OnlyFans, a subscription-based video platform commonly associated with pornographic content, stopped serving accounts belonging to Russian content creators, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The decision to “temporarily pause” accounts was made as OnlyFans could “no longer properly serve the Russian creator community due to a further tightening …
Read More »Freedom Convoy finds new crowdfunding platform & crashes it
A website hosting a new fundraising effort to support truck drivers protesting vaccine mandates in Canada is experiencing major technical difficulties, with a wave of traffic crashing the platform after GoFundMe canceled a prior campaign that garnered millions of dollars. Shortly after GoFundMe gave the boot to the ‘Freedom Convoy …
Read More »NFT platform accused of stealing & auctioning music
HitPiece, a website that allows people to bid for NFTs of songs using cryptocurrency, has been accused of stealing music from musicians and auctioning off their work, with some threatening to sue the platform. The platform wiped its content on Tuesday after hundreds of musicians claimed their work had been …
Read More »‘Free speech’ platform accused of censoring critics
Gettr, a conservative free speech Twitter alternative led by a former adviser to ex-US President Donald Trump, has been accused of censoring users who criticize the platform and one of its backers. The site – which has managed to draw users as big as podcast host Joe Rogan with its …
Read More »Crypto platform glitch briefly makes traders trillionaires
The glitch affected both Coinbase and Binance-owned price-tracking website CoinMarketCap, on Tuesday before it was fixed and the numbers came down to their legitimate amounts. Unfortunately, those lucky enough to see their balances skyrocket by trillions of dollars were unable to sell their inflated cryptocurrency due to the glitch being …
Read More »Zuckerberg aims to transform Facebook from a social media platform into a ‘metaverse’ monopoly & we should all be very worried
It is not often that a company like Facebook, which reported revenue growth of 35% to $29 billion in the three months ending in September, with profits rising 17% to $9.2 billion, can be said to be in trouble. But Facebook is in trouble. During this week’s earnings call with …
Read More »YouTube competitor Rumble acquires subscription-based platform Locals in free-speech-focused expansion bid
Rumble celebrated its acquisition of the two-year-old Locals platform on Tuesday, its CEO Chris Pavlovski declaring “We are building the rails to a new tech ecosystem that will free everyone from the restraints of editorial control.” “Locals will provide our Rumble users a new way to generate revenue, one that …
Read More »Twitter’s Dorsey warns of surging inflation after his platform ‘mistakenly’ censors GOP lawmaker’s video about . . . inflation
“Hyperinflation is going to change everything,” Dorsey said on Friday night. “It’s happening.” When Nigerian businessman Tayo Oviosu – who like Dorsey is a cryptocurrency enthusiast — noted that inflation is already soaring at a 16% annual rate in his country, the Twitter co-founder replied, “It will happen in the …
Read More »January 6 committee to hear from Facebook ‘whistleblower’, who all but accused platform of letting ‘insurrection’ happen – media
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 events in Washington, DC may meet Haugen as soon as Thursday, CNN reported, citing three different sources. The development would likely be a shock to no one, considering that Adam Schiff, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee who is also a …
Read More »The OnlyFans porn ban is a slap in the face for the creators who made the platform a success, and is a senseless business decision
Last Thursday, OnlyFans – a popular online platform that enables people to post racy photos and videos in exchange for a paid subscription – announced that, starting on October 1, it would be banning any posting containing “sexually explicit conduct.” Blaming the move on pressure from banks, a spokesperson told …
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