Category: Social media

Did Putin Really Fall And Soil Himself? Here Are Claims About His Health

The hashtag #PutinPoopedHimself began trending on Twitter after General SVR’s Telegram channel asserted that Putin had fallen down a staircase, landing on his coccyx and then defecating.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Poll About Donald Trump: 5 Reasons It Was Unscientific

How many of votes for reinstating Trump’s Twitter account were bots or the same person responding over and over again?

Fake Eli Lilly Twitter Account Claims Insulin Is Free, Stock Falls 4.3%

This week showed what can happen after Elon Musk instituted a new pay $8 and you can get a blue verified check mark from Twitter policy.

After Elon Musk Acquisition, Will #ScienceTwitter #MedTwitter Move To Mastodon, Other Platforms?

Mastodon has experienced a surge in new users since the world’s richest man has gotten control of Twitter.

‘Homoborgenesis’: Here Are Unfounded Claims Covid-19 Vaccinated Are No Longer Human

An attorney Todd Callender claimed that humans who have received Covid-19 mRNA vaccine are no longer human, but are instead “homoborgenesis,” and therefore have no human rights.

Students Viewed This Type Of TikTok 412 Billion Times—And It’s Not Porn

McGraw Hill’s response: a new app that looks, as one student put it, like “their textbook and TikTok had a baby.”

TikTok Star Emu Emmanuel Is Ill From Avian Flu Outbreak On Farm

Emmanuel the Emu rose to fame on TikTok early this year after his screen-hogging ways, or perhaps screen-emu-ing ways, kept interrupting Taylor Blake while she was trying to film a video

TikTok, Hospitals And Tutoring Apps: The Many Tentacles Of Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance

The TikTok parent company owns a diverse set of companies across sectors including news, video gaming, and education, in addition to its short-form video apps.

Digital Medical Companies Funnel Patient Data To Facebook For Advertising

Digital health companies are funneling sensitive data that patients have shared with them to Facebook to help target advertisements, according to a new study.

Is There Science Behind Why Teens Wear Hoodies In Summer Heat?

Many teens are wearing hoodies in the summer. Science might actually explain why.