Israel's social media army is recruiting college kids
Israel is known for its military might, but a new army of soldiers being recruited by the Israeli government will be armed with smartphones rather than automatic weapons. The Israel Defense Forces, no...
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Misogynist trolls have turned Storify into a harassment tool
Online harassment has completely taken over Melody Hensley's life. As an atheist and feminist activist, Hensley said, she was a target for "atheist misogynists" and men's rights activists. She was...
View ArticlePatton Oswalt spent the weekend trolling fans with 2-part tweets
Twitter humor is predictable. Even the weirdest crap can get formulaic—glitchy text nonsense, sexts, variations on "me irl" that link to shiba inu pictures (sorry)—so you gotta love it when someone...
View ArticleA credit-card-stealing virus is coming for your Instagram likes
In the days where how many Twitter followers you have can make all the difference to your career or public standing, it's no surprise that scams to boost followers, views, and likes are easy to come...
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This is who Google thinks your favorite celebs look like
According to Google's all-knowing algorithms, James Franco is a criminal, Taylor Swift is Voldemort, and Amanda Bynes is some kind of chaotic, swirling blue vortex. U.K.-based humor site Us Vs Them...
View ArticleThe WWE still can't stop its mole from leaking spoilers to Reddit
For the past six months, the WWE has struggled to prevent a single redditor from spoiling its biggest events. But if last night’s SummerSlam was any indication, there seems to be no stopping the...
View ArticleBurglars break into Olympian's home after she tweeted from another city
A common cantankerous refrain about social media is that no one cares what you had for your last meal. But that axiom may not hold true for a celebrity like Rebecca Adlington, the British swimmer and...
View ArticleSuspect in custody after Georgia school shooting
A suspect is in custody after reports of gunfire at an elementary school in DeKalb County, Georgia, Tuesday afternoon. School officials confirmed there were no injuries and all kids were accounted for...
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Everyone who shared the #Slanegirl photos got doxed
The backlash over a round of Twitter slut-shaming has led to nearly two dozen suspended accounts as users flock to support an Irish teen known as #Slanegirl. Over the weekend, Irish Twitter users were...
View ArticleNew York councilwoman's campaign website promotes parody account
One must always be on the lookout for fake or parody Twitter accounts, as the Wall Street Journaland U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron have both discovered. The latest public figure undone by a...
View ArticleIs Twitter losing its personal touch?
One of the best things about Twitter is that it fundamentally puts everyone—from multi-billion-dollar international media organizations to anonymous teenagers opining about Star Wars in their parents'...
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Dr. Phil wants to know if its OK to have sex with a drunk girl
Crowdsourcing is a great idea in all cases except for the ones in which you're crowdsourcing whether or not it's OK to sleep with a girl if she's really drunk. That's what TV talking head Dr. Phil...
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Tangled Web: Don't blame your divorce on my Facebook
Thanks to the Internet, we now have a host of new ways to offend, enrage, misinterpret, creep out, or alienate people. In the Tangled Web, we field your questions about how to be a decent human online....
View ArticleJodi Arias lawyers demand access to jurors' Twitter accounts
Lawyers for Jodi Arias have demanded access to jurors' Twitter accounts to ensure they are not tweeting about the trial while the convicted murderer awaits sentencing. Arias was found guilty in May of...
View ArticleFBI's claim that it dismantled Anonymous met with a massive data leak
The FBI has its collective foot in its mouth right about now. On Wednesday, Austin P. Berglas, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s cyber division, gave an interview in which he boasted...
View ArticleHow Vine brought together an R&B star and NBA player
Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson might have caught R&B artist K. Michelle’s attention during the NBA playoffs, but he made bigger moves off the court—on Vine. Michelle, whose debut album is...
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GIF Hell tracks the most popular GIFs on Twitter
The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) Sunday night were the first real test of a redditor’s grand experiment to track the most popular GIFs on Twitter in real time. His site, aptly called GIF Hell (may...
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There's no logic to this list of banned Instagram hashtags
Instagram is fighting to keep the community family-friendly, but policing porn and offensive content is going to take more than some banned hashtags. The photo-sharing app blocks many hashtags from...
View ArticleYour Facebook friends could kill your chance of getting a loan
Think the National Security Agency is violating your online privacy? Consider for a moment Lenddo, a micro-lending firm that announces to your friends and family on social media when you’ve defaulted...
View ArticleSuicide prevention group reaches out on Twitter
One tweet can save a life. That's the message a street nurse and cop in Toronto are trying to convey with Real Time Crisis. For the last 18 months, Anne Marie Batten and Officer Scott Mills have been...
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