Two social media giants are going after accounts for pushing pro-western themes. Meta and Twitter removed accounts for violating Terms of Service around manipulation and inauthentic behavior. The accounts reportedly pushed their messaging toward Middle Eastern and Central Asian audiences. While these campaigns are not new, pro-west accounts are rarely the ones behind them. Typically,…

President Joe Biden finally announced his long-teased student loan forgiveness plan. Reaction to the program was swift from all corners of the country. The White House shared the plan in a tweet Wednesday, revealing that the government would forgive $10,000 in federal student debt for every borrower who makes less than $125,000 per year, and…

President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive $10,000 in student loans for borrowers who make less than $125,000 per year and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. The president is also extending the freeze on payments and interest until Dec. 31 but said this is the final time he will do that. “In keeping with my campaign…

Twitter is reportedly rife with security problems, failing to protect user data and lying about it to the company’s board and federal regulators. Those are the accusations in a damning whistleblower report by Twitter’s former security chief, according to documents obtained first by CNN and The Washington Post. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko is a renowned hacker…

A video of Finland’s youngest Prime Minister Sanna Marin partying with friends has gone viral. Marin has since taken a drug test to clear any speculation she was under the influence of narcotics.  Finland’s Prime Minister @MarinSanna is in the headlines after a video of her partying was leaked today. She has previously been criticized…

A new viral trend on TikTok is encouraging people to reconsider going the extra mile while on the job. “Quiet quitting” has been gaining popularity among social media users, and while it doesn’t entail turning in a resignation as the name suggests, it instead aims to help employees everywhere find a better work-life balance. Whether that…

John Fetterman is back on the campaign trail after experiencing a life-threatening health scare in March. Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor has appeared before the media after recovering from a stroke.  The tattoo-bearing, hoodie-wearing, and meme-sharing politician is running for U.S. Senate against former TV doctor Mehmet Oz. Both are vying to replace retiring Sen. Pat Toomey…

A federal jury found a former Twitter worker guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia. The onetime social media employee used his position at the behest of the Saudi royal family to access the private data of users critical of the kingdom. Ahmad Abouammo, a U.S. citizen, served as media partnership manager for Twitter’s Middle East…

Satellite images of Crimea gave a new look inside the raging war between Russia and Ukraine. Evidence of explosions and fighter jet debris is depicted in the images released Thursday. The site is a Russian air base. Videos from Ukrainian news outlets on Twitter show the explosions in action. While most footage from the war…

Ahead of Twitter and Elon Musk going head-to-head inside of a Delaware courtroom in two months, Musk has made major adjustments in his Tesla shares. This week, the world’s richest man sold $6.9 billion of his Tesla stock. Musk has dumped more than $30 billion of the company’s shares since November 2021. “In the (hopefully unlikely)…