The 15 best Facebook pictures supporting gay rights
As you might have noticed, there's been a bit of a movement on Facebook over the past day: Users across the globe are changing their profile pictures to support universal rights and gay marriage. The...
View ArticleIndie band uses Times Square billboard to address Internet piracy
Given rare access to a Times Square billboard, a Brooklyn band is asking the world to throw down its stance: should musicians support or fight Internet piracy? Little-known Ghost Beach was given...
View ArticleHelp find the man behind Facebook's sickening viral child porn video
The man seen raping a young child in a video that went viral across Facebook last week was no stranger to the FBI. The bureau has a name for the man, John Doe 8, and has been looking for him since...
View ArticleGet laid off? Don't use Facebook to try to burn down your bosses' house
A man in North Dakota is in trouble this morning after police learned that he used Facebook to request that someone burn down his old bosses' home. Fargo, N.D., native Cass Mortensen was fired from...
View ArticleAnonymous plans to flood Facebook with "uncensored material" April 6
Hacktivist collective Anonymous has taken on the Church of Scientology, the CIA, kitten-abusing teens, and the security think tank Stratfor with great success. The one target it has never been able to...
View ArticleHacker claims revenge porn site created fake lawyer to extort victims
An Anonymous hacktivist claims to have proof that Craig Brittain and Chance Trahan, the two individuals behind revenge porn site IsAnybodyDown, are creating false identities and extorting victims...
View ArticleHow to tune into the InterActs round table on the DMCA
Today the Daily Dot is pleased to present the first InterActs round table. A partnership with the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC), InterActs is a series of conversations with...
View ArticleChinese officials sick of being Photoshopped into porn
A plague is striking Chinese officials in the southeastern county of Shuangfeng. One by one their photographs are being nabbed from government websites, their faces cut out and then pasted into...
View ArticleCelebrity death locations on Google Street View
.teaser img { display: none; } For those who like maps and morbid stuff (and who doesn’t?), a website titled simply Famous Death Locations is the place to be. It offers visitors a Google Street View...
View ArticleTumblr reveals where Nickelodeon's "Guts" kids are now
If you're a child of the ‘90s, chances are you grew up watching Nickelodeon Guts. The program pitted kids against one another in a series of physical and athletic challenges, eventually culminating in...
View ArticleAdria Richards is putting #donglegate behind her
Rather than dwell on the incident that cost her a job, Adria Richards wants to move on from #donglegate. Quick background: After overhearing off-color jokes from the men behind her at developer...
View ArticleBest Buy employee saves vintage robot from destruction
When the robot uprising occurs—and preparations for this eventuality are already underway— perhaps our metallic overlords will be persuaded to spare our lives thanks to the kindness once shown by a...
View ArticleInternet celebrity Dale Peterson arrested for Sam's Club cashew theft
Aw, nuts! Behind bars again?! Beloved Internet figure and former Republican candidate for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Dale Peterson was arrested Wednesday afternoon after authorities reported...
View ArticleThe 6 worst Google Glass applications that somehow got accepted
.teaser img { display: none; } Just hours into notifying the first recipients of Google Glass, Google realized a few of their ideas didn't quite comply with their terms."We need honest feedback from...
View ArticleThug Kitchen is the world's most gangster vegan food blog
Warning: Images in this post contain some potentially NSFW language.---“Don’t just quench your thirst. Kick its ass!” So says Dr. Thug of the Thug Kitchen (motto: “Eat Like You Give a F*ck”) which does...
View ArticleDad's message of support for bullied son goes viral on Facebook
Matthew Bent shared the feeling of frustrated parents all over the world this week when he detailed how his son was targeted by a school bully. After taking his story to Facebook, where it's been...
View ArticleGang members are total high schoolers on the Internet
According to a new study, American gangs are on the Internet. Not surprising. But instead of engaging in cybercrimes, like their European counterparts, or using various social media to find and kill...
View ArticleTorrington students support alleged rapist with social media campaign
Before the Steubenville verdicts had even been announced, a hauntingly similar case was already emerging in the small town of Torrington, Connecticut. Two four high schoolers were arrested on charges...
View ArticleFederal employee used Craigslist sex ads to harass 64-year-old ex-lover
Someone on the Internet was tormenting her. Men from all over the United States would drive miles to her farm in Marshall, Virginia, looking for sex. She set up hidden cameras and a security gate and...
View ArticleCraigslist bounty hunters are watching you pirate pay-per-view fights
Boxing fans: Don't you just hate it when your local bar shows the big fight? Don't you wish you could help shut them down? If so, there's a job opening for you. It sounds unbelievable, but a...
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