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We’ve Ranked The Social Media Apps Based on How Original They Are
From Facebook to TikTok, we have done a non-exhaustive ranking of how original your fave social media sites are.
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The Facebook ‘Poke’ Is Back, But What Does it Mean?
What does it mean to “poke” someone on Facebook? Is it flirty, friendly, or even annoying? The answer is all of the above, and somehow, none at all. The ambiguous feature was largely invisible for many years, but now Facebook is reporting a 13x spike in poking in the last month. “THE POKE IS HAVING…
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‘On My Way to Blow Up the Plane’: Teen Faces Huge Fine After Joke Leads to Fighter Jets Scrambling
In the summer of 2022, 18-year-old Aditya Verma was boarding a flight to Spain at London’s Gatwick Airport when he sent a message to his friend on Snapchat: “On my way to blow up the plane (I’m a member of the Taliban).” As you might expect, the message was a joke. Unfortunately, the kid happened…
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US Judge Blocks Montana’s ‘Anti-Chinese’ TikTok Ban
A US Federal Judge blocked a Montana law Thursday that would have banned TikTok in the state starting on January 1st, arguing the bill is unconstitutional on the basis that it violates users’ right to free speech. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy issued a temporary injunction to halt the law, saying it “violates the Constitution…