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Misinformation floods social media in wake of breakneck news cycle
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoA weeks-long break-neck news cycle has set off a parallel explosion of misinformation online, which...
An activist tried to take down trafficking on Pornhub. Did she do more harm than good?
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoAnti-trafficking Laila Mickelwait’s Traffickinghub campaign helped inspire lawsuits, investigations,...
He Was an Online Drug Lord. Now He’s a Crypto Entrepreneur.
The New York Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 hours agoAt a cryptocurrency convention in Austin, Texas, in May, Blake Emerson Benthall hustled for investor...
He Confirmed Russia Meddled in 2016 to Help Trump. Now, He’s Speaking Out
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 hours agoHe says he’s concerned that the MAGA conspiracy theories and the policies they inspire could have a...
UK is 'broke and broken,' new government says as it prepares to tackle shortfall in public finances
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 7 hours agoBritain’s new left-leaning government said Sunday that the nation is “broke and broken,” blaming the...
Opinion: Want to convince a conspiracy theory believer they're wrong? Don't start with the truth
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 hours agoPeople who believe conspiracies about the Trump assassination attempt or buy into QAnon are often...
Tech tycoon cleared of fraud ‘thought he would die in jail’
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 hours agoHe faced more than 20 years in US prison if convicted of the fraud and conspiracy allegations, and...
Why Just Stop Oil's long jail sentences could embolden some activists
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 hours agoWhen five activists who brought chaos to the M25 motorway were jailed last week, some thought the...
What we know about the Sinaloa cartel and its leaders
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 hours agoThe arrests of two top alleged leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel are an “enormous blow” to the group accused of being responsible for most drugs “killing Americans from coast to coast”, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration says.
Even on quiet summer weekends, huge news stories spread to millions more swiftly than ever before
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 14 hours agoJames Peeler's phone blew up with messages as he drove home from church in Texas. Reading a book on...