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Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of Internet Insider.
It’s Monday, so that means it is time for Mikael’s weekly “One Dumb Conspiracy” column. This week he looks into how a website is spreading a false claim about Vladimir Putin and human trafficking.
Obviously, we’ve also got your daily scoop of internet culture news.
So let’s dive into it!
—A.W.
BIG TECH: Four Amazon drivers are suing the tech giant after tornadoes destroyed a warehouse in Illinois last year, killing six workers. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the victims and four drivers who survived. The complaint alleges that Amazon didn’t modify employee schedules or allow employees to take time off as the storm came. Read more about the lawsuit here.
POLICE: A police department has blocked a TikTok account that was using the platform to hold them accountable. The user stitched several videos posted by the account. While the police videos tried to make them look funny and endearing, the creator contrasted them directly with stats and articles about law enforcement misconduct. Their response was to block the account.
REVIEW: The second season of Russian Doll was recently released on Netflix, and our Senior Culture Reporter Audra has a review of it. She says that the dramedy “takes a quantum leap, for...
Justice Kekemeke delivered the judgment after the anti-graft agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), prosecuted Iloka on a four-count charge. Justic...