Troll articles
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Canucks' fan-made playoff anthem brings out the trolls
Fan-made songs are fun, funky and lighthearted. The response to them doesn't always follow in the same vein.
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Cursing Republican trolled for asking congressional witness if he thinks he's 'sick'
A Republican senator known for rhetoric recently described as "stupid" and "racist" was trolled on social media Wednesday after he repeatedly swore at a congressional witness during a Senate budget committee hearing. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) used multiple profanities as he peppered Professor Geoffrey Supran about his testimony on the oil industry's propaganda and misinformation tactics."Big oil is the new big tobacco," Supran testified. "As a scholar of disinformation, I do not use the word...
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Will hackers, trolls and AI deepfakes upset the 2024 election?
In the analog days of the 1970s, long before hackers, trolls and edgelords, an audiocassette company came up with an advertising slogan that posed a trick question: “Is it live or is it Memorex?” The message toyed with reality, suggesting there was no difference in sound quality between a live performance and music recorded on tape. Fast forward to our age of metaverse lies and deceptions, and one might ask similar questions about what’s real and what’s not: Is President Biden on a robocall...