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Earlier in the show, Dan Walker grilled SNP Westminster leader, Ian Blackford over his party’s leaflet blunder. Liberal Democrats leader, Jo Swinson has one a court bid to stop an SNP leaflet which was ruled as falsely accusing her of acceptation £14,000 from a fracking company. Addressing the matter, Walker asked: “With that in mind, […]
Fans of Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg knew the perfect way to rile supporters of Anzhi Makhachkala in their game at the weekend, chanting the name of UFC star Conor McGregor – who soon fights local hero Khabib Nurmagomedov. Dagestani-born Nurmagomedov is a huge football fan and a big supporter of local team Anzhi, who […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty / Aurich / Revived Games) Back in June, Valve issued expansive Steam guidelines that said games would only be removed from the platform for illegal or “outright trolling” content. At the time, we noted that the unclear definition of “trolling” left a lot of wiggle room for Valve to still define what […]
It’s September, which means that broadcast-TV’s fall season is right around the bend. And with that annual onslaught of fresh fare always comes… questions. Take the Batwoman issue raised in the headline. Ruby Rose, who will make her debut as the Gotham vigilante in the Arrowverse‘s December crossover event, recently guesstimated that “60 to 70” […]
Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Golden State Warriors fans trolled JR Smith early in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The fans chanted “MVP!” during Smith’s first free throw attempt of Game 2. Fans also held signs proclaiming Smith the MVP and also gave him the loudest ovation of any player — including Warriors players — during […]
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has launched Troll Patrol, a project that will assign digital volunteers to analyze abusive tweets aimed at women on Twitter. The project follows Amnesty’s #ToxicTwitter report, which detailed the results of a 16-month long investigation into how harassers and abusers target women on the social media platform. The goal […]
If you’re a Russian immigrant in the United States — or anywhere else — don’t bother tweeting your opinions unless your English is flawless. Otherwise you’ll be branded a Kremlin-paid troll by influential American think tanks. Eagle-eyed Ben Nimmo, a fellow at the Atlantic Council, has tweeted advice for Twitter users to help them identify […]
David Ramos/Getty Images Facebook announced Tuesday that it has removed 135 Facebook and Instagram accounts, and 138 Facebook pages, that were linked to the Internet Research Agency, a notorious Russian troll farm that was indicted for trying to meddle in the 2016 US election. Facebook said the 65 Instagram accounts and 138 Facebook pages reached […]
Enlarge / This is a screen grab from the forthcoming Clicker Heroes 2. (credit: Playsaurus) Playsaurus, a small Los Angeles-based game studio that makes Clicker Heroes and the upcoming Clicker Heroes 2, has recently been threatened with a lawsuit if it doesn’t pay $ 35,000 for a patent licensing fee to cover a patent for “electronic […]
Plenty of Manchester United fans no doubt watched City crash out of the FA Cup on Monday night. Will Grigg’s second-half goal was enough for Wigan to dump City out of the competition and end their dreams of the quadruple. And United fans clearly enjoyed the chance they were gifted to mock their rivals. Ahead […]
