Culture
Taylor Swift fans dox music bosses after Swift directs fans to “let them know how you feel” over dispute
Swift’s fans are taking action on behalf of the artist.
Naomi Wu reflects on deplatforming, online silencing, and irresponsible reporting
The influencer and DIY maker has seen it all.
New Sword and Scale Daily podcast review bombed by online outrage mob before even the first episode
Despite not being live, the podcast has been hit with multiple one-star reviews.
Cancel culture taints The Linux Foundation, developer publicly disinvited from event over political opinions
Deplatforming is on the rise.
Residents love Australia’s online “Sh*t Town of the Year” competition, but the mayor’s not happy
The race to the bottom is getting competitive.
Wired foes full Karen on Urban Dictionary in bizarre hitpiece
Everything is “problematic” these days.
Florida man demands police remove his mugshot from Facebook, so they replace it with a booking photo
The wanted man didn’t want police to use that mugshot of him on Facebook.
WhatsApp group reveals secret collusion between journalists and Jeremy Corybn, far-left UK Labour leader
Journalists are secretly working to get Corbyn elected.
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.
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.
Congressman slams Google’s lack of response after employee tweets call for violence against Trump supporters
Gosar said that Google’s failure to respond to a violence tweet from one of its employees results in this type of behavior being “normalized and condoned.”