Kickstarter, GoFundMe and others block funding for legal defence of Charlottesville right wing activist
• 8 years agoGoFundMe, Kickstarter and other mainstream crowdfunding firms have policies that prohibit hate speech or abuse, the latest example of technology firms making it harder for far-right groups to organize online
Charlottesville violence: Donald Trump bows to pressure, calls white supremacists 'criminals and thugs'
• 8 years agoBowing to pressure from all sides, President Donald Trump condemned white supremacist groups by name on Monday.
Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right firebrand, quits Breitbart over pedophilia remarks
• 8 years agoSerial provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative firebrand and staunch fan of President Donald Trump, resigned Tuesday from the right-wing news site Breitbart amid a storm triggered by comments in which he seems to condone paedophilia.
Meryl Streep's viral Golden Globes speech loses its sheen with its blinkered view
Menon • 8 years agoDoes Meryl Streep's viral speech help in changing the message, and the narrative, to include those on the opposite side of the ideological fence? Not so much.
Fake news impact: Influencing election results to rise in anti-community sentiments and more
Nimish • 8 years agoWe take a look at how fake news has affected different aspects of our online and offline worlds.
'Heil Trump': Donald Trump's 'alt-right' white nationalist supporters invoke Nazi salute
Fp Staff • 8 years agoOn Saturday at the end of his annual conference on the alt-right movement, he said: "Hail Trump, hail our people, hail our victory!"
Donald Trump backs away from campaign vows as he prepares to take office
Fp Staff • 8 years agoDonald Trump signaled Tuesday his campaign trail dismissal of the threat of climate change may have been hot air after all, saying he was "open minded" on supporting global accords.
Twitter briefly suspends account of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey by mistake
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoA clear explanation was not given for the suspension, but Dorsey claimed the account was suspended because of an internal mistake.