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On Friday, February 6, 2026, Tumblr users across the United States found themselves abruptly locked out of their digital home. The popular microblogging and social media platform, which reportedly boasts between 135 and 142 million monthly active users as of early 2026, experienced a widespread outage that left tens of thousands unable to access its content or features. The incident sparked a torrent of complaints on social media, as users scrambled to understand why their favorite online haven had suddenly gone dark. According to Downdetector, a website that tracks outages by collecting status reports from various sources, the trouble began around 5:55 p.m. EST. Initial reports indicated that more than 6,000 users were having trouble accessing Tumblr, with problems affecting both the mobile app and the website. As the evening wore on, the scale of the disruption became clear. By 3:48 p.m. PST (6:48 p.m. EST), more than 18,000 users had reported issues, and the number continued to climb rapidly. By 4:05 p.m. PST, over 29,000 users had logged complaints, and just ten minutes later, that figure soared to more than 33,000. The outage was not confined to one region. Downdetector’s outage map showed that the East Coast was particularly

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Katherine Truitt and Sinan Solmaz have been selected represent the University of Kentucky at the 2026 SEC Student Athlete Advisory Committee meetings at the Southeastern Conference offices in Birmingham, Ala. from Feb. 6-7. Per the league office, the meetings will serve as an opportunity for the student-athletes to engage with campus leaders and conference office staff. Along with Student-Athlete Leadership Councils for football and men’s and women’s basketball, SAAC provides a conduit of communication to the conference office on issues related to student-athlete experience, student-athlete wellness and playing rules. Agenda items for the SEC SAAC meeting include a conversation with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, a presentation from guest speaker Lauren Sisler, updates from NCAA SAAC, a review of NCAA & SEC Governance Structure & Legislation and SEC Start Up opportunities, and a discussion on SAAC campus programming. Truitt recently completed her redshirt sophomore season with the Wildcats, helping Kentucky advance to the program’s second consecutive NCAA Tournament. In her two seasons of play, Truitt has started every match for the Wildcats at center back and combined for over 3,500 minutes played,  » Read More

Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, a popular streamer got some surprising news about Twitch’s emotes, the Sidemen made a big announcement related their next charity soccer match, and an anthropomorphic peanut is the hottest thing in the streamer world. Creator commotion Maya Higa had no idea she’d been a Twitch emote for years. Through the 7TV extension, thousands of Twitch channels have enabled an emote featuring Higa’s laughing face, and she only found out about it recently. It’s not the unexpected publicity that seems to be bothering her — it’s the quality of the emote itself. “It’s not even good,” she said. “Is this my claim to fame?” Subscribe to get the latest creator news Subscribe Hasan Piker got banned on Twitch and reinstated (again). The political streamer’s seventh ban was the result of comments he made related to ICE, but he was only offline for a few days until the ban was lifted. If Piker gets to ten Twitch bans and fills out his punch card, does he get the 11th ban for free? The sports report

USD 383 school board president Jayme Morris-Hardeman on Thursday attracted attention for an anti-ICE post on Facebook. Morris-Hardeman, who in November was re-elected to the Manhattan-Ogden board and in January became president, commented on a friend’s post “Thank you for being an amazing support for all our students. And F*** ICE.” The post to which she was responding was an image that said, “Every student. Every background. Every identity. Every learner. Every story.” Morris-Hardeman did not immediately respond to calls for comment on Friday. The post was still up as of Friday afternoon. This follows an incident in September in which fellow board member Katie Allen made a controversial post about the death of political influencer Charlie Kirk. Allen had replied to a post with a quote from Kirk, and she replied, “Well deserved.” She lost her job at the state department of education and is suing them. Parents and the other board members asked Allen to step down, but she declined. The school board in December voted to add a clause to its board member ethics policy: “Always act in a professional and constructive manner and use sound judgement when communicating in person or electronically,  » Read More

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As part of our new training for branch committee members, we will be running a session on how to make the best use of WhatsApp in your branch. This one-hour session will be based on the TUC's best practice guidelines and is an opportunity for you to come along, share how you are using WhatsApp in your own branch and hear from other branches about how they are using this messaging app to say connected with members. Please try to find somewhere quiet to join the session and be prepared to turn your camera on if you'd like to make a contribution to the group discussion. If you cannot turn on your camera, you will be asked to write in the chat box instead. This helps us to ensure the session is accessible for all other participants.

On February 3, the Supreme Court posed a question many users have wondered: When WhatsApp says you have a "choice" about sharing data, but the alternative is losing the app entirely — is that really a choice? This sits at the heart of a five-year legal battle over the messaging app's 2021 privacy policy that has now reached India's highest court, with implications for how democracies regulate digital monopolies. In January 2021, WhatsApp updated its privacy policy, requiring Indian users to accept expanded data-sharing with Meta companies — Facebook and Instagram — or stop using the app. Unlike a 2016 policy that allowed users to opt out, the 2021 version eliminated the choice. Also read: What Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on judicial transfers reveal about state of judicial independence The data includes phone numbers, transaction details, business interactions, and information from websites with WhatsApp features. Users faced what the Competition Commission of India (CCI) called a 'take-it-or-leave-it' ultimatum: accept or leave. Critically, as the CCI found, even though WhatsApp later announced users wouldn't lose functionality for refusing the update, this "announcement did not withdraw the new terms of service and privacy policy". The 2021 policy remains effective, and crucially, "grants WhatsApp

OnlyFans millionaire Nala Ray is once again at the center of an internet firestorm after making a bold claim about her former line of work. In a recent interview with Fox News, Ray — who has since pivoted away from adult content and into faith-based lifestyle content — argued that OnlyFans and adult content creation shouldn’t be considered “real work.” Speaking about U.S. immigration policy and so-called “extraordinary ability” visas, Ray said, “OnlyFans work and adult content is not real work and shouldn’t be allowed, even to cross our borders to get even more infiltrated into our society.” “I don’t see adult content as good work,” she continued, adding that she does view other forms of social media creation as legitimate. “I do think that other people from other countries who do come to do real work on social media here, is a good thing. I don’t see why we should ever ban something like that because being on social media is hard work sometimes.” Some viewers applauded Ray for speaking out, particularly those who support her highly publicized shift toward Christianity. Others, however, were far less impressed — including Twitch streamer Dan Dangler, who quickly weighed in. On Tuesday