As part of the review process on the government’s upcoming Online Safety Bill, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has apparently accepted recommendations to shift the law’s focus from the actual content of a message to its potentially “harmful effect”. According to The Times, the plans have been sent …
Read More »Stop blaming ‘Russian trolls’ & ‘RT propaganda’: US democracy declining because Americans have lost faith in their elites – Moscow
In a statement issued on Sunday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that “the threat to American democracy does not come from authoritarian regimes, as it is sometimes fashionable to say, but the distrust its own citizens have.” There is an increasingly common perception, she said, “that everything said by …
Read More »‘Miss me yet?’ Trump trolls Biden with round-up of dire US news
“[Covid] is raging out of control, our supply chains are crashing with little product in our stores, we were humiliated in Afghanistan, our Border is a complete disaster, gas prices and inflation are zooming upward—how’s Biden doing? Do you miss me yet?” Trump said in a statement on Wednesday. It …
Read More »‘Hate is so toxic’: Zach Wilson’s mom targeted by trolls after son’s opening day NFL debut loss for New York Jets
Lisa Wilson was once one of the darlings of the elite football championship and its fans after coming to prominence during the NFL draft in late April. Dubbed the event’s “real MVP” and causing a Twitter frenzy by trending on the social network, the mother-of-six and self-described fitness fanatic was complimented on …
Read More »‘Will he sue death?’ Musk trolls Bezos AGAIN over reports Amazon founder invested in anti-aging research
Bezos is rumored to be among the investors in Altos Labs, a start-up incorporated in Delaware earlier this year. Though the company hasn’t made an official announcement, a securities disclosure filed with California in June said it has raised at least $270 million, according to a story in the MIT …
Read More »‘Don’t fall asleep’: Trump trolls Biden ahead of summit with Putin, slams ‘lowlifes’ in US intelligence that undermined Helsinki
“Good luck to Biden in dealing with President Putin—don’t fall asleep during the meeting, and please give him my warmest regards!” Trump said in a statement on Thursday. Biden is scheduled to meet with Putin in Geneva next week. Moscow has described the meeting as “very, very important” but cautioned …
Read More »Conservative pundit trolls AOC… by raising $50k for her grandma?
“Just over a week ago, my abuela fell ill. I went to Puerto Rico to see her – my 1st time in a year+ [because] of COVID,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet on Wednesday, referring to her grandmother. The post also included two photos of her grandma’s house, in …
Read More »‘Now everyone agrees I was right’: Trump trolls critics after Wuhan lab theory of Covid-19 origin becomes mainstream
“Now everybody is agreeing that I was right when I very early on called Wuhan as the source of [Covid]-19, sometimes referred to as the China Virus,” Trump posted on his Desk blog on Tuesday. “To me it was obvious from the beginning but I was badly criticized, as usual. …
Read More »‘Can’t get it up (to orbit) lol’: Musk trolls Bezos (& his blue balls) as Blue Origin protests NASA moon contract award to SpaceX
The SpaceX CEO took to Twitter on Monday night with a swipe at Bezos, responding to a New York Times report that his aerospace company Blue Origin had filed a complaint with NASA after the space agency awarded a $2.9 billion contract to construct a moon lander to Musk’s outfit. …
Read More »#Smalldipenergy or #smalldickenergy? Russian embassy trolls Baltic states over expulsion of diplomats
Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania issued a joined statement on Friday, announcing that they will ask several Russian embassy staff to leave their countries in a display of solidarity with the Czech Republic. Riga and Tallinn said they’ll expel one diplomat each, while Vilnius declared two Russians personae non gratae. The …
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