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On Thursday night, Twitter erupted after news broke that 5-star athlete Malaki Starks has committed to play football at the University of Georgia. Starks, a 5-star athlete in the class of 2022, made his decision live on Fox5 Atlanta at the Jefferson Civic Center. It came down to Georgia, Alabama and Clemson – and the Dawgs came out on top. Starks hails from Jefferson, Georgia and stands at 6-foot-1 and weighs in at 200 pounds. 247Sports has Starks as the nation’s No. 13 overall player. Here are the best Twitter reactions to the news: Safe to say the #UGA faithful in Jefferson came out in full strength and appreciated keeping Malaki Starks home.Full coverage at https://t.co/CEVYkHhhNl pic.twitter.com/xSKgHyLtj0 — Jake Reuse (@ReuseRecruiting) March 25, 2021 Malaki Starks, WR, S Jefferson HS 5 Star prospect 13th Best Player in Nation 2 in Nation at his position! Commits to University of Georgia Over Clemson, Alabama & others! Will be entering Spring of 2022!@MalakiStarks is a Damn Good Dawg! Sic’em! pic.twitter.com/xVYXAydXoE — Chester Starr (@ChesterStarr) March 25, 2021 Georgia coach Kirby Smart interrupts his post-practice Zoom interview with a "Go Dawgs." An obvious reference to commitment of 5-star ATH Malaki Starks of Jefferson, which…

Alex Padilla is getting to know the ropes of his new job.The California senator got into his first Twitter spat with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz this week since arriving in the Senate in January. The war of words started Tuesday, the same day the Senate Judiciary Committee held its hearing on gun violence. At the hearing, Padilla, the Democrat who was appointed to fill Vice President Kamala Harris' seat, made the claim that it's easier to buy a gun than vote in many states. "In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they're able to cast their first ballot," he said. "It seems to me we have our priorities entirely backwards when it comes to this — when we make it easier to buy a gun than we do to cast a ballot." This is demonstrably, laughably false. Find me the Dem that says “it’s abusive to require a photo ID to buy a gun!”They ALL say that about voting.(Except for the CA gubernatorial recall....) https://t.co/YEVqiIbzTq— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 24, 2021 Cruz tweeted a clip of Padilla's remarks on Tuesday and called them "demonstrably, laughably false." "Find me the Dem that says…

Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of racist jokes he's told for decades about Asians, but some aren't buying it.  The former late night host's apology came after a meeting with Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) president Rob Chan, MANAA founding president Guy Aoki and vice president Lawrence Lim over zoom, after over 10 years of Aoki trying to secure a meeting with Leno to discuss his racist jokes.  Aoki said he initially appealed to Leno's new employers at Fox, where he hosts the game show You Bet Your Life, offering them an ultimatum of firing the host or MANAA would approach sponsors to boycott the project."At the time I did those jokes, I genuinely thought them to be harmless," Leno said in a joint press release with Aoki, according to multiple reports. "I was making fun of our enemy North Korea, and like most jokes, there was a ring of truth to them."  The comedian continued, "At the time, there was a prevailing attitude that some group is always complaining about something, so don’t worry about it. Whenever we received a complaint, there would be two sides to the discussion: Either ‘We need to deal…

SALT LAKE CITY — Less than 48 hours after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a controversial bill aiming to impose new moderation regulations on social media platforms, a U.S. House joint committee will take up some of the same issues in a Thursday hearing that will include the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter. While all three companies say they are continuing to ramp up efforts to fairly and appropriately apply content moderation/take down rules, the chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. D-N.J., described those efforts as merely reactions to social and political pressures and, furthermore, said they are failing to effectively staunch the flow of misinformation and extremist postings. The hearing, “Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation,” will include testimony from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will be joined by members of two House subcommittees for questions and discussion. In a memo released earlier this week, Pallone wrote that these U.S. tech behemoths are motivated to allow the posting, sharing and distribution of controversial content because it gets the most attention from users and,…

by: Dylan Abad Posted: Mar 23, 2021 / 03:37 AM EDT / Updated: Mar 23, 2021 / 03:37 AM EDT The computer company, Acer has apparently been targeted by ransomware hackers, demanding $50 million. The group is reportedly giving Acer until Sunday to pay up or its stolen data will be leaked. They may have exploited Microsoft Exchange to gain entry into the company’s network. Twitter confirms it’s testing an “undo tweet” feature that would allow users to take back something they just tweeted. It may be part of Twitter’s subscription service that’s reportedly in the works. It’s unclear when “undo” will be available. A website is holding a 24-hour digital detox challenge. No phones, TV, gaming, computers, or smart devices could earn you $2,400. You also get a gift card to put together a tech-free survival kit. Suggestions include writing paper to replace texts. Trending Stories Don't Miss

Los Angeles-based rapper Glasses Malone told Kevin Durant to relax on Twitter, which KD took exception to and fired back. There is definitely no other player like Kevin Durant. Being 6-foot-10, Durant can handle the ball like a guard, shoot the ball like a two-guard and even rebound and block like a center. There is very little this future Hall-Of-Famer can’t do. Despite his on-court success, KD will continue to keep up with his social media antics. Being in his 14th year as a pro, Durant still continues to get into little fiascos on Twitter. This time, the Brooklyn Nets All-Star had an exchange with a rapper. The 2-time NBA champion fired back at the Malone, making it clear that when he was on the social networking platform, there is no relaxing for him. The 32-year-old expressed himself: “There’s No relax champ. No relax when I’m on Twitter. I’m on 10 until the second I close the app. You relax!!” relax big dawg….. your kevin durant life is too sweet! https://t.co/Fv5Ozl8QnG — Glasses Malone (@gmalone) March 23, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js There’s No relax champ. No relax when I’m on Twitter. I’m on 10 until the second I close the app. You…

Surrey developer Bob Cheema claims Surrey businessman Brian Young defamed him on social media A politically active Surrey developer who has been subject to allegations of corruption on social media can have his day in court, a BC Supreme Court judge ruled last Wednesday. Developer Bob Cheema’s defamation lawsuit against Surrey resident Brian Young can proceed, ruled Justice Heather MacNaughton, after Young applied for its dismissal by claiming Cheema was limiting his freedom of expression. The case centres around two political allies of Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum during the October 2018 election. Young and Cheema were both helping McCallum get elected but things went sour thereafter and Young began criticizing McCallum on Twitter, including allegations that Cheema held power over the mayor, particularly with respect to the city’s police force transition. MacNaughton had to weigh the public’s interest as to whether Young’s freedom of expression outweighed Cheema’s right to protect his reputation. MacNaughton’s ruling states there are reasonable grounds for Cheema to proceed with a trial.  “I am satisfied that Mr. Cheema has established, on a balance of probabilities, that the harm he has suffered or is likely to suffer as a result of Mr. Young’s expression is sufficiently serious…

The New York Giants have agreed to terms with cornerback Adoree Jackson following a two-day meeting in East Rutherford, which provides Patrick Graham’s defense the CB2 they were desperately seeking. With Jackson now paired with James Bradberry, the Giants have one of the better cornerback combinations in the NFC and one of the better secondary’s (on paper) in all of football. Here’s how Twitter reacted when news of Jackson’s addition broke: My Brotha!!! https://t.co/8Genw1Sr4L pic.twitter.com/NIktSobPJr — Logan Ryan (@RealLoganRyan) March 22, 2021 😈😈😈😈😈 https://t.co/87NiLVSHil — JP (@JabrillPeppers) March 22, 2021 ‼️‼️ https://t.co/uQ3zaoNV1e — Saquon Barkley (@saquon) March 22, 2021 When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that’s Adoreé Let’s go #GMEN — 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝘆𝗻𝗲𝘀 (@lt4kicks) March 22, 2021 Adoree’ Jackson started off the right way for #Giants fans: By cancelling on the Eagles. — Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) March 22, 2021 LCB: James BradberryRCB: Adoree’ JacksonNickel: Darnay Holmes/Xavier McKinneySS: Jabrill PeppersFS: Logan Ryan Backups: Julian Love, Sam Beal, Isaac Yiadom Very strong unit. #TogetherBlue — Scout Kelley (@ScoutKelley) March 22, 2021 Splash. The #Giants free agency splurge continues with CB Adoree Jackson for 3-years, $39 mill with 20M guaranteed https://t.co/ZTejyarnoA — Pat Ragazzo (@ragazzoreport) March 22, 2021…

Shots were fired on social media as Amakhosi and Bucs fans exchanged banter after the titanic encounter Orlando Pirates came into Sunday's PSL encounter against Kaizer Chiefs as the favourites to win the highly anticipated Soweto Derby clash. However, Amakhosi humbled their arch-rivals as Samir Nurkovic's second-half goal earned the Glamour Boys a 1-0 victory at FNB Stadium. Therefore, Chiefs got their sweet revenge over Bucs, who had secured three victories against Amakhosi in the current campaign. Editors' Picks Fred flops as miserable Man Utd crash out of the FA Cup March madness! Arsenal go from ridiculous to sublime in West Ham thriller Different role, same story: Pulisic's poor finishing puts more pressure on USMNT star in fight to earn Tuchel's trust Luiz and Gabriel or Mari and Holding? Arteta's Arsenal centre-back dilemma Many fans took to social media to share their thoughts on what was the 100th Soweto Derby match in the league between the two biggest football teams in the country. Check out how Twitter reacted to the result:  Orlando Pirates was too worried about playing Sundowns on the 15th that they forgot to train for Kaizer Chiefs.#SowetoDerby #Amakhosi4Life #DStvPrem pic.twitter.com/ui0x8QS8XO— iVenda Lase Mlazi (@Oscar_T_Hamese) March 21, 2021How…

By Lauren Peace and Lucas Manfield, Mountain State Spotlight “This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org.”  A line of cars wrapped around the Teays Valley Baptist Church, stretching back toward the interstate. It was a weekend in mid-March, but the Saturday crowd wasn’t there for services; it was hundreds of hopeful West Virginians trying their luck for an unclaimed dose of vaccine. Earlier that afternoon, Jamie Miller had gotten a text from a friend who knew somebody working at the vaccination event in Putnam County. She was told that the parking-lot clinic had an abundance of unclaimed doses. So the Charleston-based artist took to Twitter and Facebook to spread the news. “Giving to anyone, not just 50 and over! Get there if ya need it and pass along to folks who are close,” Miller wrote. West Virginians responded. People piled into cars with hopes of snagging a coveted dose, while others placed calls to neighbors, parents and grandparents, hoping to get their loved ones a step closer to safety. It was the work of an old-fashioned gossip chain with the power of the internet’s reach. In less than an hour, the extra doses…