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The Worst Site on the Web Gets DDoS’d After Being Connected to Prominent Developer’s Suicide
Kiwi Farms — an online forum best known for harbouring stalkers, white supremacists, and overall being one of the worst cesspits the internet has to offer — was knocked offline temporarily on Tuesday in what the site’s operators called a paid-for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The alleged attack comes after the site was…
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PlayStation and Discord Are Teaming Up
Discord, the gamer-focused chat app that’s been in the news a bit more than usual recently, has partnered with Sony’s PlayStation. Details are scarce, but the statement put out by Sony promises to bring “the Discord and PlayStation experiences closer together on console and mobile” beginning next year.
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Parler Says It Warned the FBI of Violent Posts Threatening the U.S. Capitol Before Insurrection
Parler, the online safe haven for bigots and far-right extremists, claims it repeatedly alerted the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation about “specific threats of violence being planned at the Capitol” ahead of the deadly January 7 insurrection, the company’s lawyers said in a letter to lawmakers dated Thursday.
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Apple Tells Parler It’s Still Too Friendly to Racist Filth for iOS
Parler, the social media network for people furious that Lola Bunny’s animated boobs are too small now, won’t be returning to iOS anytime soon.