This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. Celebrities Really Want Our Attention The celebrities, bless their hearts, are doing their best. They are armed with a powerful artillery of good intentions, paving, if not the road to hell, then to my last damn nerve with them. And so it’s not exactly fair to be mad as much as just exhausted, because we get it. We really do. Who doesn’t survey the world around […]
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Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says the fake accounts it removed focused mainly on Southeast Asia. But they also included some content about the U.S. election, which did not gain a large following. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Facebook says it has taken down a network of China-based fake accounts whose posts included content about the U.S. presidential election. Most of the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/02/1080038215_0:-1:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_0423deb8f16e2462e31320ed036123c9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009021080351459-cops-love-ice-us-employee-sacked-for-posting-blue-lives-matter-drink-on-tiktok—video/ An Indianapolis, Indiana, Target is down an employee after its corporate headquarters terminated an employee whose recent TikTok upload showed him whipping up a seemingly deadly “Blue Lives Matter” cocktail, complete with “bleach.” Though TikTok sale talks have grown quiet in the US, the Chinese video-sharing platform itself is continuing to rise in popularity and attract personalities, like one netizen who used his place of employment’s in-store coffee shop for the props and location of his controversial new video. “First, we’re going to start with bleach, all the way to the third line,” the […]
Florida Senator Marco Rubio was among many in Washington paying tribute to Rep. John Lewis. However, Rubio posted a picture of himself alongside the late Elijah Cummings, another civil rights leader who shares Lewis’ skin color. Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, passed away on Saturday after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. As news of his death spread, lawmakers and public figures in Washington paid tribute to the longtime civil rights champion, who’d marched alongside Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama in 1965, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. READ MORE: Rep. John Lewis, iconic civil rights leader, dead […]
Miss Swimsuit UK Jasmine Archer-Jones, 23, has been stripped of her title for posting that “All Lives Matter” and questioning the innocence of leftist martyr George Floyd. The swimsuit model is also under attack over her boyfriend’s Facebook posts, including a meme that said “white guilt is real, white privilege is a leftist lie.” Archer moved to Texas shortly after winning her title last year and is in a relationship with US-based talent agency boss Todd Markey. The Daily Mail reports “based in Houston, Texas, Mr Markey, who spent some of his childhood in South Africa, is believed to be a […]
Controversial animal rights organization PETA has sparked a social media backlash after shocking users by posting a grizzly photo of a dissected cat carcass and connecting it with the ‘realistic cake’ meme. The image posted by the US-based organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Twitter contained a close-up photograph of a cat’s head being cut open during a dissection. The graphic picture was accompanied by the words “Not cake,” plus a broken-heart emoji and the hashtag #CutOutDissection. In a follow-up tweet, the group shared the same image, writing “If you find this photo offensive, help PETA,” and […]
Antifa is posting videos online on how you can smash windshields, cut seatbelts and drag people from their vehicles. This antifa member says its necessary when Americans don’t stop and wait during their street protests. Advertisement – story continues below There is NOTHING about this group that is civil or lawful. What she meant was…. “i’ve seen some cars getting away when protesters tried to stop them, here’s a tool which should hopefully smash their window and cut their seatbelt so we can drag them out and give them a beat down” problem solved 🤦♂️🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/UtVqCLAHvX — Antifa Public Watch (@antifa_public) […]
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson said he doesn’t hate Jews on Monday. This came after DeSean posted an anti-Semitic quotes attributed to Adolf Hitler. Is anybody buying that? Here is what DeSean Jackson posted on Instagram over the holiday weekend. TRENDING: Black Lives Matter Leader Toronto Believes White People are Subhuman, Calls Them ‘Genetic Defects’ – Begs ‘Allah’ to Help Her ‘Not Kill White Folks’ Jackson also praised Louis Farrakhan. DeSean Jackson has been promoting anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan on his Instagram page. He hasen’t trended for even second today. Wtf @Eagles @nflcommish @NFL pic.twitter.com/HMw4tzRhj1 — Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 7, […]
The development comes as England announces a major relaxation of safety measures introduced to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and even cinemas have been allowed to open, as well as places of worship. The former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage, is no stranger to criticism, but this time the situation may well be much more serious. The prominent Brexit supporter drew ire from social media users after he tweeted a photo of himself enjoying a pint. The politician captioned the photo saying: 12 o’ clock, first customer in. Love it. The post […]
Newser: You might call them dueling dashboards. A Florida data scientist who got fired for insubordination has set up a dashboard tallying the state’s coronavirus numbers—which eclipse the official count, the Washington Post reports. “I wanted to build an application that delivered data and helped people get tested and helped them get resources that they need from their community,” says Rebekah Jones. “And that’s what I ended up building with this new dashboard.” Fired in mid-May, Jones claims her old supervisors at the Florida Dept. of Health pressured her to alter numbers in the public-facing portal. She says the official tally underestimates the infection total […]
After years of research, the Bank of Canada is preparing to design its own central bank digital currency (CDBC). Revealing its plans in a June 11 job posting, the central bank said it was “reinventing central banking” and radically rethinking the nature of Canada’s cash. “The Bank of Canada is embarking on a program of major social significance to design a contingent system for a CBDC, which can be thought of as a banknote, but in digital form,” the bank wrote. CoinDesk’s request for comment was not returned by press time. Still, the job posting said as much about the new […]
Guardian: Standing among a group of peaceful anti-racism protesters in downtown Seattle on a recent Saturday afternoon, Mando Avery held his seven-year-old son’s hand as he and three generations of his African American family finished a prayer with members of their church. Jared Campbell, a police officer with Seattle PD, used mace on a 9-year-old child and refused to give his badge number. We found it anyway. It’s 8470. He needs to be held accountable for his on the job child abuse. pic.twitter.com/ZrtVrUhbhV — Ninja Economics (@NinjaEconomics) May 31, 2020 Only feet away, Evan Hreha, 34, a hairstylist, arrived at the protests […]
Blackface, the use of black make-up to depict a black person, is widely considered an offensive practice with a racist history in the United States. Instagram personalities in several countries have darkened their skin to show support for anti-racism George Floyd protests – only to get accused of being racists themselves. Several Instagram influencers have come under fire for donning blackface in what turned out to be a misguided attempt to take a stand against racism. A Polish artist going by the handle Saint Hoax has compiled screenshots of blackface images that have been slammed as a tone-deaf gesture, given the […]
Fox news came under fire for airing a graphic that showed Wall Street soaring after the death of George Floyd, while Main Street burned. The network apologized for the graph, saying it was presented out of context. Floyd’s death – at the hands of police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis two weeks ago – sparked a wave of nationwide protests, riots, and civil unrest. Yet amid the chaos, business is booming in America – at least according to the latest figures from Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 2,000 points since Floyd’s death, even as protesters […]
A blue-tick verified Egyptologist has offered “advice” to rioters in US cities on how to “safely” pull down obelisks for “anyone who might be interested,” drawing both abject disbelief and admiration on social media. Sarah Parcak, a well-known US archaeologist whose work involves “using satellites to uncover ancient Egyptian ruins” according to the Smithsonian Magazine, offered the tips on how to destroy monuments in a lengthy Twitter thread on Sunday. Parcak said she “never ever in a million years thought this advice might come in handy” before proceeding to explain how groups of people protesting the brutal police killing of George […]
Seattle police officer Greg Anderson was fired after he posted a video in which he ranted about police officers being forced to infringe upon citizens’ Constitutional rights by enforcing coronavirus stay-at-home orders. “We don’t get to violate people’s constitutional rights because somebody in our chain of command tells us otherwise,” said officer Anderson in the video. “I’m not sure anymore because every time I turn on the television, every time I turn – I look to the Internet, I’m seeing people arrested or cited for going to church, for traveling on the roadways, for going surfing, opening their businesses, going to […]
UK 12:57 GMT 14.05.2020Get short URL Leading politicians have lauded the key workers on the frontline tackling the coronavirus pandemic. A Labour Party branch, however, reposted artwork over the weekend showing Tory ministers clapping with blood on their hands – pointing blame at the government for Covid-19 deaths. A branch of the UK Labour Party issued an apology on Thursday after posting cartoons depicting Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Matt Hancock with blood on their hands on their Facebook page. The macabre illustrations show the Prime Minister, Cabinet Office Minister, and Health Secretary all clapping for carers with distorted and bloody hands. “Boris […]
World 17:50 GMT 09.05.2020Get short URL 9 May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, which, of course, prompts many social media users to share pictures related to the memorable event. However, Facebook algorithms seem to be strikingly intolerant of one picture in particular. Facebook users have been complaining about experiencing trouble with uploading a picture of the victory flag being raised over the Reichstag in Berlin in May 1945. According to the Classicalmusicnews.ru website, Russian pianist Ekaterina Mechetina complained that her page was blocked for 24 hours “for violating regulations of the community”. Mechetina told the […]