Social Media
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Facebook Removes A Bunch of Accounts From Romania Posing As African-Americans Supporting Trump
Race and racism continue to be a pivotal issue in American politics, and there’s no question it will matter in this year’s elections. Just like the last go-around in 2016, outside actors are leaning on this Achille’s heel of the U.S. to sow disinformation ahead of Election Day in November—and they are laser focused on the…
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Facebook, Twitter Tell Trump Campaign 'You Ain't Gotta Go Home, But You Gotta Get the Hell Out of Here' for Lying About COVID-19
On the same day that LeBron James said the NBA won’t miss Trump as a viewer, apparently Facebook and Twitter kept that same energy about Melania’s baby daddy and his campaign being on their platforms. As the Washington Post reports, both social media juggernauts have been on a crusade against the dissemination of misinformation—especially with…
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Devin Booker Reminds NBA Twitter He Isn't Human After Buzzer-Beater Breaks the Internet
The best thing about the NBA restart is that outside of the Washington Wizards—and whatever towering pile of chimpanzee shit that the Brooklyn Nets trot out—every team is legit. So every single game has the very real potential to keep us on the edge of our seats and become headline news. That’s exactly what happened…
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Bill Russell Tweets From the Afterlife to Remind Everyone That Yes, He Is Still Very Much Alive
Bill Russell is an 11-time NBA champion, a civil rights icon and one of the most gregarious men you will ever meet—or would’ve met, rather, considering people keep mistaking the 86-year-old ageless wonder for dead. On Sunday, the Boston Celtics extinguished the Portland Trail Blazers 128-124 in a game that saw the C’s almost blow…
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After a Summer of Social Media Trolling By Gen Z, Trump Says He's Going to Ban TikTok From America
The petty President of the United States says his government will be banning the social media app TikTok from operating in America, and that it could happen as soon as this weekend. Trump announced his plans to end use of the Chinese-owned video sharing platform in the U.S. to reporters on Friday, reports NBC. From…
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Keke Palmer's Growing Activism Didn't Play a Role in Her Talk Show's Cancellation
Keke Palmer is responding to rumors that Strahan, Sara & Keke—her daytime talk show on ABC alongside Michael Strahan and Sara Haines—was canceled due to the 26-year-old’s growing visibility in the activism space. Palmer took a screengrab of a meme about the situation and commented on it via Instagram. “Ain’t it weird how Keke Palmer…
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Megan Thee Stallion Calls Out Jokes About Her Shooting, Says She Is 'Real Life Hurt and Traumatized'
While Megan Thee Stallion is still recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, corners of the internet have responded by making light of what happened to her. Twitter has abounded with memes about the shooting incident that took place in the hills of Hollywood last weekend, putting Megan in hospital and R&B singer Tory Lanez in jail…
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Twitter Erupts After James Harden Spotted in Blue Lives Matter Mask: 'Say It Ain't So' [Updated]
In a past life, I used to rock a snapback or a fitted damn near every time I left my apartment, which invited a lot of unsolicited small talk. “Yankees, huh? So you’re from New York?” I mean, I was born there. So I’d mention that, then explain that I had no vested interest in…
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Former NFL Player Kyle Queiro Apologizes for Publicly Questioning Whether Jill Scott Is Attractive
For some unknown reason (maybe because he feels a way about himself being largely unknown), former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Kyle Quiero hopped on Beyonce’s internet this weekend to question out loud if people really find Jill Scott, the sultry neo-soul singer, attractive. Queiro first came for Scott when she didn’t send for him on by…
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By Sheer Miracle (or Twitter), I Came Across Smokey Robinson Singing About ‘Gang Banging’
Ladies, gentlemen and non-binary readers of The Root, I present to you: “Gang Banging” by Smokey Robinson.