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Twitter Fixes Bug That Let Ads Target People Who Use N-Word

CESSPOOL

The social media company claims it was a mistake that allowed campaigns to be targeted to millions of people based on derogatory terms.

Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Sep 16, 2017

Reddit Trump Fans Botch Plan To Sabotage Hillary’s Book Rank

Shit Happened

Trump fans on Reddit jumped on a 4chan plan to ruin Clinton’s chances at a No. 1 best-seller, but screwed up by telling users to buy an entirely different book.

Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Sep 13, 2017

Couch Potatoes to FCC: Cut My Cable Bill or I’ll Call Trump

You’re Fired Up

President Trump appointed a former lawyer for Verizon as chairman of the FCC just as these customers became convinced he’d fix the cable in their ‘winter cottages.’

Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Sep 04, 2017

Minecraft Creator Backs Mother of All Pizzagate Conspiracies

Wake Up, Sheeple!

Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has a net worth of over a billion dollars, which he’s not using to investigate the lead he got from Reddit on Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.

Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Aug 28, 2017
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How Did Trump Find This Missing Sh*tposter?

True Bravery

Simon Bravery was beloved on pro-Trump sites for his elaborate movie mashups. He vanished for weeks—until Trump retweeted his new, anonymous account nobody was supposed to find.

Ben Collins, Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Aug 21, 2017

The Daily Stormer Shafted By .Wang

Neutered Nazis

The neo-Nazi hub has faced difficulty maintaining a consistent web presence after losing stamina in its battle against several domain hosts.

Ben Collins, Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Aug 16, 2017

Trump’s Press Conference Delights Neo-Nazis, No One Else

BAD COMPANY

The president’s remarks at Trump Tower were highly criticized by Democrats, Republicans, and journalists—but not the far right.

Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Aug 15, 2017
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GoDaddy Deleted Racism Ban Before Nazi Firestorm

Where'd It Go?

After a Daily Beast story showed GoDaddy was providing a privacy service to The Daily Stormer, GoDaddy quietly removed its anti-racism language from its terms of service.

Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Aug 14, 2017

Charlottesville Survivor Spends 40th Birthday in Hospital

CLOSE CALL

Bill Burke drove five hours to protest white supremacists and was nearly killed by one. The ex-EMT has “seen some grisly things, but that really shook him up."

Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Aug 13, 2017
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Trump's Favorite Pollster Is a Renamed Pizzagate Peddler

Delete their tweets

The president retweeted a Twitter pollster Thursday. Last month, that pollster was the far-right meme account Truth Bombers, pushing conspiracies about murder and child sex rings.

Ben Collins, Brian Patrick Byrne | Published Aug 10, 2017

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