Germany’s new book-burners target online memes
Europe is in crisis, but nowhere is the collapse more evident than in Germany. Once the continent's economic powerhouse and cultural lynchpin, Germany is now a scene of policy failure, social decline and warnings of creeping authoritarianism. In Germany, Orwell's “thought crime'' has jumped out of the pages of fiction and descended into reality as […]
FACT CHECK: Did The Guardian Publish An Article Claiming Sharing Squirrel Memes Makes You A White Supremacist?
Post shared on social media A headline in the Guardian claims that people who shared memes about Peanuts the Squirrel are white supremacists. Screenshot from Facebook Verdict: False This claim comes from a satirical explanation. Fact check: Former President Donald Trump won the presidential election, but the popular vote is still being counted. USA Today […]
Gavin Newsom tries to ban AI memes, becomes the STAR of one
Parodies have been all over the place this election season, and many of them are pretty funny, especially when it comes to Kamala Harris. A video circulating on social media in which the Vice President appears to expose himself as an incompetent presidential candidate has joker Elon Musk decided to retweet the video on his […]
Cuba Sentences Man to 2.5 Years in Prison for Sharing Memes
Cuba's communist regime has sentenced dissident José Manuel Barreiro Luco to two and a half years in prison for privately sharing anti-regime memes with his family, Martí Noticias reports. Reported on wednesday. Barreiro Luco is a 52-year-old barber who lives in the city of Cienfuegos and has been a member of a local opposition group, […]
‘Hurtful and offensive’: Miami Heat issue diversity statement in support of Haitians, get bombarded with memes
The Miami Heat basketball team has decided to enter the debate surrounding Ohio's Haitian community. Residents of Springfield, Ohio, have reported in social media posts that Haitian immigrants are capturing and eating pets and local animals, including ducks. Local police said such reports have not been confirmed. The issue went viral on social media and […]
The 8 funniest memes about Haitian immigrants eating animals in Springfield, Ohio
The influx of 20,000 Haitian immigrants into the small rural town of Springfield, Ohio, is creating serious problems for the residents of the close-knit community. This is a national problem. A small town already dealing with resource depletion, decades of outsourcing due to globalization, inflation, and the opioid crisis is being forced to absorb a […]
JD Vance torches media for not caring about immigration crisis until GOP shared cat memes
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio blasted the media for not paying attention to the Biden-Harris administration's self-inflicted immigration crisis until Republicans started sharing cat memes online. Following Tuesday night's debate between former President Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris, CNN's Kaitlan Collins They tried to corner Vance after he […]
New California law could censor memes that criticize politicians during elections
A bill in the California Assembly could ban the distribution of memes during election season because they may be deceptive or damage a political candidate's reputation. The bill, called the “Protecting Democracy from Deepfake Fraud Act of 2024,” is awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom's signature, who has until the end of September 2024 to sign it […]
Facebook posts censored at Biden admin’s demand include COVID-19 memes, satire
As Mark Zuckerberg reflected this week, the Harris-Biden administration launched a very aggressive campaign to censor COVID-related content on Facebook at the height of the pandemic, cracking down on light-hearted memes, satirical posts, and even plain old jokes. On Monday, Zuckerberg acknowledged in a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary […]
Harris campaign capitalizes on viral memes, but do Gen Z social media references resonate with older voters?
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