Happy 2024 - the internet is all scams, lies, baits, Nazis and spiders! 

Substack has a Nazi problem: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/11/substack-platformer-nazis/

Dating apps are in their flop era: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/dating-apps-have-gotten-worse-hinge-tinder-bumble-gen-z-millennials

On Threads, users say they're flooded with pro-life and transphobic posts: https://mashable.com/article/threads-transphobia-anti-abortion-posts-hate-speech

EBay to pay $3 million after employees sent live spiders, funeral wreath and fetal pig to critics: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebay-pay-3-million-employees-234151533.html

The SEC’s Official X Account Was ‘Compromised’ and Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News: https://www.wired.com/story/sec-x-account-compromise/

What!? Did Elon Musk Just Endorse Tweet Saying Students at HBCUs Have Low IQs? https://www.theroot.com/wtf-elon-musk-seems-to-endorse-tweet-saying-students-a-1851159488?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=theroot

Video Game Voice Actors Criticize SAG-AFTRA Over Agreement With AI Company: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/01/10/video-game-voice-actors-criticize-sag-aftra-over-agreement-with-ai-company/?sh=267ac9e0374e

The George Carlin AI Standup Is Worse Than You Can Imagine: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d94xx/the-george-carlin-ai-standup-is-worse-than-you-can-imagine

Bridget’s favorite Carlin bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac

Happy 2024 - the internet is all scams, lies, baits, Nazis and spiders! 
Substack has a Nazi problem: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/11/substack-platformer-nazis/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/11/substack-platformer-nazis/</a>
Dating apps are in their flop era: <a href="https://www.bustle.com/wellness/dating-apps-have-gotten-worse-hinge-tinder-bumble-gen-z-millennials">https://www.bustle.com/wellness/dating-apps-have-gotten-worse-hinge-tinder-bumble-gen-z-millennials</a> 
On Threads, users say they're flooded with pro-life and transphobic posts: <a href="https://mashable.com/article/threads-transphobia-anti-abortion-posts-hate-speech">https://mashable.com/article/threads-transphobia-anti-abortion-posts-hate-speech</a>
EBay to pay $3 million after employees sent live spiders, funeral wreath and fetal pig to critics: <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebay-pay-3-million-employees-234151533.html">https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebay-pay-3-million-employees-234151533.html</a>
The SEC’s Official X Account Was ‘Compromised’ and Used to Post Fake Bitcoin News: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/sec-x-account-compromise/">https://www.wired.com/story/sec-x-account-compromise/</a>
What!? Did Elon Musk Just Endorse Tweet Saying Students at HBCUs Have Low IQs? <a href="https://www.theroot.com/wtf-elon-musk-seems-to-endorse-tweet-saying-students-a-1851159488?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialMarketing&amp;utm_campaign=dlvrit&amp;utm_content=theroot">https://www.theroot.com/wtf-elon-musk-seems-to-endorse-tweet-saying-students-a-1851159488?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialMarketing&amp;utm_campaign=dlvrit&amp;utm_content=theroot</a>
Video Game Voice Actors Criticize SAG-AFTRA Over Agreement With AI Company: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/01/10/video-game-voice-actors-criticize-sag-aftra-over-agreement-with-ai-company/?sh=267ac9e0374e">https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/01/10/video-game-voice-actors-criticize-sag-aftra-over-agreement-with-ai-company/?sh=267ac9e0374e</a>
The George Carlin AI Standup Is Worse Than You Can Imagine: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d94xx/the-george-carlin-ai-standup-is-worse-than-you-can-imagine">https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d94xx/the-george-carlin-ai-standup-is-worse-than-you-can-imagine</a> 
Bridget’s favorite Carlin bit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac</a>

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.

There Are No Girls on the Internet

Substack has a Nazi problem; Dating apps are flopping; Ebay execs harass critics; Elon does race science, AI George Carlin – NEWS ROUNDUP

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