Craig Barritt / Getty Images for Headspace Viral Elmo Tweet Reveals Just How Beaten Down People Are in 2024 The iconic "Sesame Street" puppet was bombarded with downtrodden responses: "Before we start, do you want a cigarette Elmo?" By Bryan Chai January 31, 2024
Nick Wass /AP X Stopping Users from Seeing 'Taylor Swift' Search Results as Explicit AI Images Continue to Spread Taylor Swift was reportedly "furious" after digitally altered images of her were circulated on the X platform. By Ben Kew January 28, 2024
Ed Zurga - File / AP Taylor Swift 'Furious' After Graphic AI Images Go Viral, May Push for Legal Action Against Deepfake Site Deepfake graphic images of Taylor Swift have roused the singer's fans to demand action as even the White House admits there is a problem. By Jack Davis January 28, 2024
Matt Cardy / Getty ImagesCommentary Censorship Coming Back? X CEO's Alarming 'Hate Speech' Update Has Users Worried Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, has released a statement on "hate speech" that has users worried about the return of censorship. By Allison Anton January 23, 2024
Michael M. Santiago / Getty ImagesCommentary Second Photo Crushes Left's Absurd Theory About Marks on Trump's Hand One outlet went so far as to contact a dermatologist and ask for his professional opinion of Trump's condition based on one photograph. By George C. Upper III January 19, 2024
Paras Griffin / Getty Images; Brandon Bell / Getty Images Did This Famous Rapper Just Endorse Trump? Fans Seem to Think So After He Releases Cryptic Post Meek Mill came across a speech Vivek Ramaswamy gave alongside Trump and shared it with his 11.3 million followers. By Johnathan Jones January 17, 2024
Chesnot / Getty Images Google Updates 'Sensitive Events' Policy, Causing Mass Speculation About What's Coming in 2024 When Google posted the update to its advertising policy on Tuesday, speculation as to what it meant ran rampant. By Johnathan Jones January 11, 2024
Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesCommentary Dem Senator Botches Historic American Quote, Gets Hit with Brutal Fact-Check "'A democracy, if you can keep it,' said Ben Franklin," Shaheen wrote in a post on X, botching the well-known quote." By Rachel M. Emmanuel January 7, 2024
Scott Olson / Getty Images Obama Gets Dragged Online After Sharing His Favorite Movies of 2023: 'Bro Got No Taste' Obama included three titles from 2023 – “Rustin,” “Leave the World Behind” and “American Symphony” – all of which were produced by him. By Johnathan Jones January 7, 2024
Mandel Ngan - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Joe Biden Gets Smoked for 'Pro-Insurrection and Pro-America' Statement It was bad enough that libertarians taunted the president by posting "Tell us more, American history understander." By Bryan Chai January 6, 2024