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After more than two years of silence, a concerning message appeared on 11-year-old influencer Lil Tay’s Instagram Story, leaving fans worried about her.Lil Tay, whose real name is Claire Eileen Qi Hope, first rose to fame (or infamy) in 2018 when her outlandish and profanity-laden videos flexing cash and expensive cars went viral. Millions of people then began following the so-called rapper, who was only 9 years old at the time. It didn’t take long for internet sleuths to discover that Lil Tay’s mother, who was a real estate agent, was using her boss’ car and some for-sale houses in the videos. She was fired from her job. When footage of Lil Tay’s brother Jason telling her what to do off-camera leaked in May 2018, conspiracies began to form about who was truly in control of her actions, and the “free Lil Tay” movement took shape. By July 2018, an Instagram story with the message “help me” was shared to the account and saved as a highlight. Credit: Instagram/@LilTayNo other content appeared until October 2018, when someone who alleged that they had worked with Lil Tay in the past shared a video of the child. The chilling caption made allegations about Lil Tay’s father,…

It sounds like a broken record, but Facebook Inc. continues to do just that: Break revenue records. Despite federal regulators breathing down its neck about its business practices, threats of ad boycotts from parties aggrieved by its privacy policies and a pandemic, the social-networking juggernaut is expected to post another jaw-dropping quarterly result on Wednesday. Facebook FB, +1.55% is firing on all cylinders because of — what else? — dominance in the digital ad market, which is expected to show growth as the pandemic slows down. Facebook and Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +2.10% GOOG, +2.09% will “benefit most from the reopening (from a user and advertiser perspective),” Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney said in an April 15 note. At the same time, Facebook increasingly has diversified its revenue mix, adding sales of Oculus VR headsets and Portal video-chatting devices. Non-advertising revenue soared 156% to $885 million in the fiscal fourth quarter. It doesn’t end there: On Monday, Facebook announced new audio products to compete with Clubhouse and podcasts,  » Read More

Text by Biz Sherbert Photography by Avery Norman Posted April 23, 2021 The model reflects on his unlikely origin story and life as an early internet icon I first came across Yuri Pleskun’s busted-up face on Tumblr in the early 2010s. Photos of him were everywhere online and endlessly reposted—particularly the ones where he looked like he’d just left a fight, with a crescent moon black eye, bruises across his cheekbones, a bloody nose, a split lip, or a face full of little cuts sealed with white butterfly bandages. He developed a cult following through these images—blogs were born with the express purpose of eulogizing Pleskun’s face and aura (also the subject of much fan art earnestly rendered in colored pencils). Pleskun was like a readymade for soft grunge, a youth culture that originated on Tumblr around 2010, peaked in 2014, and is now making an expedited comeback. Soft grunge was a faded bubblegum take on textbook ‘90s grunge—its community (of mostly teenage girls) shared a love for paleness (often complemented by bruises), cigarettes, dirty pastel hair, and bad boys who seemed kind of sensitive. Yuri hit all the notes—he was pale with an impish lilt to his face, likely…

(JTA) — “Miss,” a short film that debuted on Vimeo on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, at first seems like a British version of Lena Dunham’s “Girls”: Two young female roommates, Nina and Olive, share a London flat and appear to have something of an uneasy relationship.  Nina tells Olive that she wants to compete in an online beauty pageant and would like her photographer roommate to take some pictures for it. After a photoshoot, Nina steps out and Olive peeks on her computer, only to find that Nina’s contest is the infamous “Miss Hitler” pageant — an annual neo-Nazi event full of SS regalia that has gotten some of its contestants arrested. The title of the 12-minute film, like its plot, refers to how anti-Semitism can fester under the surface of everyday life. Yael Roth, the film’s London-based co-director, spoke with us about her journey as an up-and-coming filmmaker and how the project shines the light on a shocking form of modern-day anti-Semitism. (The film is now free on Vimeo.) JTA: Tell me a little about your background, and what brought you to this film. Roth: I grew up in Belgium, Antwerp, and I was there until I…

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Google has censored a public Google document collecting stories in mainstream news media and posts on social media about adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccines. The document was over 100 pages long when it was censored by Google. It has since been re-hosted at this website. Former ITV and BBC journalist Anna Brees noticed that the document had been censored by Google in a post on Twitter. “First time I’ve seen a cloud drive blocking a document,” said Brees. “It was a very long document re vaccination headlines from around the world. This was a document sent to me via email. I was able to view it three days ago but now it says this.” Brees shared a screenshot showing a message from Google informing users that the document was “in violation of our terms of service.” First time I’ve seen a cloud drive blocking a document… It was a very long document re vaccination headlines from around the world. pic.twitter.com/cB8zD6FBAR — Anna Brees (@BreesAnna) April 21, 2021 Brees herself has been the target of Big Tech censorship for her coverage of coronavirus. She recently interviewed Dr. Roger Hodkinson, a Canadian pathologist who was targeted by fact-checkers including the AFP in December…

PHOTO: Yulia Rozanova | pexels LinkedIn announced plans to launch its LinkedIn Learning Hub, a skills-building platform currently in beta, in the second half of 2021 this week. James Raybould, senior director of product, LinkedIn Learning and Glint, described it as “an intelligent skill building platform” in the official blog announcement.Three basic capacities, all included in Learning Hub, are crucial factors that elevate an LXP into an expertise building stage. What can customers expect from Learning Hub and how will it be different from traditional LXPs? Raybould provided the following insights in the blog:Personalized content makes it easier for learners to build the right skills.Community-based learning connects learners to people who they can learn from and build new skills with.Skill development insights inform L&D strategies with data and insights.The blog quoted Laggi Diamandi, a beta LearningHub customer and head of learning and development at London-based architecture and design firm Foster + Partners: “The simplicity, user experience, and accessibility are amazing and those values are so important to me as a learning professional.” Business Leaders and Employees Clash on Ideal Hybrid Workplace ExperienceU.S. business leaders are out of touch with what employees want from a hybrid workplace experience, according to a new Unisys-sponsored IDC…

The rising popularity of Clubhouse has been making many heads turned. All of a sudden app stores are flooded with social audio apps that are trying to grab a sizeable share of the newly developed market which is estimated worth tens of billions of dollars currently. The latest report from SensorTower depicts that the growth of social audio apps is largely driven by Clubhouse, which has accounted for over 80% of the total downloads of the three largest social audio apps recorded in 2021. The three largest social audio apps – Clubhouse, Stereo and Spoon – accounts for a lion’s share of the market and Clubhouse with 15.3 million downloads in 2021 emerged as the clear winner among them all. Overall, the aforementioned top three apps, together, reached 20 million downloads in 2021. The sudden rise of Clubhouse in terms of popularity and downloads was attributed to the indirect endorsement by Elon Musk. The third-richest person in the world and one of the most followed entrepreneurs on social media platforms,  » Read More

By Radio Ink - April 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Ed Ryan interviews Premiere syndicated mornings show hosts Johnjay & Rich Friday at 1PM Eastern. The duo is celebrating 20 years on the air. Download the app and follow Ed Ryan and Radio Ink on Clubhouse. Listen to all of our previous Clubhouse interviews on iHEART, APPLE or SPOTIFY. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR In Case You Missed Our Clubhouse Interview Borrell Updates Local Ad Forecast Bongino Taking Over Rush Slot on Cumulus Stations LEAVE A REPLY Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here You have entered an incorrect email address!  » Read More

Image: Brett Jordan On Friday afternoon, many Australian Twitter users were asking whether to trust an email asking people to confirm their accounts. The online consensus was fast coming to the conclusion it was all a scam -- a very good recreation of legitimate emails from Twitter -- when the social media network fessed up that it was responsible. "Some of you may have recently received an email to "confirm your Twitter account" that you weren't expecting. These were sent by mistake and we're sorry it happened," the company said on its support account "If you received one of these emails, you don't need to confirm your account and you can disregard the message." Last month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said Australian businesses reported losing more than AU$14 million due to payment redirection or business email compromise scams to Scamwatch, with losses in 2021 set to be five times higher. In 2019, 25,000 phishing scams were reported to Scamwatch, with only 513 reported as resulting in financial loss, valued at AU$1.5 million. Nevertheless, phishing was the most popular scam method. Related CoverageFBI: Phishing emails are spreading this sophisticated malwareLazarus hacking group now hides payloads in BMP image filesGoogle:…