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Instagram Blocked Teens From Searching LGBTQ Content For Months

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Meta has been blocking teens from searching LGBTQ-related content on Instagram for months, according to a report from User Mag. The policy, which Meta now says was accidental, was aimed at restricting “sexually suggestive content.” Continue reading “Instagram Blocked Teens From Searching LGBTQ Content For Months”

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Meta Announces End Of Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump Taking Office

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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has announced it is ending its fact-checking program meant to stop the spread of misinformation on those platforms and will instead rely on a protocol similar to X’s Community Notes. Continue reading “Meta Announces End Of Fact-Checking Program Ahead Of Trump Taking Office”

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Facebook To Reinstate Donald Trump Accounts

Facebook will reinstate Donald Trump accounts
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Social media giant Meta has announced it will reinstate Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. This comes following a two-year suspension – the result of Trump’s breaking Meta rules and inciting violence in regard to the January 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol building. Continue reading “Facebook To Reinstate Donald Trump Accounts”

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Christina Aguilera Updates ‘Beautiful’ Addressing Social Media

A scene from the 20th anniversary version of Christina Aguilera's 'Beautiful' music video
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Christina Aguilera has marked the 20th anniversary of her iconic ‘Beautiful’ music video by releasing a new version of the self-empowerment anthem with a focus on the pressures young people face due to social media. Continue reading “Christina Aguilera Updates ‘Beautiful’ Addressing Social Media”

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Channing Tatum’s Naked Selfie “I’m Flexing So Hard I Got A Cramp”

Channing Tatum on the red carpet
Channing Tatum's naked selfie
Magic Mike star Channing Tatum (photo: Depositphotos)

Channing Tatum’s naked selfie posted in his Instagram stories totally wins Hump Day.

Tatum snapped the totally Hump Day-worthy pic before heading out to the set of his upcoming film, The Lost City of D, co-starring Sandra Bullock and Daniel Radcliffe.

No, we don’t know what the ‘D’ stands for…yet.

The selfie was accompanied with the message, “You know when you in the make-up trailer as*hole naked holding a towel over your junk you about to do some shit on set that you gonna have to prepare ya mama for before she see the movie.”

In a side note, the actor added, “And yes I’m flexing so hard I got a cramp.”

Channing Tatum's naked selfie
Channing Tatum (image via Instagram)

In a May 6 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Tatum admitted the pandemic had led his famously-fit physique astray a bit as he gained what he described as his “college ten.”

“For the first week or two weeks,” he said, “I definitely was just drinking beers and riding dirt bikes and I was like, ‘I can’t do this for two months – this is bad.’”

But then he shook it off and got back to daily training with a buddy sharing, “It was great – I came out a completely new person.”

Not only did Tatum come roaring back physically, but creatively as well.

The 41-year-old recently hit #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list for the children’s book he wrote for his daughter, Evie, titled “The One and Only Sparkella.”

“Say what?!?! #1 on the #NewYorkTimes #Bestseller list!! I’m literally speechless right now!!! Ten year old me would never believe this.”

Here’s his celebratory post about hitting the top of the chart, plus a few more posts from his Instagram proving he knows how to make the ‘magic’ last.

Channing Tatum’s naked selfie makes my Hump Day all the better. https://www.instagram.com/p/COywk23Fd1W/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CNgB3halb4X/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://www.instagram.com/p/CPOgU4shqcd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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News Round-Up: May 13, 2021

David T. Hines fleeced the federal government out of $3.4 million

David T. Hines fleeced the federal government out of $3.4 million
David T. Hines (mug shot)
Some news items you might have missed: • Yahoo News: A Miami businessman, David T. Hines (above), was sentenced to more than six years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to fleecing $3.4 million from a federal COVID-19 relief program. The 29-year-old reported spent the money on luxury items including a $318,000 Lamborghini Huracán Evo. • New York Post: Randall Menges, convicted of consensual gay sex as a teen in the ’90s under so-called ‘sodomy laws,’ will not have to register as a sex offender in Montana, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Menges did seven years in prison for the crime. In 2003, the Supreme Court struck down sodomy laws often used against gay men. • The Daily Beast: Multiple women paid by Rep. Matt Gaetz’s wingman and close associate Joel Greenberg claim they felt pressured to do drugs and have sex with him.

• Edge Media: The year 2021 has already set the record for the most anti-LGBTQ laws to be passed – and it’s only May. • Buzzfeed: Instagram now allows users to include their pronouns as part of their profile. • Morning Consult: Fifty-seven percent of unvaccinated adults said a big cash payment, such as a $1,000 savings bond, would sway them, while 43 percent said they’d probably or definitely get vaccinated if they were offered a smaller reward, such as a $50 bond.