The Programmer, Turned Blogger, Turned Children's Book Author

As it turns out, money can buy happiness, just not in the ways you might think. This is “More of What You Love,” a collaboration between OZY and Ally Financial to highlight the people who are not only doing good business, but doing what they love and finding innovative ways to fund their passion projects. […]

Blogger challenges DisinfoLab NGO over Twitter users data abuse in ‘French Russophiles’ study

The NGO behind the infamous ‘Russophiles’ study has denied their research featured French users’ private data. The blogger who posted the data, however, insists they wiped the files that originally included sensitive information. France’s Twittersphere has been on fire since previously unknown EU DisinfoLab, a Brussels-based organization that says its mission is to “fight disinformation […]

‘We’re always told to prove ourselves as Americans’: Muslim blogger grilled on US TV, tells RT

After an Iranian-American fashion blogger was grilled on live TV about her heritage, she fired back with a biting critique of the US. She told RT what her interview reveals about attitudes towards Muslims in the West. Hoda Katebi, 23, was originally asked to come onto Chicago’s WGN News live morning show to talk about […]

An undercover blogger lived a double life for 2 years in ISIS-occupied Iraq to document the group’s atrocities — here’s his story

A historian spent years living under Islamic State rule in Mosul, Iraq, documenting the group’s crimes and blogging about them to thousands of followers online. Now that the Islamic State hopes for a caliphate in Iraq and Syria are virtually dead, the historian feels compelled to reveal his identity. The historian carried secrets too heavy […]

A notorious far-right blogger may have provoked WikiLeaks’ outreach to Donald Trump Jr.

PA Images Far-right blogger Charles Johnson may have played a role in WikiLeaks’ eventual outreach to Donald Trump Jr. Trump Jr.’s exchanges with WikiLeaks over the course of 10 months have come under scrutiny this week after an explosive report published by The Atlantic. Johnson published a story about an anti-Trump website that WikiLeaks then sent to […]

Taylor Swift threatens to sue blogger who connected her to white supremacists

Enlarge / Taylor Swift performing onstage in Houston, Texas. (credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for DIRECTV) Lawyers representing pop star Taylor Swift sent a cease-and-desist letter to a politics and culture blog, demanding the retraction of an article tying Swift to white supremacist culture. But instead of removing the article, PopFront editor Meghan Herning called the […]

The ACLU has come out swinging against Taylor Swift after her lawyer threatened a blogger with legal action

Mark Davis/Getty Images The ACLU of Northern California has fired back at Taylor Swift’s legal team’s attempt to force a retraction of a blog post about the singer. The piece, published by the blog PopFront, discussed the alt-right’s embrace of Swift’s music. Swift’s attorney said the post was “provably false and defamatory.” The ACLU responded by saying that the piece represents “constitutionally […]

Boston man guilty of ISIS-inspired plot to behead conservative blogger

A federal jury has found a Boston man guilty of conspiracy to commit terrorism and of supporting the Islamic State over a 2015 plot to behead conservative blogger Pamela Geller. On Wednesday, jurors found David Wright guilty of five criminal charges, including planning to behead Geller. He could face up to life in prison. BREAKING: […]

A French Fitness Blogger Has Died After A Whipped Cream Dispenser Exploded

Burger’s family confirmed the French social media influencer’s death on her Instagram on Wednesday, warning her followers that “tens of thousands” of the “defective devices” are still in circulation. The fitness model was rushed to hospital last Saturday and died on Sunday. French prosecutors told BuzzFeed News they are still determining the exact circumstances of […]

Paul Feig To Direct Mommy Blogger Murder Mystery ‘A Simple Favor’ Starring Anna Kendrick & Blake Lively

Paul Feig has been working in comedy for more than twenty years. Now the man behind Freaks and Geeks, Bridesmaids, and the criminally underseen Melissa McCarthy film Spy is jumping genres – he’ll next direct a murder mystery called A Simple Favor that currently has Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) and Blake Lively (The Shallows) in talks to […]