacks, but it’s up and running.
Aaron Sorkin’s Letter Asking Mark Zuckerberg to Correct Fake News Was Full of Fake News
It seems neither Sorkin or the NY Times bothered to fact-check.
