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Lily Allen deletes Twitter account following backlash to her criticism of British voters
Allen escaped the backlash by closing her Twitter account.
Facebook malfunction suggests its ads transparency tools are missing data
Journalists are spooked.
Comedian Andrew Doyle trolled The Independent into publishing woke parody hoax as fact
Andrew Doyle, the comedian behind Titania McGrath, said these hoaxes reveal that “the social justice ideology has infected our mainstream media.”
Buzzfeed UK financial difficulty rumors spread as company receives register strike-off notice
Buzzfeed failed to file its accounts on time.
Verizon blocks archivers from Yahoo Groups, almost two decades of history at risk of being lost forever
Archivers say Verizon aren’t playing nice and time is running out.
Recent “mainsplain” tweet incident shows how media whip up woke outrage for clicks
A single tweet that got little attention was enough for the media to drag out across news articles and TV shows to whip up outrage.
Julian Assange’s mom slams US Justice Department for accessing Google account of Assange supporter
Christine Assange hit back on Twitter.
The Guardian allegedly tried to take down a parody account with a DMCA notice, Streisand effect ensues
#TrollingTheGuardian is a thing now.
Amazon Premier League streaming debut is plagued with buffering issues for some users
Fans are hoping it will be fixed by tomorrow.
UK Labour candidate didn’t bother to claim her own domain name and Conservatives are making the most of it
Luddite politicians not bothering to claim their domain name is an amusing campaigning advantage for rivals.
Facebook are looking for ways to introduce shadow banning
After working well on Instagram, Facebook are looking to introduce the feature to their main platform.
BBC accused of hinting to young people not to bother voting – on eve of voting registration closing
The BBC is accused of bias – this time in the other direction than it’s used to.