In the ongoing series entitled ‘US Schools Go Insane,’ one institution apparently thought that by slapping a ‘satire’ sticker on the most profane idea imaginable, the contraband would go unnoticed. On behalf of satire, I’m happy to report it didn’t work. As part of the inventive English lesson, which probably …
Read More »Facebook promises to clarify what it considers satire after being reprimanded for flagging meme as hate speech
The social media giant said it was committed to developing a “new satire framework” which will be used to assess facetious or sarcastic content that may be flagged as suspected hate speech. Information will also be added to the site’s community standards clarifying how satire factors into “context-specific decisions” about …
Read More »No, YOU are fake news: Satire site forces New York Times to retract calling them ‘misinformation’
“This is huge. The NY Times was using misinformation to smear us as being a source of it,” Bee CEO Seth Dillon tweeted on Monday, calling it “malicious” behavior. “We pushed back hard and won. Thanks to everyone who voiced and offered their support. We don’t have to take this …
Read More »‘Borat’ star Sacha Baron Cohen gets called out as satire-blind comedian after demanding Facebook censor Bill Gates-vaccine joke
“Mark Zuckerberg, how do you sleep at night?” the “Borat” creator asked Tuesday on Twitter. “This is on Facebook’s Instagram right now. Your algorithms are still recommending lies about Covid and vaccines. How many people have to die before you act?” The message was tagged with a #StopDeathForProfit hashtag and …
Read More »‘Is this satire?’ Twitter baffled by report that UK govt discussed relocating Prince Edward to Scotland in bid to ‘save’ the Union
The Daily Mail reported that, last year, an aide to Prime Minister Boris Johnson had “mooted” an idea to send the Earl of Wessex and his wife Sophie to live at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland, and to host more events there. The plan was …
Read More »Trump tricked by Babylon Bee satire article claiming Twitter shut down ‘entire network’ to slow negative Biden news
Trump on Friday tweeted the fake story about Twitter shutting down its “entire network” to slow the spread of negative stories about his Democratic opponent Joe Biden. “Wow, this has never been done in history,” Trump wrote, reacting to the satire site’s post about the supposed Twitter shutdown. “Why is …
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