ByShare this storyA few years ago, a teenager from Singapore named  began attracting a following on Twitter. Like many popular users on the platform, her tweets were bubbly, snarky, and fun. “Males would kill for their gf but won’t block their ex,” she quipped in . Ris also began posting provocative selfies, talking frankly about sex, and making explicit jokes. “In Asian culture, sex is taboo,” Ris, who asked to be referred to using her OnlyFans name for privacy reasons, told Rest of World. “That’s what makes sex funny.”At first, Twitter was just a side hobby for Ris,...…ByShare this storyA few years ago, a teenager from Singapore named  began attracting a following on Twitter. Like many popular users on the platform, her tweets were bubbly, snarky, and fun. “Males would kill for their gf but won’t block their ex,” she quipped in . Ris also began posting provocative selfies, talking frankly about sex, and making explicit jokes. “In Asian culture, sex is taboo,” Ris, who asked to be referred to using her OnlyFans name for privacy reasons, told Rest of World. “That’s what makes sex funny.”At first, Twitter was just a side hobby for Ris,...WW…

By andShare this storyLate last year, Nick Doiron spotted an article in , detailing how China had built a village along the contested border with neighboring Bhutan. Doiron is a mapping aficionado and longtime contributor to OpenStreetMap (OSM), an open-source mapping platform that relies on an army of unpaid volunteers, just as Wikipedia does. Governments, universities, humanitarian groups, and companies like all use data from OSM, making it an important tool that underpins ride-hailing apps and other technologies used by millions of people.After reading the article, Doiron went to add new...…By andShare this storyLate last year, Nick Doiron spotted an article in , detailing how China had built a village along the contested border with neighboring Bhutan. Doiron is a mapping aficionado and longtime contributor to OpenStreetMap (OSM), an open-source mapping platform that relies on an army of unpaid volunteers, just as Wikipedia does. Governments, universities, humanitarian groups, and companies like all use data from OSM, making it an important tool that underpins ride-hailing apps and other technologies used by millions of people.After reading the article, Doiron went to add new...WW…

ByShare this storyRussian internet users began noticing something strange on Wednesday: a number of websites, including the Kremlin’s own Kremlin.ru, were down. Just hours earlier, Roskomnadzor, the Russian government body overseeing communications and technology, announced that it was purposely slowing down access to Twitter, claiming the company had allowed over 3,000 posts featuring suicide, child exploitation, and drug use to remain up in violation of Russian law. But the outage that followed affected far more than just the social media site, including domains like Reddit.com and...…ByShare this storyRussian internet users began noticing something strange on Wednesday: a number of websites, including the Kremlin’s own Kremlin.ru, were down. Just hours earlier, Roskomnadzor, the Russian government body overseeing communications and technology, announced that it was purposely slowing down access to Twitter, claiming the company had allowed over 3,000 posts featuring suicide, child exploitation, and drug use to remain up in violation of Russian law. But the outage that followed affected far more than just the social media site, including domains like Reddit.com and...WW…

By andShare this storyA few months before Taiwan’s local elections in 2018, a tropical storm hit the city of Chiayi, killing at least and displacing thousands of others. President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to Chiayi to show her support for the flood victims, but soon after, an of the president riding in an armored vehicle became a nationwide scandal. The image was cropped and cast in black and white, and a caption was added, falsely suggesting that she came with armed gunmen and was smiling cruelly at the misfortune of a nearby man biking through knee-high floodwaters.The photo was shared...…By andShare this storyA few months before Taiwan’s local elections in 2018, a tropical storm hit the city of Chiayi, killing at least and displacing thousands of others. President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to Chiayi to show her support for the flood victims, but soon after, an of the president riding in an armored vehicle became a nationwide scandal. The image was cropped and cast in black and white, and a caption was added, falsely suggesting that she came with armed gunmen and was smiling cruelly at the misfortune of a nearby man biking through knee-high floodwaters.The photo was shared...WW…

By andShare this storyLast February, as coronavirus numbers began spiking across Europe, the surge in cases was accompanied by another troubling phenomenon: a flood of misinformation. In , social media platforms swelled with conspiracy theories and other distortions about Covid-19. The World Health Organization soon labeled the problem an “.” If any organization should have been prepared for the moment, it was . The Lithuanian group is dedicated to tracking down and exposing false claims shared online in Eastern Europe, particularly those emanating from Russia.  But sitting at...…By andShare this storyLast February, as coronavirus numbers began spiking across Europe, the surge in cases was accompanied by another troubling phenomenon: a flood of misinformation. In , social media platforms swelled with conspiracy theories and other distortions about Covid-19. The World Health Organization soon labeled the problem an “.” If any organization should have been prepared for the moment, it was . The Lithuanian group is dedicated to tracking down and exposing false claims shared online in Eastern Europe, particularly those emanating from Russia.  But sitting at...WW…

ByShare this storyOn December 27, a Facebook page called Médicos por la Verdad Argentina (Doctors for the Truth Argentina), posted a meme featuring Billy the Puppet — the scary, red-eyed character from the horror movie series Saw. The accompanying text in Spanish was equally ominous: it warned that “the vaccinated will be sterilized and poisoned,” while those who are not “will be separated, stigmatized,” and will “lose their rights.” For months, the Médicos por la Verdad Argentina page, which had more than 19,000 followers, was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus, including...…ByShare this storyOn December 27, a Facebook page called Médicos por la Verdad Argentina (Doctors for the Truth Argentina), posted a meme featuring Billy the Puppet — the scary, red-eyed character from the horror movie series Saw. The accompanying text in Spanish was equally ominous: it warned that “the vaccinated will be sterilized and poisoned,” while those who are not “will be separated, stigmatized,” and will “lose their rights.” For months, the Médicos por la Verdad Argentina page, which had more than 19,000 followers, was spreading disinformation about the coronavirus, including...WW…

A court has ruled that must hand over tax returns to prosecutors in after he lost an appeal against an earlier ruling., a New York district attorney, has subpoenaed eight years of the president’s personal and corporate tax returns, from 2011 to 2018, and other legal documents from accountancy firm Mazars USA as part of a criminal investigation into hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.The president’s legal team had objected to the demand, saying that he would suffer “irreparable harm” if his tax returns were made available. His lawyers immediately said they would appeal...…A court has ruled that must hand over tax returns to prosecutors in after he lost an appeal against an earlier ruling., a New York district attorney, has subpoenaed eight years of the president’s personal and corporate tax returns, from 2011 to 2018, and other legal documents from accountancy firm Mazars USA as part of a criminal investigation into hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.The president’s legal team had objected to the demand, saying that he would suffer “irreparable harm” if his tax returns were made available. His lawyers immediately said they would appeal...WW…