Big Tech Is Part of Trump’s Threat to the Global Order
The image of the billionaire CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, OpenAI, TikTok, and X flanking U.S. President Donald Trump at his inauguration in January sent a clear signal to ...
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Doting NYC ‘daddy doorman’ goes viral: ‘Need this energy every day’
They’re floored by this NYC doorman. Wilby Martinez is the Internet’s new obsession, with videos of him singing, dancing and “hyping up” a tenant in his Brooklyn building going viral. ...
Why Disinformation Surged During the India-Pakistan Crisis
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The recent India-Pakistan crisis fuels a disinformation spiral, Bangladesh bans the activities of the once-powerful Awami League party, and Pakistan ...
Social Media Companies Now Work for Governments—Not Users
As tensions between India and Pakistan rose and then fell dramatically in recent days, the Indian government used the nation’s digital governance laws to compel Meta to remove news and ...
New Pope Leo XIV’s brother shared gross post calling Nancy Pelosi a ‘drunk c—t’
One of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers put up a series of pro-Trump posts online — and shared one that called Rep. Nancy Pelosi a “drunk c—” — before his sibling was ...
Unhinged Maine high school teacher says Trump ‘needs to die, calls for Secret Service should take him and followers out in wild rant
A pixie-faced Maine high school teacher called for the US Secret Service to “take out” those who support President Trump — and said that “Trump and his cronies need to ...
NYC pol accused of blocking critics from posting on her social media and dares naysayer to take her to court: ‘Not democratic’
A Brooklyn Assembly member is allegedly blocking locals from making posts she doesn’t like on her social media pages — and she even dared one critic to take her to ...
Social media erupts after AOC debuts another ‘strange’ accent at rally: ‘Kamala’s playbook’
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faced blowback from conservatives on social media this week after they accused her of putting on a fake accent at a rally. The progressive New York congresswoman held ...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt on emailing his fans, hating the algorithm and why he still loves ‘500 Days of Summer’
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has long enjoyed a stellar acting career, but he hasn't lost interest in connecting with his fans on a more meaningful level.In 2005, the 500 Days of Summer ...
Los Angeles news station ‘accidentally’ posts N-word on X: ‘Technical error’
A Los Angeles TV news channel posted a single-word tweet with the N-word Friday — sparking outrage and prompting the station to apologize for the “technical error.” KTLA, known as Channel ...
