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Meta’s AI-powered chatbots on Facebook and Instagram are able to engage in graphic sex talk with users, even children, with the voices of Disney characters and celebrities, according to a bombshell report. AI using the personas of popular stars like John Cena, Kristen Bell, and Judi Dench were all capable of acting out sick fantasy chat with its users regardless of age, the Wall Street Journal found in tests of the software. The Journal’s testing plumbed the depths that the chatbots would go, including having a fake version of Bell reprise her role as Anna from Disney’s “Frozen” to seduce...

Grammy-nominated musician and former OneRepublic bassist Tim Myers is making the leap from the stage to the political arena with a high-profile challenge to long-serving Republican Rep. Ken Calvert in California’s 41st Congressional District. Myers, a Corona native turned music industry entrepreneur, announced his candidacy Thursday in a video posted on Instagram, setting the stage for one of the most closely watched House races in the 2026 election cycle. “Ken Calvert has been in Washington for 30 years, and all he’s done is make himself millions,” Myers says in the campaign video, filmed in a recording studio. “The status quo...

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly offered the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nearly $1 billion to keep a case out of court that could break up his social media empire. Zuckerberg sat for a third day of testimony on Wednesday in an antitrust case brought against his company by the FTC, which is attempting to force Meta to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp over what the government has said are Meta’s anticompetitive business practices. Zuckerberg called the head of the FTC, Chairman Andrew Ferguson, in March to try to settle the case out of court. Zuckerberg initially offered the...

UFC Hall of Famer and former champion B.J. Penn is claiming that his family has been murdered and replaced with imposters. Penn revealed what he believes to be evidence in a series of disturbing Instagram posts, making the claim that multiple family members of his have been replaced by imposters who killed his actual family. In the videos, Penn reveals numerous images of his family members and points out features such as their eyes, ears, freckles and mouths as evidence to his claims — alleging that they do not look like their real selves. Penn alleges that the people who...

Since the SNL 50th anniversary took place that created so much backlash toward Tom Hanks after the Tom Hanks Trump Supporter comedy sketch backfired not just on NBC but also on tom hanks career after millions of fans left him afterwards....the tom hanks snl 50th anniversary trump supporter parody was best described as a ratings disaster for snl....the tom hanks maga snl skit also caused tom hanks to disable comments on his instagram account. This also comes in the midst of NBC making a swift move to improve their business model after getting so much pushback from the public.

Last week, the Planned Parenthood abortion business scrubbed its Instagram account. Every single post over a number of years just vanished. This action coincides with massive call for DOGE to defend the abortion giant. And some pro-life advocates are speculating that Planned Parenthood wiped clean its Instagram account in a desperate attempt to avoid defunding. The scrubbing of social media presence could be interpreted as a strategic retreat from public engagement amidst a massive push to eliminate taxpayer funding of fraud and waste — both of which describe Planned Parenthood. The abortion company’s decision to purge its Instagram content was...

A Georgia health care worker was arrested for allegedly dancing suggestively on disabled patients’ head in two viral TikTok videos — and seen smirking in her mug shot photo. One of the alleged videos shows Lucrecia Kormassa Koiyan, 19, of Loganville, grinding on the head of a shirtless man sitting in a bathtub, before she reaches into her pocket for a pill box and pops one in his mouth. Koiyan allegedly recorded another nauseating video — reposted on Instagram — in which the scrubs-clad in-home adult day care employee danced suggestively over a different disabled man, who sat in a...

A Florida Democratic Party official is accused of possessing videos of children being sexually abused by adults and attempting to arrange a meet-up with an undercover cop posing as the father of a nine-year-old potential victim, prosecutors said. Matthew Inman, who advertises his role as the Orange County Democratic Party treasurer and Rainbow Democrats president on his LinkedIn page, was arrested and charged with transportation of child sex abuse material earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Florida said in a news release. The 39-year-old Orange County man also boasts of being a Democrat National...

A local meteorologist who worked for Milwaukee’s CBS affiliate was fired from her job after she posted criticism on social media denouncing Elon Musk as a “Nazi” over his controversial arm gesture at a pro-Trump rally. Sam Kuffel, the weather reporter for CBS 58, was let go by the station a day after she posted two items on her Instagram page condemning Musk. In one post, Kuffel commented on an image of Musk at the podium, writing: “Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE. During the inauguration.” "Meteorologist Sam Kuffel is no longer employed at CBS58,” CBS 58 news director Jessie Garcia...

A Milwaukee meteorologist at the CBS affiliate WDJT-TV has been fired after accusing Elon Musk of making a “Nazi salute.”

Demi Lovato shared a heartfelt message of support to the non-binary and transgender community on Tuesday - after being forced to clarify why she went back to using she/her pronouns again. Taking to her Instagram stories, the singer, 32, quipped: 'If you are trans or non-binary like me, please know that I see you, I feel you, I am with you, you are validated, you are loved and you are not alone. 'No one can take away our identities and no one can tell us who we are or aren't. We will get thru this. I love you.' Demi, who...

Julia Roberts, one of the most famous and influential donors to the Democratic Party, is suddenly upset about the looting going on in Los Angeles following the horrific wildfires that have swept the city. Here's what she posted on Instagram: Of course, looting is wrong. But isn't it weird that Julia Roberts suddenly reached this conclusion after years of endorsing riots that weren't in her own neighborhood? Remember, this is the same Julia Roberts who supported Black Lives Matter, the movement that was behind waves of riots in 2020 that caused billions in damaged property. For just one example, here's...

Mark Hamill was forced to flee his Malibu home as dangerous wildfires continue to spread through Southern California. The “Star Wars” actor, 73, posted a statement on Instagram Tuesday night where he detailed his and his family’s “last-minute” evacuation. “Personal Fire Update: 7pm- Evacuated Malibu so last-minute there (were) small fires on both sides of the road as we approached [Pacific Coast Highway],” Hamill wrote.

FIRST ON FOX – Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to "restore free expression" across Facebook, Instagram and Meta platforms, admitting its current content moderation practices have "gone too far." "We’re going to get back to our roots and focus on reducing mistakes, simplifying our policies and restoring free expression on our platforms," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video posted Tuesday morning. "More specifically, we’re going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with Community Notes similar to X, starting in the U.S." Meta’s chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, joined Fox...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerbeg made the trek to Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, where he met with President-elect Donald Trump and members of his soon-to-be second administration. The Meta CEO was seen with a large security and staff presence while at Trump’s private Palm Beach club in the evening, a person with direct knowledge told POLITICO. On Fox News, Trump deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller confirmed POLITICO’s reporting that Zuckerberg was there, saying he “has made it very clear about his desire to be a supporter of and a participant in this change that we’re seeing all around America, all around...

A Memphis florist has received massive backlash after saying she won't do business with Donald Trump supporters after his 2024 election win. Kristin Wolter, 49, made the announcement on the now-private Instagram account for her business, Everbloom Designs. 'I won't do business with people who support the president-elect,' she said in the video, which circulated widely social media beginning last week. 'It is because I need to create a safe place for me, my staff, and my family.' Wolter said she was shocked that her 'community chose financial concerns and economy over human rights and decency,' Newsmax host Todd Starnes...

Far-left groups with a history of engaging in violent protest are being recruited ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Flyer are now suddenly appearing around college campuses in Washington, D.C. After scanning the QR codes on the flyers, a collection of links invites individuals to fight fascism by joining the following groups: The People’s Medic Collective (PMC) The DMV Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) The Socialist Action Initiative (SAI) The groups recently took part in the pro-Palestinian protests at the nation’s capital following Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel. One post-election flyer reads “What now?”...

Moments after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election, Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO, took the stage to thank those who helped deliver him the victory. “I want to thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin’ With The Boys and last but not least, the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan,” White said. While half the country is reeling from the potential consequences of another Trump term, concerned about deepening social divisions, the dismantling of democratic norms and the normalization of far right extremism, there is one group that has emerged from this election...

Travis Kelce ruffled some feathers with his post-presidential election message. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the Chiefs tight shared a collage of photos featuring his teammates commemorating Kansas City’s 30-24 win over the Buccaneers in overtime on “Monday Night Football.” “Arrowhead at night 🏟️🔥🔥,” Kelce wrote, including a pair of fire emojis. Some felt Kelce’s post was ill-timed after former president Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of the United States in Tuesday’s election. “Trav I love you but pls read the room,” someone wrote in the comments.

Elon Musk expressed outrage on his social media platform X Saturday over news that rescue pet and internet sensation Peanut the Squirrel was seized from his owner’s home and euthanized by state officials in New York. The SpaceX and Tesla founder fired off a barrage of posts expressing his disdain for officials with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation taking the Instagram-famous Peanut, along with another rescue animal, away from owner Mark Longo’s home and animal sanctuary near the Pennsylvania border. The state then inexplicable euthanized the docile and trained animals so they could be “tested for rabies.”