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&#39;Zombie Angelina&#39; Is Sentenced
'Zombie' Teen Gets 10 Years
Dec 12, 2020 10:00 AM CST

'Zombie' Teen Gets 10 Years

Sahar Tabar was arrested in Tehran after posting distorted images of herself on social media

(Newser) - The crime: posting on Instagram. The sentence: 10 years. An Iranian court has sentenced teenager Sahar Tabar to a decade behind bars after she posted distorted images of her face on social media, Metro reports. The 19-year-old was celebrated for the Instagram posts, in which she resembled a "zombie"...

46 State Attorneys General Sue to Break Up Facebook

Social media giant accused of using its dominance to crush the competition

(Newser) - When it comes to taking on Facebook, bipartisanship is alive and well. Attorneys general from 46 states, along with Guam and Washington, DC, filed an antitrust against the social media giant Wednesday, accusing it of using its dominance to crush competition, NPR reports. The lawsuit is being led by New...

Trump Jr.'s Dilemma: 'Only So Many Guns I Can Clean'

The president's son seeks Netflix recommendations

(Newser) - Donald Trump Jr. is seeking Netflix advice and cleaning his guns while enduring self-isolation in upstate New York, TMZ reports. "Apparently I got the 'rona," he said in an Instagram video. "Maybe it's a false positive, maybe not, but you know, I'll follow the...

Wasn't Me, Says the Pope After 'Like' of Risque Photo

The Holy See wants some answers from Instagram

(Newser) - Of all the "likes" on a racy photo posted by Brazilian model Natalia Garibotto, one stood out. It came from Franciscus, which just happens to be the Instagram account of none other than Pope Francis, reports the Catholic News Agency . The "like" disappeared when CNA asked the Vatican...

Rupert Grint Gets 1M Instagram Followers in 4 Hours, a Record

'Harry Potter' star breaks the record just set by Sir David Attenborough

(Newser) - Four hours and one minute after he joined Instagram , Rupert Grint had a million followers— breaking the record just set by Sir David Attenborough, who took four hours and 44 minutes to reach the same milestone when he joined the social media network in September. (Prior to the English naturalist,...

Emma Roberts: I Blocked My Mom Online for Her Big Mouth

'Scream Queens' actress 'kind of got in a fight' with mother

(Newser) - Many young people can relate to having non-tech-savvy parents. Actress Emma Roberts can now count herself among them. The Scream Queens and American Horror Story star appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's show Monday and told the late-night host that she blocked her own mom, Kelly Cunningham, online after Cunningham inadvertently...

David Attenborough Joins Instagram, Smashes a Record

Naturalist reaches 1M followers faster than anyone else

(Newser) - Sorry, Ms. Aniston. Sir David Attenborough has just taken your Instagram record . The 94-year-old naturalist debuted on Instagram Thursday and reached 1 million followers in a little more than four hours, according to Guinness World Records . That broke Aniston's mark of 5 hours, 16 minutes, reports Mashable . As of...

Suicide Video Prompts a TikTok Move
Suicide Video
Prompts a TikTok Move
Sep 23, 2020 2:41 PM CDT

Suicide Video Prompts a TikTok Move

Company suggests tech 'partnership' could help tamp down on harmful content

(Newser) - TikTok says "groups operating on the dark web" engaged in a "coordinated effort" to share a graphic suicide video across its platform. Now it's asking other social media giants for help. The video of a US man shooting himself was live-streamed on Facebook in late August before...

Navalny's Latest Pic Shows His 'Clear Path' to Recovery

Russian opposition leader posts photo of himself walking in Berlin hospital

(Newser) - What a difference a few weeks make. Alexei Navalny is not only out of his coma and communicating with family and medical staff in the Berlin hospital where he's being treated—he's also out of bed. Per Reuters , the 44-year-old Russian opposition leader, who it's now widely...

Kim Kardashian Joins Facebook, Instagram Boycott

She says she's freezing accounts for 24 hours

(Newser) - One of the Kardashians is going to be harder to keep up with than usual on Wednesday. Kim Kardashian West says she is freezing her Facebook and Instagram accounts for 24 hours as part of the #StopHateForProfit campaign to protest misinformation and hate speech, the Guardian reports. "I can’...

Chris Evans Posts More Than You Might Want to See

That is America's ... no, not that part

(Newser) - If Chris Evans wanted the world's attention, he got it. The Knives Out star became a Twitter trending topic Saturday after apparently posting a pic of his junk by mistake, Us Weekly reports. The 39-year-old put photos on his Instagram Story of him and his pals playing the game...

Jennifer Garner Watched The Office, and Wow

Actress records herself crying after the finale, accidentally in slo-mo

(Newser) - Jennifer Garner just finished watching the entire run of The Office with her kids during the pandemic, and it gave her all the feelings. She began to cry when recording a video about the experience, and she accidentally recorded it in slo-mo, she explains in an Instagram post . She decided...

Instagram Launches 'Uncannily Similar' TikTok Rival

Reels also allows users to share 15-second videos

(Newser) - Instagram has launched its own rival to TikTok—days after President Trump gave TikTok's owners a deadline either sell its US operations to a US firm or have the app shut down. The new feature, Reels, is part of Instagram instead of a standalone app, but it strongly resembles...

Influencer, 24, and Her Unborn Baby Die Suddenly

Nicole Thea was 8 months pregnant with a boy

(Newser) - Dancer and influencer Nicole Thea was eight months pregnant with a son she and her partner had named Reign when tragedy struck suddenly. Both the 24-year-old and her unborn child died Saturday morning, Thea's mom posted on the social media star's Instagram account . "As a family we...

RuPaul Has Inexplicably Disappeared From Social Media

No one's sure why TV personality has vanished from Twitter and nixed posts on IG

(Newser) - "What's going on?!" That's just one of the many perplexed pleas for information as People and Us Weekly report on what has turned into a social media mystery: the disappearance of RuPaul online. Fans noticed Thursday that the 59-year-old drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race...

Industry Giant Joins Boycott of Facebook, Twitter

Unilever won't buy ads on Facebook or Twitter for the rest of 2020

(Newser) - Unilever has announced that it will pull its advertising from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram—joining the campaign to pressure the social media companies to do more to combat hate speech and disinformation on their sites. Unilever owns a list of well-known consumer brands, including Dove, Lipton, Hellmann's, and Vaseline....

Big Advertiser Signs On to Facebook, Instagram Boycott

Civil rights groups call for pressure on companies to curb racist and violent content

(Newser) - The outdoor gear company Patagonia is the latest company to announce an advertising boycott of Facebook and its Instagram app for the month of July—or longer—saying the social media giant has "failed to take steps to stop the spread of hateful lies and dangerous propaganda on its...

Scary New Video Shows Thao's Role in Floyd Killing

Floyd family attorney Ben Crump calls it 'beyond disturbing'

(Newser) - A new video shows George Floyd's final moments from a fresh angle—that of onlookers urging police let the man breathe as Officer Tou Thao stands his ground, the New York Post reports. "You're going to let him kill that man in front of you?" an onlooker...

Trump Jr. Makes an 'Incendiary' Allegation

Joe Biden's camp calls it a 'repulsive, manipulative tactic'

(Newser) - "See you later, alligator" is one thing—"In a while, pedophile" is quite another. But Donald Trump Jr. posted both messages on Instagram along with photos of Joe Biden touching children at public events in what amounts to an "incendiary" accusation, the New York Times reports. Confronted...

Online Comments Cost Player His Job

NHL's Brendan Leipsic disparaged women and called teammates losers

(Newser) - The Washington Capitals on Friday placed Brendan Leipsic on unconditional waivers after he made disparaging comments about women and teammates in a private social media chat. In a conversation involving his brother and Florida Panthers minor leaguer Jack Rodewald, Leipsic commented on the physical appearances of Vancouver forward Tanner Pearson'...

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