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25-Year-Old American Jailed for Tweet Criticizing Zimbabwean Leader Robert Mugabe
A young white American woman is finding her life held in the balance by an African dictator. Twenty-five-year-old New Jersey native Martha O’Donovan is accused of calling the 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, a “selfish & sick man” in a Twitter post that showed him with a catheter, and is facing 20 years in…
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After Getting Her Dry Wig Snatched, Sunny Anderson Backtracks on Victim-Blaming in Sexual Harassment Cases
Chef Sunny Anderson had a few polarizing opinions about the recent New York Times piece uncovering Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and rape scandals. But she wasn’t exactly showing support to the victims. Instead, Partly Cloudy Anderson used victim-blaming when telling her own story about sexual harassment. Thunderstorm Anderson tweeted that the definition of “brave” shouldn’t…
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Feds in the DMs: DHS Now Wants to Collect Social Media Info From All US Immigrants
Federal officials have set in motion a new rule that allows the government to collect social media from all immigrants—including people who are already permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The regulation was published in the Federal Register last week by the Department of Homeland Security and was first reported by BuzzFeed News. The guidelines state…
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My Marriage Is Over. Most of My Friends Don’t Know
How do you announce that your 10-year marriage is over? Do you change your status on Facebook? Write a cryptic post about new beginnings? Group text? When my then-husband (let’s call him the Homey) and I decided it was time to spread the word, it was the start of the holiday season. (Merry Christmas, we’re…
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Facebook Responds to Reports It Let Advertisers Target Nazis, ‘Jew Haters’ and Other Anti-Semitic Groups
Updated Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, 11:15 a.m. EDT: In response to a report that its ad system let advertisers target people who expressed interest in topics such as “Jew haters” and other anti-Semitic keywords, Facebook issued the following response late Thursday night: Facebook equips businesses with powerful ways to reach the right people with the…
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Fla. Charter School Principal Under Fire for ‘Racist’ Facebook Posts
A Duval County, Fla., charter school principal is under scrutiny after parents brought up some of her controversial Facebook posts, which some say are problematic, to say the least. According to Action News Jax, Charter Schools USA is investigating the Facebook posts of Duval Charter School Principal Kimberly Stidham after the issue was brought to…
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Tenn. Man Showed Off a Stack of Cash in Facebook Video Hours Before He and His Mother Were Shot to Death
Osmani Munongerwa’s last posts to Facebook included a video of him waving around and fanning out a stack of cash as he danced Saturday night, and another video of him showing off money, jewelry and an armload of shopping bags. And then, mere hours later Sunday morning, Munongerwa, 20, and his mother, 37-year-old Isha Musa,…
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British Study Shows Cyberbullying Thrives on Instagram
What’s the worst social networking site for cyberbullying? At one point, you’d probably say Twitter, but according to a new study done by Ditch the Label, a British anti-bullying nonprofit group, it’s Instagram. Instagram, where diet teas and makeup gurus thrive, actually has a larger base of younger people than other sites, and people between…
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Rob Kardashian Paid for Blac Chyna, and Now That She’s Gone, He Wants a Refund
Updated Friday, July 7, 2017; 4:20 p.m. EDT: If Monday’s court proceedings go in Blac Chyna’s favor, Rob Kardashian will have a restraining order filed against him. “Women’s rights lawyer Lisa Bloom will appear in court Monday for a restraining order against Rob, claiming he crossed the line by posting nude pics of her, medical information…
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Can We All Agree that DJ Khaled is the Best Human Being in all of Hip-Hop?
It’s been established that I’m a Super Saiyan-level hater (h/t Panama), especially when it comes to contemporary mainstream hip-hop. Let’s keep it a buck, though – there’s a lot to hate on in hip-hop right now: We have a XXL Freshman Issue with 10 rappers whose combined bars couldn’t get a cell signal from a…
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