Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Medium CEO Outlines Publishing Platform’s ‘Aggressive’ Content Moderation Policies
Medium founder and CEO Evan Williams outlined the publishing platform’s content moderation policies at CodeCon 2019, describing his company’s practices as “rather aggressive.” Williams addressed how Medium’s policies differed from Twitter’s, the company he co-founded and served as CEO. “Our content moderation is rather aggressive in terms of what we are willing to take down,” Williams explained at the annual technology conference on Tuesday. “Having served on the board of Twitter and now ops, I’ve always seen these companies as having different roles.” “With Medium, I don’t think we ever saw our role as being for all voices. There’s other…
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
California College Student Uses Snapchat Filter To Catch Alleged Predator Cop
An officer was arrested on suspicion of discussing sexual activity with a minor after a man used a Snapchat “gender switch” filter to pretend he was a teen girl. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Oscars Tell Roman Polanski He's a Fugitive and Has No Right to Sue
Roman Polanski can’t use the courts to sneak back into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences … at least according to Academy’s lawyers. In its response to Polanski’s lawsuit — claiming the Oscar org booted him without proper notice –… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Lil Xan Under Investigation for Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Lil Xan can claim he pulled a gun on a stranger in self-defense, but right now cops are looking at the incident as a possible case of assault with a deadly weapon. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … LAPD’s elite Robbery-Homicide Division has… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Colbert Imagines What Else Trump Might Claim Credit for After Mexico Tariff Weirdness (Video)
On Monday, Stephen Colbert took a bemused look at Donald Trump’s latest foreign policy weirdness, and imagined how it might apply to significant moments throughout American history. He also, as has frequently been the case lately, deployed a pretty bad-good-bad pun. Now, on May 31, pretty much out of nowhere, Trump threatened to impose a new tariff on Mexico unless it curbs what he said was “illegal immigration.” Trump then announced last Friday that the tariffs wouldn’t happen because he reached a new agreement with Mexico. It was subsequently reported that the deal wasn’t actually new at all. Trump responded…
Monday, June 10, 2019
Kyle Chrisley Avoids Drug Charges in Oklahoma, Still on the Hook in Georgia
Todd Chrisley’s son doesn’t have to sweat criminal charges from his Oklahoma drug bust, but only because he’s in even bigger trouble in another state. A rep for the Okmulgee County District Court tells TMZ … the D.A. will not prosecute Kyle… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Monday, June 10, 2019
Bushwick Bill, Geto Boys Rapper, Dies at 52
Bushwick Bill, the rapper who blended vulnerability and disarming comedy with horrific imagery as a founding member of the Geto Boys, died Sunday at the age of 52, a representative said. The rapper had stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which was announced in May. The group had been slated to go on a tour this year that would have been billed as “The Beginning of a Long Goodbye: The Final Farewell.” But the tour was later canceled over Bill’s unwillingness to have his cancer diagnosis exploited. His Geto Boys co-members, Scarface and Willie D, would have joined him for the reunion. Born…
Monday, June 10, 2019
The Chicken Made Me Do It: Teen Speeder Allegedly Doing 105 Blames Hot Wings
Canadian police say the young driver will likely have his license suspended. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Antonio Tarver Arrest Video Released After He Cuts Deal In Battery Case
[[tmz:video id=”0_h0up3224″]] Ex-boxing superstar Antonio Tarver was pretty pissed to be arrested in front of his neighbors after he allegedly socked his stepson in the mouth … telling cops, “that’s ridiculous, man.” It’s all in police video obtained… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Jeffrey Katzenberg Compares His New Streaming Platform Quibi to ‘The Da Vinci Code’
With 10 months to go until the launch of their new streaming service, Quibi, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman told a packed auditorium at the 2019 Produced By Conference Saturday that their company’s planned chapter structure was similar to those in Dan Brown novels like “The Da Vinci Code.” Plenty of attempts have been made to create a streaming platform tailored for mobile phones, but none so far have succeeded. But Katzenberg and Whitman’s combined track record at companies like DreamWorks and eBay has convinced investors to let them give it another go. So far,…
