News that the world’s richest man Elon Musk has formally taken over Twitter in a deal worth $44billion was met with a flurry of hilarious memes from users on the platform. Twitter users flocked to the website after the deal was officially announced, with Musk himself chirping in with his own humorous post: ‘The bird is freed’. The Tesla CEO, who immediately fired some of Twitter’s... 

A UK man was jailed for 20 weeks for the ‘crime’ of posting offensive George Floyd memes in private WhatsApp and Facebook group chats. No, this isn’t the Babylon Bee. Former police officer James Watts found himself in hot water after another person left the group chat and sicked a social media mob on him by tweeting some of the images along with the message, “Former work colleague now serving... 

The company admits that it continues to struggle to meet the left’s unrealistically high standards for banishing “hate speech”. Remember when Jeff Bezos agreed to buy the Washington Post back in 2013 for a paltry ~$250 million? Well, nearly 10 years later, Facebook has reportedly agreed to pay ~$400 million for Giphy, described by Axios as “a popular platform for animated images”. The takeaway,... 

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres shared his thoughts on social media censorship and free speech on Friday, suggesting that all content he doesn’t like should be unilaterally removed as part of “an all-out effort to end hate speech globally.” In a bizarre tirade that tackled subjects such as memes that poke fun at the elderly, “ethno-nationalism,” and anti-Semitic conspiracy... 

EU-backed copyright rules could force YouTube to ‘bank account’ holders from uploading their videos, according to Susan Wojcicki of YouTube. In a message to account holders Susan warned that Article 13 “threatens to shut down the ability of millions of people – from creators like you to everyday users – to upload content to platforms like YouTube”. Ms. Wojcicki warned that “It threatens... 

This is beyond USSR levels. Why would those rich old freaks care about what peasants do online? They have their millions of Euros, mansions, pools, luxury cars and all but you the peasant can’t even have a freaking laugh on the internet according to these SOBs. Why do they even care what we plebeian peasants do? Why can’t they just enjoy all the stuff they stole and received in bribes... 

The EU Copyright Directive, due to be put to vote soon, most naturally aims to protect the intellectual property of people who author material uploaded to the internet, but there are a number of potential repercussions that come with the move. A new provision to the EU Copyright Law, titled Article 13, would lead to the banning of parody content on the world wide web, such as viral memes, campaigners...