Iggy Azalea Says Social Media Pressured Her to Have Plastic Surgery
Rapper Iggy Azalea has opened up to Seventeen magazine about plastic surgery, confessing she has had procedures done and that “denying it is lame.”
Tag: Social Media
Trump Gets as Many Media Mentions in One Month as Clinton Did in Four
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump garnered as many mentions in the news and on social media in just one month as Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton did in four months of her campaign, according to a new report.
Twitter Crashes to Earth
“We do not expect to see sustained meaningful growth in [monthly active users] until we start to reach the mass market,” Twitter’s interim CEO Jack Dorsey warned. “We expect that will take a considerable period of time.”
Facebook to Use Drone to Increase Global Access
On Thursday, Facebook Inc., unsatisfied with its global access, announced it has built a full-scale drone to fly between 60,000 feet above ground at night and 90,000 feet during the day to allow the entire world to use Facebook.
Chechen Women Con ISIS for Vacation Money
Chechen women conned the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) out of almost $3,300 after they pretended to be prospective brides for terrorists. Instead, the three women wanted to use the money for a vacation.
‘Gay’ Emojis Being Investigated in Russia for Propaganda Law Violation
“Gay” emojis may be banned in Russia if the government finds that they violate the country’s infamous “gay propaganda” law.
Bjørn Lomborg Versus the Eco Justice Warriors
Earlier this year, I reported how a handful of green activists at the University of Western Australia had nixed a $4-million policy centre just because it was vaguely associated with “Skeptical Environmentalist” Bjørn Lomborg.
Saudi Arabia Arrests Kindergarten Official for Rainbow Mural
Saudi Arabia’s infamous Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) arrested a kindergarten official due to a rainbow mural on a school building.
Trolling Gone Wild: Internet Forum Harassment Leads to Suicide Attempt
This may be a case of “trolling” gone wild, an increasingly common and troubling phenomenon. It’s easy and cost-free for social media users to whip up campaigns of harassment, unleashing destructive passions that can spill over into far worse activities.
Democrat Activists Openly Embrace Criminal Illegal Aliens
A panelist discussing immigration openly and specifically supported illegal aliens with criminal records at NetRoots Nation convention taking place in Phoenix, Arizona.
Big Government, Trivial People
Big people don’t need a pervasive nanny state with vast power, money, and manpower to micro-regulate their business transactions and personal life choices. A larger public sector inescapably means a smaller private one. This is especially true as power shifts from elected officials to the permanent big government bureaucracy, which voters have very little influence upon.
Photos: Tehran Hits the Streets to Celebrate Iranian Nuclear Deal
Following the news that the United States had reached an agreement with Iranian negotiators regarding the production of nuclear power, pictures from Tehran emerged on social media that show Iranians dancing in the street and even, surprisingly, praising the United States. The deal, which includes a lifting of most sanctions on Iran, is expected to greatly benefit the nation’s economy.
‘Iran Opened its Legs for the Great Satan’: Not All Muslims Support Nuclear Deal
While some Arabic speakers applauded Iran’s nuclear deal with America on Twitter, there are some who blasted the country for negotiating with the United States at all. Saudi Arabia, a natural enemy of Iran, is also displeased about the deal, specifically the release of sanctions.
Arabs, Persians on Twitter Congratulate Iran on Nuke Deal
Arabic speakers around the world have taken to Twitter to congratulate Iran on their historic nuclear deal with the United States. Using the hashtag for “Nucleal Deal” in Arabic script, many are seeing the victory as one for Shia Islam generally against the infidel West.
Eli Roth’s New Horror Film Is About Social Justice Warriors (and Cannibals)
Writer and director Eli Roth, best known for his horror film Hostel, is promoting his new film The Green Inferno at Comic-Con. In an interview on Friday, Roth explained the film was inspired by so-called social justice warriors (SJWs) operating on social media.
Justin Bieber Owned by Followers After Posting Photo of His Butt
During his vacation in Australia this week, Justin Bieber posted an image of his butt to his Instagram page.
Facebook, Twitter, Google Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage Decision
The Internet’s biggest companies celebrated Saturday after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling Friday making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
Shocker: ‘Summer in Syria’ Tourism Campaign Flops
Al-Jazeera reports that a brainstorm by the Syrian state news agency, SANA, to boost the image of that war-torn nation—and its dictatorship—did not pan out. SANA’s English-language division asked its Twitter following to contribute photos to a #SummerInSyria hashtag.
ISIS Koran Recital Contest Offers Teen Sex Slaves as Grand Prizes
A pamphlet from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) surfacing on Twitter and allegedly floating around ISIS-controlled territories is advertising a Koran-recital contest for men, offering Yazidi sex slaves as grand prizes to the most well-versed in the religious text. It expires on June 27.
Report: Terror Attacks Rise, ISIS Replaces Al-Qaeda as Top Terrorists
According to the State Department, the number of terrorist attacks worldwide increased by one third in 2014, with 80 percent more fatalities. The report also stated the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has replaced al-Qaeda as the world’s largest terrorist group.
Pope Francis Warns That Social Media Produces ‘Mental Pollution’
Pope Francis tackles more than just dirty air and polluted rivers in his new encyclical on the environment. He also warns that a society dominated by media and Internet can stifle human relationships and dull the mind, a syndrome he refers to as “mental pollution.”
Turkish Professor Under Fire for Twitter Photo of Turkey’s Founder in Hell
Mustafa Karaaslan, an education official in Bursa, Turkey, has triggered national outrage after his Twitter account posted a picture of Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in hell, presumably for being a secular leader, rather than an Islamist one.
ISIS Releases New Video of Child Jihadis Training for War
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has released a new 14-minute propaganda video that shows new “Cubs of the Caliphate” training at a camp near Raqqa, Syria.
Donald Trump Trumps Fellow GOP Candidates on Social Media
According to Trump’s campaign, “3.4 million Facebook users in the US generated 6.4 million interactions regarding the launch of his campaign, the highest by far, among all 2016 GOP candidates.”
In ‘Gig Economy’ Future, Employees Don’t Exist
The “gig economy” is the term for corporations embracing the “on demand economy,” “collaborative consumption” and “sharing economy” bandwagons to restructure “work” into small projects of limited duration so that big business can justify legally dumping employees and hiring contractors. With employee benefit costs exceeding 46 percent of wages and workplace litigation spiking, “employees” don’t exist in the future of work.
