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Tech NewsAustralian Political Staffer Fired for Filming Himself Jerking Off on Female Politician’s Desk Says Video of the Incident Is ‘Revenge Porn’
How do you define revenge porn? It might seem easy enough when it’s an angry man posting a naked photo of his ex-girlfriend to 4Chan. But what happens when it’s an image of a lewd act in the workplace that touches off a national conversation about gender bias, power imbalances, and sexual assault? Australia was … Continued
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Tech NewsDiscord Bans r/WallStreetBets for Hate Speech Violations
After kicking off a historic rally around GameStop stock that has incited the ire of hedge fund tycoons and the SEC, the r/wallstreetbets channel was banned from Discord on Wednesday over apparent hate speech violations. While some on Reddit were quick to speculate that the server had been taken down by hackers as part of … Continued
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Tech NewsQ’s Last Haven Briefly Shut by Internet Providers
The last haven for “real” Qdrops, 8kun (previously called 8chan), briefly went down Sunday night after a security researcher called the head of CNServers, the anti-denial-of-service provider that controversial site uses to stay online. CNServers quickly pulled their support for the message board, resulting in a vanishingly brief outage. The site currently runs on a … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceGerman Synagogue Shooting Was Livestreamed on Amazon’s Twitch
A shooting at a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday during Yom Kippur was livestreamed on Twitch. Twitch confirmed to CNBC that the attack, in which two people were killed, was streamed on its platform. The Amazon-owned company is primarily used by gamers who livestream their gameplay and communicate with viewers. “We are shocked and … Continued
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Tech NewsVan Attacker Who Allegedly Killed 10 in Toronto Says He Was Radicalized on Reddit and 4Chan
Alek Minassian, the 26-year-old man accused of killing 10 people with a rented Ryder van in Toronto on April 23, 2018, told police that he’s an involuntary celibate (incel) and that he was radicalized online through websites like Reddit and 4Chan, according to a police interrogation that took place shortly after the attack. Minassian, charged … Continued
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Tech NewsSomeone Posted Details About Jeffrey Epstein’s Death on 4Chan Before It Became Public
Over half an hour before ABC News first reported that sex offender and accused human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein had been found unresponsive in his Manhattan prison cell, alleged details of his death appeared on anonymous message board 4Chan, Buzzfeed reported. “dont ask me how I know, but Epstein died an hour ago from hanging, cardiac … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Viral Photo of a Homeless Person Freezing on the Street Is Actually From 2013… in Canada
It’s a heartbreaking photo. But it doesn’t show what you think it does. The viral photo, which shows a person sleeping on the sidewalk and covered in snow, has been making the rounds on politically conservative social media this week in an attempt at commentary on immigration. It’s been tweeted by actor James Woods, retweeted … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle’s Top Stories Promoted Misinformation About the Las Vegas Shooting From 4Chan [Updated]
On Sunday night, a gunman killed more than 50 people at a country music festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. On Monday morning, authorities identified the gunman as Stephen Paddock. But in an episode that has become sadly familiar in the immediate aftermath of such tragedies, amateur sleuths on 4chan … Continued
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Once More Around the Trump Bullshit Merry-Go-Round
Escaping the shrieking maw of Twitter aboard the hashtag #CNNblackmail, a story started circulating today about the news network threatening to release the personal information of a 15-year-old who made a gif tweeted by Donald Trump. Every one of those details, however, is utterly false, as was the case with the last dozen or so … Continued
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Sean Hannity Tweets Out Ludicrous Seth Rich Conspiracy From Kim Dotcom [Updated]
Sean Hannity has hit a new low, but grasping the depths the Fox host is willing to go will take some explaining. On July 10 of last year a DNC staffer named Seth Rich was shot and killed near his home in Washington, DC, in an as-yet unsolved incident that police speculate was a botched … Continued
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Pizzagate Shooter Pleads Guilty as Online Conspiracy Theory Winds Down [Updated]
Last December, Edgar Maddison Welch—a 28-year-old who claims he had only recently installed an internet connection in his North Carolina home—crossed state lines with several firearms. After arriving at a Washington DC pizzeria to “self-investigate” a conspiracy theory that the restaurant was involved in a child sex trafficking ring, he fired a rifle inside and … Continued
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Coded 4chan Post Hinted at Westminster Attack a Day in Advance
Details are still emerging about an attack carried out near the UK’s Houses of Parliament on Wednesday. As officials try to determine the identity of a suspect who was shot by police, a 4chan thread from less than 24 hours earlier appears to announce the location of the attack that has claimed five lives so … Continued
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Milo Yiannopoulos Proudly Declares Victory After Losing Everything
It’s been a bad week to be Milo Yiannopoulos, whose Wikipedia page is about to include the word “former” in front of just about every personal achievement. https://jezebel.com/milo-yiannopoulos-disinvited-from-speaking-at-cpac-over-1792558811 Yiannopoulos—wrongly and repeatedly cited as some sort of “provocateur” by publications unwilling to call him what he is: a disingenuous parasite who promotes hate for his own … Continued
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YouTube Stars’ Defense of PewDiePie Is Bullshit
It’s been a rough week for YouTube’s biggest star. Felix Kjellberg—better known to his 53 million subscribers as PewDiePie—was dropped by Disney earlier this week after a Wall Street Journal inquiry regarding Kjellberg’s use of racial humor and Nazi imagery; yesterday YouTube itself cut his channel out of “Google Preferred” advertising. Big names on the … Continued
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