Mark Zuckerberg has promised a “full investigation” into the recent reports that Facebook suppressed news from conservative media outlets in its “Trending Topics” section. He also promised to meet with “leading conservatives” and others to discuss the matter. SEE ALSO: … Read More
Does Facebook silence conservative voices? Does the entire Internet? Sure seems so, at least to Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who touched on the recent controversy surrounding Facebook’s trending topics on his show on Thursday night. His take? You’re damn … Read More
Facebook has been under fire recently over allegations that some of the contractors working on its “Trending Topics” had prevented conservative media outlets from showing up in the section. On Thursday, a document purporting to be Facebook’s internal guidelines for … Read More
The New Yorker‘s latest cover is designed to literally leap off the page. The esteemed 91-year-old magazine is taking a step towards the future with its first-ever augmented reality cover this week, allowing readers to hover their smartphone or tablet over … Read More
If you’ve ever had an extended conversation on the Internet, there’s a very good chance that you or your ideas have been compared to Adolph Hitler or Nazis. The propensity for Internet dialogue to eventually feature Nazis is the subject … Read More
It’s Round Two, and it’s only getting dirtier from here. Hulk Hogan is reportedly suing Gawker for allegedly leaking a tape to the National Enquirer and Radar Online in which he repeatedly uses a racial slur. The lawsuit comes just months after … Read More
The Nightly Show‘s Larry Wilmore’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner wasted few words before getting to the real reason people voluntarily tune into C-SPAN once a year: The cut-throat media jokes. No one was safe, from Fox News to CNN to … Read More
Sometimes things gets through the cracks. The Baltimore Sun is looking into a story in which reporter Ian Duncan included a quote from what was most likely a trolling teen. SEE ALSO: Maisie Williams goes undercover, brilliantly pranks ‘Game of … Read More
Curt Schilling was fired by ESPN on Wednesday, following his latest offensive social media post. ESPN announced the termination of the analyst and former Major League Baseball ace after he posted a Facebook comment about transgender people. SEE ALSO: 10 … Read More
Netflix just got a brand new and extremely powerful competitor: Amazon. On Sunday, the company launched a new, stand-alone service called Prime Video that will allow users to sign up for a monthly video streaming service for just $8.99 See … Read More