Milo Yiannopoulos is parting ways with Ye (formerly Kanye West). The ex-Breitbart editor, who had been serving as Yeezy’s chief of staff, revealed his exit to TMZ on Wednesday.
“I wish Ye every success in the future,” he told the outlet. “I have some concerns about his new team and hope he proceeds with caution.”
Yiannopoulos also shared with TMZ his letter of resignation, in which he wrote that he “cannot be complicit in the production or dissemination of pornographic films and literature, for moral and religious reasons. He added that “such material and the kind of people invariably involved in its production represent an imminent danger to my life as a recovering addict and an unacceptable risk to my spiritual and physical health as a former homosexual.”
He also noted on his resignation letter that he was delivering an “orderly handover” by Friday, May 31 or “the first pornography shoot,...
“I wish Ye every success in the future,” he told the outlet. “I have some concerns about his new team and hope he proceeds with caution.”
Yiannopoulos also shared with TMZ his letter of resignation, in which he wrote that he “cannot be complicit in the production or dissemination of pornographic films and literature, for moral and religious reasons. He added that “such material and the kind of people invariably involved in its production represent an imminent danger to my life as a recovering addict and an unacceptable risk to my spiritual and physical health as a former homosexual.”
He also noted on his resignation letter that he was delivering an “orderly handover” by Friday, May 31 or “the first pornography shoot,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Tatiana Tenreyro
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Milo Yiannopoulos, the chief of staff at Kanye West’s company, Yeezy, is no longer employed at the clothing brand.
This development comes amid a reported mass exodus of Yeezy leaders and a new direction for the embattled rapper’s business.
Yiannopoulos, 39, a far-right British commentator, confirmed the development in a statement and wished West “every success in the future.” However, he expressed concerns about West’s “new team.” Multiple insiders with direct knowledge have revealed that several Yeezy leaders have recently departed the company, though the exact reasons behind these departures remain unclear.
One major factor contributing to Yiannopoulos’ exit is the reported plans to launch a pornographic division within Yeezy. In his resignation letter, Yiannopoulos stated that he had “zero interest in being associated with adult entertainment” due to moral and religious reasons and cited concerns about the potential risks of being “an imminent danger to my life...
This development comes amid a reported mass exodus of Yeezy leaders and a new direction for the embattled rapper’s business.
Yiannopoulos, 39, a far-right British commentator, confirmed the development in a statement and wished West “every success in the future.” However, he expressed concerns about West’s “new team.” Multiple insiders with direct knowledge have revealed that several Yeezy leaders have recently departed the company, though the exact reasons behind these departures remain unclear.
One major factor contributing to Yiannopoulos’ exit is the reported plans to launch a pornographic division within Yeezy. In his resignation letter, Yiannopoulos stated that he had “zero interest in being associated with adult entertainment” due to moral and religious reasons and cited concerns about the potential risks of being “an imminent danger to my life...
- 5/16/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Milo Yiannopoulos is out at Yeezy, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The alt-right provocateur allegedly had a falling out with Kanye West over the rapper’s decision to get into the porn business.
Yiannopoulos, whom West tapped to run his dubious 2024 presidential campaign last year, announced he resigned as the rapper’s chief of staff on Wednesday in an email obtained by TMZ. “I cannot be complicit in the production of dissemination of pornographic films and literature, for moral and religious reasons,” Yiannopoulos wrote. “But also because of such material and...
Yiannopoulos, whom West tapped to run his dubious 2024 presidential campaign last year, announced he resigned as the rapper’s chief of staff on Wednesday in an email obtained by TMZ. “I cannot be complicit in the production of dissemination of pornographic films and literature, for moral and religious reasons,” Yiannopoulos wrote. “But also because of such material and...
- 5/15/2024
- by Cheyenne Roundtree
- Rollingstone.com
Following an antisemitic blitz in late 2022, Kanye West returned to radio with new track “Vultures” and appeared to double down on his controversial statements.
The song, which features Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Durk and Bump J., premiered Friday night on Wpwx Power 92 Chicago. More than halfway through the song, West raps, “How I’m antisemitic, I just fucked a Jewish bitch.” The track has not yet been officially released on streaming platforms.
Last year, sources told Rolling Stone that West spoke of his admiration for Hitler during the making of The College Dropout,...
The song, which features Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Durk and Bump J., premiered Friday night on Wpwx Power 92 Chicago. More than halfway through the song, West raps, “How I’m antisemitic, I just fucked a Jewish bitch.” The track has not yet been officially released on streaming platforms.
Last year, sources told Rolling Stone that West spoke of his admiration for Hitler during the making of The College Dropout,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Bad news for those expecting Kanye West to follow through with his 2024 run for president: The rapper’s own attorney has confirmed that the campaign is over before it really got off the ground.
“He’s not a candidate for office in 2024,” Ye’s attorney Bruce Marks told Rolling Stone. An unnamed source also said the likelihood of a presidential bid is “beyond remote,” with another adding, “There’s no campaign structure or anything along those lines in place.”
West announced his 2024 run in November 2022, and briefly enlisted Milo Yiannopoulos as his campaign manager before firing the alt-right provocateur less than one month in. Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes took command of West’s political team until May, when Yiannopoulos came back into power and proclaimed himself the “director of political operations” of “YE24.”
However, an October filing with the Federal Election Commission by West’s political committee, Kanye 2020, no longer lists Yiannopoulos on its payroll.
“He’s not a candidate for office in 2024,” Ye’s attorney Bruce Marks told Rolling Stone. An unnamed source also said the likelihood of a presidential bid is “beyond remote,” with another adding, “There’s no campaign structure or anything along those lines in place.”
West announced his 2024 run in November 2022, and briefly enlisted Milo Yiannopoulos as his campaign manager before firing the alt-right provocateur less than one month in. Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes took command of West’s political team until May, when Yiannopoulos came back into power and proclaimed himself the “director of political operations” of “YE24.”
However, an October filing with the Federal Election Commission by West’s political committee, Kanye 2020, no longer lists Yiannopoulos on its payroll.
- 10/20/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
YE24, we hardly knew ye. The prospect of a Kanye West presidential run this election cycle appears dead. Ye’s personal attorney Bruce Marks, who is advising the wind-down of the rapper’s campaign apparatus, tells Rolling Stone: “He’s not a candidate for office in 2024.”
Evidence of the decision not to pursue a presidential bid is reflected in the October Federal Election Commission filing by Ye’s political committee, Kanye 2020, which steered Ye’s oddball presidential bid three years ago and was used by the rapper to test the waters for a 2024 run.
Evidence of the decision not to pursue a presidential bid is reflected in the October Federal Election Commission filing by Ye’s political committee, Kanye 2020, which steered Ye’s oddball presidential bid three years ago and was used by the rapper to test the waters for a 2024 run.
- 10/20/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Alex Jones has a new conspiracy theory: That his infamous interview of Kanye West, where Ye declared his love for Hitler, was an elaborate “setup” — orchestrated by “eugenicist super Nazis” who control the “New World Order.”
Jones made the bizarre declaration during an InfoWars broadcast last week. Jones — a tireless conspiracy theorist who insists that freedom loving Americans are under assault — declared that Kanye West had been turned into a pawn by a tyrannical elite whose dark ambitions make “Hitler look like a lightweight.”
Jones made the pivot to Kanye,...
Jones made the bizarre declaration during an InfoWars broadcast last week. Jones — a tireless conspiracy theorist who insists that freedom loving Americans are under assault — declared that Kanye West had been turned into a pawn by a tyrannical elite whose dark ambitions make “Hitler look like a lightweight.”
Jones made the pivot to Kanye,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Campaign shakeups are rarely pretty. But the return of Milo Yiannopoulos to Kanye West’s incipient 2024 campaign is already spurring accusations of illegal behavior and a “hostile workplace.”
Patrick Krason was — until this week — the treasurer for Kanye 2020, the federal committee that had run the rapper’s quixotic 2020 presidential bid, and is still being used to ramp up a potential repeat run in ‘24. Krason resigned Monday in a 3-page letter to Kanye, first reported on by Politico. Rolling Stone has obtained a copy, and Krason validated its authenticity.
In his letter,...
Patrick Krason was — until this week — the treasurer for Kanye 2020, the federal committee that had run the rapper’s quixotic 2020 presidential bid, and is still being used to ramp up a potential repeat run in ‘24. Krason resigned Monday in a 3-page letter to Kanye, first reported on by Politico. Rolling Stone has obtained a copy, and Krason validated its authenticity.
In his letter,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The revelation that Kanye West campaign insider Milo Yiannopoulos charged the Marjorie Taylor Green congressional campaign $7,000 for the purchase of Ye24.com — the website of the Nazi-loving rapper’s prospective 2024 presidential campaign — is rotten news for the Maga lawmaker from Georgia.
Wednesday morning, Greene sent out a statement from her consultant Isaiah Wartman, whose credit card Yiannopoulos used to buy Ye24.com: “Congresswoman Greene knew nothing about the gross negligence made by a vendor and is being unfairly attacked as a result,” Wartman said. “The campaign was told the purchase was refunded.
Wednesday morning, Greene sent out a statement from her consultant Isaiah Wartman, whose credit card Yiannopoulos used to buy Ye24.com: “Congresswoman Greene knew nothing about the gross negligence made by a vendor and is being unfairly attacked as a result,” Wartman said. “The campaign was told the purchase was refunded.
- 5/10/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West’s presidential campaign treasurer, Patrick Krason, resigned charging that the campaign made “unlawful” transactions.
Krason wrote two letters for his resignation on Monday. One letter informed the Federal Election Commission of his resignation as West’s treasurer. The other letter, addressed to West, accuses Milo Yiannopoulos, a top campaign advisor, of having possibly violated federal financial laws.
Krason wrote in the letter to West that Yiannopoulos “submitted falsified invoices and for expenditures that would be deemed unlawful” in November 2022. Krason also noted that he learned of a “potentially serious criminal transaction” that was made during the Kanye 2020 campaign.
Also in the letter to West, Krason referenced an expense for a digital asset where Yiannopoulos asked for reimbursement from both the Kanye 2020 campaign and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s campaign.
Yiannopoulos has since denied the allegations made against him.
In that same letter, Krason also claimed that Yiannopoulos was...
Krason wrote two letters for his resignation on Monday. One letter informed the Federal Election Commission of his resignation as West’s treasurer. The other letter, addressed to West, accuses Milo Yiannopoulos, a top campaign advisor, of having possibly violated federal financial laws.
Krason wrote in the letter to West that Yiannopoulos “submitted falsified invoices and for expenditures that would be deemed unlawful” in November 2022. Krason also noted that he learned of a “potentially serious criminal transaction” that was made during the Kanye 2020 campaign.
Also in the letter to West, Krason referenced an expense for a digital asset where Yiannopoulos asked for reimbursement from both the Kanye 2020 campaign and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s campaign.
Yiannopoulos has since denied the allegations made against him.
In that same letter, Krason also claimed that Yiannopoulos was...
- 5/10/2023
- by Rose Anne Cox-Peralta
- Uinterview
The return of alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos to Kanye West’s political team may be more sizzle than substance.
Yiannopoulos made a splash Thursday, insisting he’d been reinstated to the campaign as its “director of political operations,” and confirming that he was the author of a leaked email to Nick Fuentes purporting to “terminate” the white supremacist from any official role on the nascent Ye24 campaign.
But a source inside the campaign tells Rolling Stone that the takeover Yiannopoulos is boasting about is “fake news” — or at least greatly exaggerated.
Yiannopoulos made a splash Thursday, insisting he’d been reinstated to the campaign as its “director of political operations,” and confirming that he was the author of a leaked email to Nick Fuentes purporting to “terminate” the white supremacist from any official role on the nascent Ye24 campaign.
But a source inside the campaign tells Rolling Stone that the takeover Yiannopoulos is boasting about is “fake news” — or at least greatly exaggerated.
- 5/5/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
If you thought there was a chance Kanye West was done associating with the far-right’s bottom-of-the-barrel personalities, dispel the notion from your mind. Despite having previously fired right-wing sleezebag Milo Yiannopoulos from his pseudo-presidential “campaign,” Ye has brought him back into the fold to serve as manager for his election run.
Among his first tasks as reinstated Ye sidekick, Yiannopoulos fired West’s white nationalist advisor Nick Fuentes via email, originally posted by TMZ, and verified by Rolling Stone.
“As you may know, I have been in Los Angeles...
Among his first tasks as reinstated Ye sidekick, Yiannopoulos fired West’s white nationalist advisor Nick Fuentes via email, originally posted by TMZ, and verified by Rolling Stone.
“As you may know, I have been in Los Angeles...
- 5/5/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West has rehired noxious right wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos to help him with his 2024 presidential bid. In turn, Yiannopoulos has fired white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and political advisor Ali Alexander in an email, Rolling Stone confirmed Thursday.
“As you may know, I have been in Los Angeles for the past week with Ye, discussing his presidential aspirations,” Yiannopoulos wrote in an email to Fuentes posted on gossip site TMZ. “The result of those discussions is that I will be taking the reins once again as director of his political operations.
“As you may know, I have been in Los Angeles for the past week with Ye, discussing his presidential aspirations,” Yiannopoulos wrote in an email to Fuentes posted on gossip site TMZ. “The result of those discussions is that I will be taking the reins once again as director of his political operations.
- 5/4/2023
- by Kory Grow and Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The sudden ouster of Tucker Carlson from his primetime perch at Fox News is drawing a flood of concern and complaint from Maga world and other conservative voices, both mainstream and extreme.
Former president Donald Trump said he was “shocked” and that Carlson was “a very good person, a very good man and very talented” in reaction to Monday’s news. He added, “I don’t know if it was voluntary or was it somebody fired, but I think Tucker has been terrific. Especially over the last year or so he’s terrific to me.
Former president Donald Trump said he was “shocked” and that Carlson was “a very good person, a very good man and very talented” in reaction to Monday’s news. He added, “I don’t know if it was voluntary or was it somebody fired, but I think Tucker has been terrific. Especially over the last year or so he’s terrific to me.
- 4/24/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Stop the Steal activist Ali Alexander has released an apology after being accused of making unwanted sexual advances and demands of young men in his political orbit. His longtime ally, the white supremacist Nick Fuentes, told listeners of his podcast that Alexander is “bowing out of public life.”
“I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years. Forgive me,” Alexander wrote in a statement posted to his Telegram channel. He referred to “battling Ssa” — which appears to be an acronym for same-sex attraction — and insisted he’d “repented before God.
“I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years. Forgive me,” Alexander wrote in a statement posted to his Telegram channel. He referred to “battling Ssa” — which appears to be an acronym for same-sex attraction — and insisted he’d “repented before God.
- 4/17/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West’s presidential campaign claimed more than $30,000 in payments to white nationalist Nick Fuentes in its latest Federal Election Commission (Fec) filing. Fuentes first burst onto the alt-right scene following the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va.
The 2023 payments to Fuentes came in January and February when the campaign gave him $20,000 for “archival services” and another $10,296.96 for “travel reimbursement.” According to the Anti-Defamation League, Fuentes is a “white supremacist leader, organizer and podcaster who seeks to forge a white nationalist alternative to the mainstream GOP.”
These latest payments...
The 2023 payments to Fuentes came in January and February when the campaign gave him $20,000 for “archival services” and another $10,296.96 for “travel reimbursement.” According to the Anti-Defamation League, Fuentes is a “white supremacist leader, organizer and podcaster who seeks to forge a white nationalist alternative to the mainstream GOP.”
These latest payments...
- 4/16/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Twitter accounts of Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander and white nationalist Nick Fuentes were suspended from the platform on Wednesday. The pair have been advising Kanye West, now known as Ye, as the rapper weighs his 2024 presidential campaign amid a torrent of antisemitism. Alexander and Fuentes now join their political hero in rare company, as right wingers who have been reinstated to Elon Musk’s Twitter only to promptly get re-banned.
Fuentes was suspended from the platform less than 24 hours after having a previous permanent ban lifted from his account.
Fuentes was suspended from the platform less than 24 hours after having a previous permanent ban lifted from his account.
- 1/25/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
What do you recall about the feud between Kanye West and Taylor Swift? Maybe something about a misogynistic lyric in West’s 2016 song “Famous,” or Swift’s subtle-but-scathing swipe at the line at that year’s Grammys — or, later, Kim Kardashian’s claims that the track had Swift’s prior approval. Surely the snake emojis ring a bell — there were lots of snake emojis. If the specifics have gone fuzzy, the general contours seemed clear to many observers at the time: Taylor Swift did something bad.
The two stars’ clash...
The two stars’ clash...
- 1/9/2023
- by Kara Voght
- Rollingstone.com
Milo Yiannopoulos has been released from his position on Kanye West’s 2024 presidential campaign, The Daily Beast reported.
“Ye and I have come to the mutual conclusion that I should step away from his political team,” Yiannopoulos wrote on his Telegram account on Sunday. “Ye is a genius whom I have come to love and respect. We remain friends. I will continue to pray for Ye and all his endeavors.”
Yiannopoulos, whom the Anti-Defamation League describes as a “misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, transphobic troll,” was West’s informal campaign manager and...
“Ye and I have come to the mutual conclusion that I should step away from his political team,” Yiannopoulos wrote on his Telegram account on Sunday. “Ye is a genius whom I have come to love and respect. We remain friends. I will continue to pray for Ye and all his endeavors.”
Yiannopoulos, whom the Anti-Defamation League describes as a “misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, transphobic troll,” was West’s informal campaign manager and...
- 12/4/2022
- by Peter Wade and Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West Walks Out Of Interview After Being Probed by Right-Wing Podcasters About His Antisemitism
Kanye West sat down for an interview on an episode of Timcast Irl, but left the premises before commenting on his antisemitic statements. The podcast was hosted by Holocaust denier, Nick Fuentes, alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopolous and Tim Pool.
West made little sense in his attempts to complete the interview. He said he has been getting “hosed down by the press and financially.”
“I thought I was more Malcolm X but I find out I’m more MLK,” West said.
Ye (formerly Kanye West) walks out of an interview with Tim Pool when pushed on his claim that Jews control the media.
Nick Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos followed him off set too. pic.twitter.com/eKAUeDS9kd
— Jewish News Syndicate (@JNS_org) November 29, 2022
After West stormed out, Pool said he was simply looking for West to elaborate, as if West’s clear and repeated antisemitic behavior could be explained away.
West made little sense in his attempts to complete the interview. He said he has been getting “hosed down by the press and financially.”
“I thought I was more Malcolm X but I find out I’m more MLK,” West said.
Ye (formerly Kanye West) walks out of an interview with Tim Pool when pushed on his claim that Jews control the media.
Nick Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos followed him off set too. pic.twitter.com/eKAUeDS9kd
— Jewish News Syndicate (@JNS_org) November 29, 2022
After West stormed out, Pool said he was simply looking for West to elaborate, as if West’s clear and repeated antisemitic behavior could be explained away.
- 12/4/2022
- by Claire Franken
- Uinterview
Trump’s Team Is Ramping Up Security So He Doesn’t Accidentally Dine With Any More White Nationalists
The Trump campaign is reportedly planning major changes to security after the former president was allegedly “punked” by rapper Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), who invited white supremacist Nick Fuentes to crash a dinner at Mar-a-Lago.
Ye, who had been invited to the former president’s Palm Beach estate for a one-on-one meeting, arrived with several extra guests. The entourage included Fuentes and far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, who has since claimed to be “the architect” of the plan to slip Fuentes, a holocaust denier, into the dinner.
According to NBC News,...
Ye, who had been invited to the former president’s Palm Beach estate for a one-on-one meeting, arrived with several extra guests. The entourage included Fuentes and far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, who has since claimed to be “the architect” of the plan to slip Fuentes, a holocaust denier, into the dinner.
According to NBC News,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The Trump dinner debacle at Mar-a-Lago may have been an epically public troll, according to a report by NBC News.
Former president Donald Trump had planned for a private dinner with Kanye West, who previously paid a visit to the Oval Office during Trump’s presidency in 2018. The dinner, two days before Thanksgiving, followed the announcement of Trump’s run for the White House and weeks of controversy for the rapper, who was dropped from Adidas, P Morgan Chase, and Balenciaga after a slew of antisemitic remarks.
In a Truth Social post,...
Former president Donald Trump had planned for a private dinner with Kanye West, who previously paid a visit to the Oval Office during Trump’s presidency in 2018. The dinner, two days before Thanksgiving, followed the announcement of Trump’s run for the White House and weeks of controversy for the rapper, who was dropped from Adidas, P Morgan Chase, and Balenciaga after a slew of antisemitic remarks.
In a Truth Social post,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
House speaker hopeful Kevin McCarthy stumbled through questions about his failure to condemn Donald Trump’s dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, lying about the former president’s own statements regarding the matter in the process.
Following a meeting with President Biden and congressional leadership at the White House on Tuesday, McCarthy was asked why he had yet to issue a statement disavowing Trump’s dinner at Mar-a-Lago with embattled rapper Kanye West, Fuentes, and alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. McCarthy replied that doesn’t “think anybody should be spending any...
Following a meeting with President Biden and congressional leadership at the White House on Tuesday, McCarthy was asked why he had yet to issue a statement disavowing Trump’s dinner at Mar-a-Lago with embattled rapper Kanye West, Fuentes, and alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. McCarthy replied that doesn’t “think anybody should be spending any...
- 11/29/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Kanye West was joined by Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Monday’s episode of the Timcast Irl podcast. While speaking with Tim Pool, the host of the right-wing YouTube channel with 1.4 million subscribers, West dove into a tirade over the recent media backlash surrounding his anti-semitic comments.
“I just got to go to the heart of this antisemite claim,” Ye said before accusing Gap, Adidas, his former personal trainer, former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and more of participating in a Jewish-led conspiracy to sabotage his career.
“I just got to go to the heart of this antisemite claim,” Ye said before accusing Gap, Adidas, his former personal trainer, former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and more of participating in a Jewish-led conspiracy to sabotage his career.
- 11/29/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The fallout from the ill-fated Mar-a-Lago dinner date between Donald Trump, the antisemite Ye, and the young white nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a schism between the Maga faithful and even-further-right extremists who think the time may have come time to embrace a new Dear Leader.
Ye, fresh off his cancellation for making virulently antisemitic remarks — which cost him his deals with Adidas, the Gap, and his talent agency, among other lucrative contracts — has apparently tired of handing out “White Lives Matter” t-shirts on Skid Row, and is now flirting...
Ye, fresh off his cancellation for making virulently antisemitic remarks — which cost him his deals with Adidas, the Gap, and his talent agency, among other lucrative contracts — has apparently tired of handing out “White Lives Matter” t-shirts on Skid Row, and is now flirting...
- 11/28/2022
- by Tim Dickinson and Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
On Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump entertained both Kanye West and white supremacist Nick Fuentes at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Fuentes has gained a reputation from his podcast and attendance at alt-right rallies like one in February where he praised Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fuentes has also been called out for his belief in “The White Genocide,” a concept floated by many in far-right groups.
The dinner at Mar-a-Lago comes a week after Trump announced he would be once again be running for President.
The former president went to his social media platform to discuss the night’s events. “This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about. We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport.
Fuentes has gained a reputation from his podcast and attendance at alt-right rallies like one in February where he praised Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Fuentes has also been called out for his belief in “The White Genocide,” a concept floated by many in far-right groups.
The dinner at Mar-a-Lago comes a week after Trump announced he would be once again be running for President.
The former president went to his social media platform to discuss the night’s events. “This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about. We had dinner on Tuesday evening with many members present on the back patio. The dinner was quick and uneventful. They then left for the airport.
- 11/28/2022
- by Max Kerwick
- Uinterview
On Thursday night, just as most of the U.S. was settling into a much-deserved tryptophan coma, Kanye West was taking advantage of being allowed back on Twitter, officially announcing his 2024 run for president. Scattered among clips of floating orbs with the words “Ye 24” were more substantial videos, however, hinting at disagreements and unhappiness within the Trump-Kanye camp — as well as more details about who may have attended the infamous Mar-a-Lago dinner earlier this month.
The first video he posted, which he captioned with the hashtag #YE24, purported to be a Mar-a-Lago “debrief,...
The first video he posted, which he captioned with the hashtag #YE24, purported to be a Mar-a-Lago “debrief,...
- 11/25/2022
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
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Elon Musk says Twitter will enact a general amnesty for suspended accounts next week.
The billionaire continued his ad hoc strategy of making policy by Twitter poll, asking users on Wednesday, “Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” He did not specify which laws.
A majority (72 percent) of the 3.1 million users voted in favor of the amnesty for blocked accounts, a group that includes former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke, former Trump advisors Steve Bannon and Roger Stone, right wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos, singer Azealia Banks, pharma bro Martin Shkreli and neo-fascist group the Proud Boys.
“The people have spoken,” Musk tweeted when the poll had ended. “Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” he tweeted, using the Latin phrase that means “the voice of...
Elon Musk says Twitter will enact a general amnesty for suspended accounts next week.
The billionaire continued his ad hoc strategy of making policy by Twitter poll, asking users on Wednesday, “Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?” He did not specify which laws.
A majority (72 percent) of the 3.1 million users voted in favor of the amnesty for blocked accounts, a group that includes former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke, former Trump advisors Steve Bannon and Roger Stone, right wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos, singer Azealia Banks, pharma bro Martin Shkreli and neo-fascist group the Proud Boys.
“The people have spoken,” Musk tweeted when the poll had ended. “Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” he tweeted, using the Latin phrase that means “the voice of...
- 11/25/2022
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kanye West revealed that he has asked former US president Donald Trump to be his “running mate” for the 2024 presidential elections.
In a tweet shared on Wednesday (23 November), the 45-year-old rapper said he visited Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort for the first time.
“First time at Mar-a-Lago,” wrote West, who legally changed his name to Ye. “Rain and traffic. Can’t believe I kept President Trump waiting. And I had on jeans.
“What you guys think [Trump’s] response was when I asked him to be my running mate in 2024?” Ye, who ran for office in 2020, added.
A separate report suggested West had travelled to Mar-a-Lago with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who marched at the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, at which a neo-Nazi drove his car into counter-protesters, killing one woman and injured dozens more.
Trump, the first president in US history to be impeached twice, declared earlier this month...
In a tweet shared on Wednesday (23 November), the 45-year-old rapper said he visited Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort for the first time.
“First time at Mar-a-Lago,” wrote West, who legally changed his name to Ye. “Rain and traffic. Can’t believe I kept President Trump waiting. And I had on jeans.
“What you guys think [Trump’s] response was when I asked him to be my running mate in 2024?” Ye, who ran for office in 2020, added.
A separate report suggested West had travelled to Mar-a-Lago with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who marched at the 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, at which a neo-Nazi drove his car into counter-protesters, killing one woman and injured dozens more.
Trump, the first president in US history to be impeached twice, declared earlier this month...
- 11/24/2022
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - Music
Kanye West is still trying to live out his political ambitions.
In a video published by X17 Online, the rapper confirmed that he intends to run for President of the United States once again in 2024.
Read More: Kanye West Reportedly Fired Yeezy Employee For Suggesting He Play Drake’s Music At Work
The video opens with a cameraman following West and right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos walking into a warehouse.
“This is Milo right here, working on the campaign,” Ye says.
“Is that an announcement?” someone asks, to while Yiannopoulos laughs and replies, “I guess it is.”
“Thanks, I accept,” West laughs.
He then gives a tour of the warehouse, where he appears to be crafting a line of clothing branded “YE24.”
“So you are running?” the cameraman asks.
“Yes,” Yes says. “It’s simple ’cause ain’t nobody can tell me, you know, ‘You should say this, you shouldn’t say that,...
In a video published by X17 Online, the rapper confirmed that he intends to run for President of the United States once again in 2024.
Read More: Kanye West Reportedly Fired Yeezy Employee For Suggesting He Play Drake’s Music At Work
The video opens with a cameraman following West and right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos walking into a warehouse.
“This is Milo right here, working on the campaign,” Ye says.
“Is that an announcement?” someone asks, to while Yiannopoulos laughs and replies, “I guess it is.”
“Thanks, I accept,” West laughs.
He then gives a tour of the warehouse, where he appears to be crafting a line of clothing branded “YE24.”
“So you are running?” the cameraman asks.
“Yes,” Yes says. “It’s simple ’cause ain’t nobody can tell me, you know, ‘You should say this, you shouldn’t say that,...
- 11/21/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
When Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, the nihilistic trolls of 4chan‘s “politically incorrect” message board were jubilant. “We actually elected a meme as president,” wrote one, not inaccurately.
Ever since Trump had announced his campaign the year before, with a speech that accused Mexico of sending drugs and rapists over the border into the U.S., 4chan and an online network of associated white supremacists had waged an all-out content war in his name. They so thoroughly saturated the internet with Maga memes that Clinton was...
Ever since Trump had announced his campaign the year before, with a speech that accused Mexico of sending drugs and rapists over the border into the U.S., 4chan and an online network of associated white supremacists had waged an all-out content war in his name. They so thoroughly saturated the internet with Maga memes that Clinton was...
- 11/16/2022
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Threats of escalating violence caused Pennsylvania State University to cancel a speaking event Monday co-hosted by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes.
University administration previously denounced the event that was sponsored by a recognized student organization, Uncensored America, and was planned to feature McInnes and Alex Stein a comedian and BlazeTV contributor.
University officials decided to allow the “politically provocative comedy night” to take place in the interest of free speech.
“We must continue to uphold the right to free speech — even speech we find abhorrent — because Penn State fully supports the fundamental right of free speech,” the University said. “These two speakers and others like them are provocateurs, who intentionally use derogatory and hateful language to stir passions and widen divisions among us.”
Uncensored America was founded in 2020 by Trump field organizer Sean Semanko while he was attending Penn State University. The organization’s mission is to fight for free...
University administration previously denounced the event that was sponsored by a recognized student organization, Uncensored America, and was planned to feature McInnes and Alex Stein a comedian and BlazeTV contributor.
University officials decided to allow the “politically provocative comedy night” to take place in the interest of free speech.
“We must continue to uphold the right to free speech — even speech we find abhorrent — because Penn State fully supports the fundamental right of free speech,” the University said. “These two speakers and others like them are provocateurs, who intentionally use derogatory and hateful language to stir passions and widen divisions among us.”
Uncensored America was founded in 2020 by Trump field organizer Sean Semanko while he was attending Penn State University. The organization’s mission is to fight for free...
- 10/26/2022
- by Claire Franken
- Uinterview
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has endorsed Carl Paladino, a far-right Republican running to represent New York’s 23rd District in the House of Representatives, and who hired a convicted sex offender to work on his campaign. “Carl is the America First, pro-Trump candidate in the race,” Greene wrote in a statement.
I am honored to have the endorsement of America First warrior @RepMTG. No one is standing up to Joe Biden’s radical agenda better than her. I look forward to working with her to stop Joe Biden and push pro-Trump policies in Congress.
I am honored to have the endorsement of America First warrior @RepMTG. No one is standing up to Joe Biden’s radical agenda better than her. I look forward to working with her to stop Joe Biden and push pro-Trump policies in Congress.
- 8/22/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The ruthless vigilante girl gang at the center of “Asking for It” is introduced to the audience mainly through still photos. Each member has their name splashed across the screen, followed by a quick cut of candy-coated, provocative images — Regina (Alexandra Shipp) licks the sharp blade of a knife, Beatrice (Vanessa Hudgens) models before a glittery background, Sal (Radha Mitchell) leans on a car wearing aviators and a menacing glare. These snapshots seem to imply that they’ve been in the game for a while, their fierce poses standing in for any semblance of character building. Their pasts are less important than their present mission — to reap violent revenge against the men who have sexually assaulted them and their fellow gang members.
Now, the women, who work, play and fight the patriarchy together on a compound in rural Oklahoma, have decided to zero in and destroy the alt-right men’s rights leader Mark Vanderhill,...
Now, the women, who work, play and fight the patriarchy together on a compound in rural Oklahoma, have decided to zero in and destroy the alt-right men’s rights leader Mark Vanderhill,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Susannah Gruder
- Indiewire
Joe Rogan has issued a statement expressing his regret over his use of the “N-word” in clips circulated by songstress India Arie.
Rogan was depicted using the racial slur two dozen times in the clips, which were used by Arie to illustrate why she was withdrawing her music from Spotify, where Rogan licenses his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
The controversial podcaster has been under fire since Neil Young asked for his music to be removed from the service to protest Rogan’s content. He was joined by several other musicians and podcasters.
It was reported today that the streaming service ha taken down rougly 70 Rogan podcasts without explanation. Many of the podcasts that were yanked involved other controversial commentators, including Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Owen Benjamin and Canadian writer Gavin Miles McInnes.
In his apology today for Arie’s clips, Rogan responded via Instagram, calling it “The most regretful...
Rogan was depicted using the racial slur two dozen times in the clips, which were used by Arie to illustrate why she was withdrawing her music from Spotify, where Rogan licenses his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
The controversial podcaster has been under fire since Neil Young asked for his music to be removed from the service to protest Rogan’s content. He was joined by several other musicians and podcasters.
It was reported today that the streaming service ha taken down rougly 70 Rogan podcasts without explanation. Many of the podcasts that were yanked involved other controversial commentators, including Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Owen Benjamin and Canadian writer Gavin Miles McInnes.
In his apology today for Arie’s clips, Rogan responded via Instagram, calling it “The most regretful...
- 2/5/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Just as America was despondently staring down a 2022 of school closures, Covid-19 exposures, repeated quarantines, and testing shortages, lo, the universe delivered up a New Year’s miracle: Twitter permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account. No more can @mtgreenee wantonly tweet that the 2020 election was stolen, that Democrats are plotting a Communist takeover, that Fauci should be fired, or that Covid vaccines have led to large numbers of ignored deaths (the tweet that finally, belatedly, got her deplatformed). No longer can Greene egg on 465,000 followers to behave in...
- 1/3/2022
- by Alex Morris
- Rollingstone.com
In Search Party‘s sixth episode of Season 3, John Early‘s Elliott Goss is blindsided by conservative pundit Charlie Reeny on live television after he agrees to appear to discuss his friends’ murder trial. Below, Early — one of TVLine’s Dream Emmy Nominees — and series co-creators/directors Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss take us behind the scenes of that incendiary (yet hilarious) war of words.
Charles Rogers | We liked the idea that Charlie was a match for Elliott, and because he’s such a strong character with so much conviction, it was fun to see the rug being pulled out...
Charles Rogers | We liked the idea that Charlie was a match for Elliott, and because he’s such a strong character with so much conviction, it was fun to see the rug being pulled out...
- 6/26/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
To seriously consider “Roe v. Wade” — that is, writer-directors Cathy Allyn and Nick Loeb’s atrocious anti-abortion propaganda piece and not the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision in favor of abortion rights — it is helpful to remember a 2017 quote by journalist Chuck Todd. “Alternative facts are not facts. They’re falsehoods,” Todd succinctly said when confronting Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway on her use of the term. While the Trump era that Conway’s expression sums up is behind us, “Roe v. Wade” has reportedly been in the works for the past three years, so it’s fair to reflect on the baffling film as a product of that period, when right-wing fabrications were routinely presented as truth.
Targeting politically simpatico viewers and anyone they can convert on the other side of the aisle — while perhaps taking a page out of the former administration’s playbook — Allyn and Loeb present their own...
Targeting politically simpatico viewers and anyone they can convert on the other side of the aisle — while perhaps taking a page out of the former administration’s playbook — Allyn and Loeb present their own...
- 4/1/2021
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Charles Brownstein, the former Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, resigned Monday night following resurfaced accounts of harassment.
Stories of Brownstein’s harassment were signal boosted by comics writer Jennifer de Guzman as comics deals with a reckoning over sexual and emotional abuse in the industry. Her amplification caused a reassessment of Brownstein’s assault of comics creator Taki Soma in 2006, and led to a number of high profile creators swearing off the organization as it became clear the Cbldf had done little to address his attacks. Among those abandoning the Cbldf were James Tynion, IV; Brian Michael Bendis; Al Ewing; Pia Guerra; Ales Kot; Lilah Sturges; and Jamal Igle.
The final straw for Brownstein may have been when Cbldf board members started jumping ship, including comics titan Frank Miller.
Here’s Miller’s tweet on the matter…
I stand with the victims of Charles Brownstein. I...
Stories of Brownstein’s harassment were signal boosted by comics writer Jennifer de Guzman as comics deals with a reckoning over sexual and emotional abuse in the industry. Her amplification caused a reassessment of Brownstein’s assault of comics creator Taki Soma in 2006, and led to a number of high profile creators swearing off the organization as it became clear the Cbldf had done little to address his attacks. Among those abandoning the Cbldf were James Tynion, IV; Brian Michael Bendis; Al Ewing; Pia Guerra; Ales Kot; Lilah Sturges; and Jamal Igle.
The final straw for Brownstein may have been when Cbldf board members started jumping ship, including comics titan Frank Miller.
Here’s Miller’s tweet on the matter…
I stand with the victims of Charles Brownstein. I...
- 6/23/2020
- by Jim Dandy
- Den of Geek
Mere days after the announcement that filmmaker Woody Allen would have a memoir hit shelves on April 7, dozens of employees from Hachette Book Group have staged a walkout from its New York City offices. Hachette owns the memoir’s imprint, Grand Central Publishing, as well as Little, Brown and Company, the publisher behind Allen’s estranged son Ronan Farrow’s #MeToo investigative reporting tome “Catch and Kill.” Farrow announced yesterday that he was dropping the publisher.
In a report from Deadline, news of the walkout on Thursday surfaced via Twitter, where one participant said there were at least 75 employees from the various imprints who took to the streets to protest the forthcoming memoir, titled “Apropos of Nothing.” See more reactions below. Another participant noted that this tactic was used similarly back in February 2018 to cancel disgraced political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos’ book “Dangerous” at Simon & Schuster, which ended up dropping the title.
In a report from Deadline, news of the walkout on Thursday surfaced via Twitter, where one participant said there were at least 75 employees from the various imprints who took to the streets to protest the forthcoming memoir, titled “Apropos of Nothing.” See more reactions below. Another participant noted that this tactic was used similarly back in February 2018 to cancel disgraced political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos’ book “Dangerous” at Simon & Schuster, which ended up dropping the title.
- 3/5/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
MSNBC is apologizing for an on-air mishap Sunday morning regarding former Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer.
During Sunday's Am Joy, Joy Reid was reporting on Spencer's criticisms of President Donald Trump that he penned in his Washington Post op-ed after recently being fired by the Trump administration over the president’s decision to reverse the demotion of Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher.
Though the network played a video centered on Spencer in their segment, the image showed a photo of white supremacist Richard Spencer instead. The latter made headlines last month after rival Milo Yiannopoulos leaked a tape on YouTube ...
During Sunday's Am Joy, Joy Reid was reporting on Spencer's criticisms of President Donald Trump that he penned in his Washington Post op-ed after recently being fired by the Trump administration over the president’s decision to reverse the demotion of Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher.
Though the network played a video centered on Spencer in their segment, the image showed a photo of white supremacist Richard Spencer instead. The latter made headlines last month after rival Milo Yiannopoulos leaked a tape on YouTube ...
- 12/1/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
If, like me, you’re an absolutist about the right to free speech, not just the legal letter of it but the stubborn spirit of it, then when you watch “No Safe Spaces,” a documentary about the crackdown on free expression that’s now taking place on American college campuses, you’ll find yourself, at least momentarily, in the company of some rather dicey “comrades.” People like the toxic fire-breather Ann Coulter, the everything-through-the-eye-of-the-Israel-needle right-wing ideologue Ben Shapiro, and — in a famously controversial and unsavory case — the loathsome alt-right showboat nihilist Milo Yiannopoulos.
All three of these moral reptiles, at different points, were invited to speak at public institutions of higher learning that wound up rescinding the invitations, due to pressure from their student bodies. And yet if you’re a religious believer in the First Amendment, then in “No Safe Spaces” people like Coulter and Shapiro become the de facto “good guys.
All three of these moral reptiles, at different points, were invited to speak at public institutions of higher learning that wound up rescinding the invitations, due to pressure from their student bodies. And yet if you’re a religious believer in the First Amendment, then in “No Safe Spaces” people like Coulter and Shapiro become the de facto “good guys.
- 11/21/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
In court papers filed Monday, attorneys representing Sandy Hook families in their lawsuit against him said that child pornography was identified in discovery materials provided by Jones. The filing also accuses Jones of threatening one of the attorneys.
Jones has adamantly denied any knowledge of the pornographic materials, and says that unnamed individuals are trying to frame him. He has also denied making any threats.
In the filing, the families’ attorneys said that consultants recently “identified an image that appeared to be child pornography” in metadata turned over by Jones on May 21. The attorneys said they immediately contacted the FBI and turned over all the related metadata. The FBI subsequently said it identified several other instances of child pornography “which had apparently been sent to Infowars email addresses.”
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The filing came in response to the June 14 episode of Jones’ self-titled internet show,...
Jones has adamantly denied any knowledge of the pornographic materials, and says that unnamed individuals are trying to frame him. He has also denied making any threats.
In the filing, the families’ attorneys said that consultants recently “identified an image that appeared to be child pornography” in metadata turned over by Jones on May 21. The attorneys said they immediately contacted the FBI and turned over all the related metadata. The FBI subsequently said it identified several other instances of child pornography “which had apparently been sent to Infowars email addresses.”
Also Read: Facebook Bans 'Dangerous Individuals' Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan
The filing came in response to the June 14 episode of Jones’ self-titled internet show,...
- 6/18/2019
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
YouTube has announced a new plan to ban and remove videos promoting extreme views such as white supremacy, sexism and racism in its latest attempt to rid the the site of hate speech.
The company, which is owned by Google, detailed their plan in a blog post Wednesday, writing that the new rules will specifically prohibit “videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on qualities like age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status. This would include, for example,...
The company, which is owned by Google, detailed their plan in a blog post Wednesday, writing that the new rules will specifically prohibit “videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on qualities like age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status. This would include, for example,...
- 6/5/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News today is standing by its host Laura Ingraham, who is taking flak for comments she made Thursday during a segment about how social media is silencing “prominent” voices.
The segment began with her take on Nancy Pelosi ripping Facebook for not deleting a slowed-down video that appears to show the House Majority Leader as being drunk. It evolved into Ingraham defending “prominent voices censored on social media” — which is not the first time she has opined on that topic.
She then put up the graphic that showed the names and faces of several people who have been censored and/or banned on Facebook, Twitter, etc. “Facebook now, what do they monitor? Quote, hate? That sounds good until you realize hate.” Among those pictured were usual suspects Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, et al., but also listed was Paul Nehlen, a two-time congressional also-ran whose racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim...
The segment began with her take on Nancy Pelosi ripping Facebook for not deleting a slowed-down video that appears to show the House Majority Leader as being drunk. It evolved into Ingraham defending “prominent voices censored on social media” — which is not the first time she has opined on that topic.
She then put up the graphic that showed the names and faces of several people who have been censored and/or banned on Facebook, Twitter, etc. “Facebook now, what do they monitor? Quote, hate? That sounds good until you realize hate.” Among those pictured were usual suspects Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, et al., but also listed was Paul Nehlen, a two-time congressional also-ran whose racist, anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim...
- 5/31/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The latest episode of “The Good Fight” featured a moment that left some wondering if showrunners Robert and Michelle King really did add something that got them “censored” by CBS.
Truth be told, CBS All Access was concerned about the scene that was to come in which the audience was clued in on the moral acrobatics some U.S. companies will exercise to get its toes in a profitable Chinese market.
In the episode titled “The One Where Kurt Saves Diane,” the law firm finds itself defending a fictional search engine from a lawsuit filed by a Milo Yiannopoulos caricature who claims that he was buried in the site’s search results because of his politics. In the midst of this, the firm discovers that the company actually does meddle with its search algorithm, mostly to create a version of the site it can launch in China that will allow...
Truth be told, CBS All Access was concerned about the scene that was to come in which the audience was clued in on the moral acrobatics some U.S. companies will exercise to get its toes in a profitable Chinese market.
In the episode titled “The One Where Kurt Saves Diane,” the law firm finds itself defending a fictional search engine from a lawsuit filed by a Milo Yiannopoulos caricature who claims that he was buried in the site’s search results because of his politics. In the midst of this, the firm discovers that the company actually does meddle with its search algorithm, mostly to create a version of the site it can launch in China that will allow...
- 5/5/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Facebook’s decision earlier this week to ban seven far-right figures, including “Infowars” host Alex Jones, has drawn fire from Fox News host Laura Ingraham and conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza.
The Death of a Nation director appeared on The Ingraham Angle, where the two discussed the social media giant’s decision to crack down on “dangerous individuals.”
Also this week, Twitter blocked actor and prominent conservative James Woods, saying one of his tweets violated platform rules. The two decisions prompted Ingraham to suggest the platforms had gone too far.
“These companies are so big and they’re so powerful, they act almost as unregulated public utilities for information. This is a slippery slope, is it not?” Ingraham asked D’Souza.
“It certainly is,” he responded.
“The people who are doing this censorship, I don’t think it is well-intentioned,” he continued. “Remember, they are targeting people who have not advocated violence.
The Death of a Nation director appeared on The Ingraham Angle, where the two discussed the social media giant’s decision to crack down on “dangerous individuals.”
Also this week, Twitter blocked actor and prominent conservative James Woods, saying one of his tweets violated platform rules. The two decisions prompted Ingraham to suggest the platforms had gone too far.
“These companies are so big and they’re so powerful, they act almost as unregulated public utilities for information. This is a slippery slope, is it not?” Ingraham asked D’Souza.
“It certainly is,” he responded.
“The people who are doing this censorship, I don’t think it is well-intentioned,” he continued. “Remember, they are targeting people who have not advocated violence.
- 5/4/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
On Thursday, Facebook announced they will be banning a number of right-wing people due to their extremist and “dangerous” behavior. Louis Farrakhan, who leads the Nation of Islam and is notorious for using anti-Semitic language, and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones are two of the most high-profile names getting the boot. In addition Facebook also kicked out […]
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- 5/4/2019
- by ReaganBabione
- Uinterview
In the wake of Facebook’s new policy that bans certain conservative voices from the platform, President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he will “monitor” social media sites for “censorship of “American Citizens.”
The President, who has met with social media leaders in the past over such practices as “shadow banning” and platform message removals, issued what amounted to his latest complaint that conservative voices are targeted by the various social media platforms and other tech firms, such as payments systems and search engines. To date, the complaints have not been heeded and have been denied, dismissed or excused as violations of community standards.
Facebook announced on Thursday that it was banning Paul Joseph Watson, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan. The individuals had their accounts, fan pages and affiliated groups removed on Facebook and its Instagram site. Facebook said they represented “dangerous” views that “promote or engage in violence or hate,...
The President, who has met with social media leaders in the past over such practices as “shadow banning” and platform message removals, issued what amounted to his latest complaint that conservative voices are targeted by the various social media platforms and other tech firms, such as payments systems and search engines. To date, the complaints have not been heeded and have been denied, dismissed or excused as violations of community standards.
Facebook announced on Thursday that it was banning Paul Joseph Watson, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer, Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan. The individuals had their accounts, fan pages and affiliated groups removed on Facebook and its Instagram site. Facebook said they represented “dangerous” views that “promote or engage in violence or hate,...
- 5/4/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Facebook And Instagram Permaban Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Laura Loomer For Posting Hate Content
After years of pressure to more stringently monitor hate content on its platforms, Facebook has banned a number of high-profile alt-right, anti-Muslim, and/or anti-Semitic people from its core site and from subsidiary Instagram.
Those now barred include notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones (more on the specifics of that below), former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, alt-right conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson, Nation of Islam leader and anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, and Laura Loomer, who’s been banned from Uber, Lyft, publishing platform Medium, and Twitter for espousing anti-Muslim rhetoric.
A Facebook spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that all the above people’s accounts were extensively evaluated and found to violate the company’s policies against “dangerous individuals and organizations.”
“We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,” they added.
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Those now barred include notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones (more on the specifics of that below), former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, alt-right conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson, Nation of Islam leader and anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, and Laura Loomer, who’s been banned from Uber, Lyft, publishing platform Medium, and Twitter for espousing anti-Muslim rhetoric.
A Facebook spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that all the above people’s accounts were extensively evaluated and found to violate the company’s policies against “dangerous individuals and organizations.”
“We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology,” they added.
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- 5/2/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
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