#onlineextremism — Public Fediverse posts

Variety: Trump Media, Parent of Truth Social, Reports Q1 Sales of $871,000 and $405.9 Million Net Loss. “For the first quarter, TMTG generated net sales of $871,200, up 6% year over year. The company reported a $405.9 million net loss and a $387.8 million adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) loss for the first quarter of 2026.”

Business Today: Who is Emily Hart? How an Indian medical student fooled ‘dumb’ MAGA fans with AI. “Meet “Emily Hart.” To her millions of fans, she was a gun-loving, beer-drinking nurse who looked like Jennifer Lawrence and loved ‘Christ is King.’ But in reality, she was the creation of ‘Sam,’ a 22-year-old orthopaedic surgeon in training in India. According to a Wired report, Sam (name changed) […]

Techdirt: Everyone Hates Trust & Safety. Everyone Needs Trust & Safety. This Is A Problem.. “Everyone thinks trust & safety professionals are either censorial scolds or corporate lackeys, but everyone expects them to magically solve the inherent problems of human behavior at scale. I spent last week at TrustCon, the premier annual conference for the trust and safety industry (you can see our […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/04/techdirt-everyone-hates-trust-safety-everyone-needs-trust-safety-this-is-a-problem/

Micah Lee: Exploring the Paramilitary Leaks. “It’s come to my attention that this dataset is rather challenging for journalists and researchers to wrap their heads around. I wrote a book, Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations, aimed at teaching journalists and researchers how to analyze datasets just like this. I’m also quite interested in what’s in here myself – this is one of the only datasets […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/23/micah-lee-exploring-the-paramilitary-leaks/