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more about #youtube more comments → Shadowlayer: Talk about old shit, weren't these "games" called interactive movies back in the early 90s? more » smashirony!: Maybe they should Google "prior art." more » hughman: i already see vaginas in the wrinkles on that kid's shirt. more » Perhaps Not: In Google's defense, every visually based application of technology is immediately used for porn. more » Mediahohoho: They grow bad so fast. more » themediatrix: Um, what I think is weird is the local NBC news-online's treatment of the story. What's with the adult "breasts" photo above the story, and the "girl... more » Miss Anita Manbadly: I've always said it, and I always will say it. The name of their state is not pronounced Miz-sur-ree, it's pronounced Misery. And the people who liv... more » Lysergic Asset: Even scarier: In Britain, "thousands of crimes are committed by under-10s, and almost 3,000 crimes were reported last year where the suspect was too y... more » MissNormaDesmond: As people have pointed out on earlier posts, kids beating up other kids isn't new, and the Internet isn't driving it. It's always happened; now inste... more » Trai_Dep: Truth to tell, middle schoolers are FAR crueler than high schoolers. Those higher brain functions that separate us from wolves are far less developed.... more » toweringinferno: Are we just hearing more about incredibly violent kids under 16...or are kids under 16 a hell of a lot more violent than they used to be? more » lobstr: If anything, give her the chair for her usage of Comic Sans. more » iplaudius: I guess we can look forward to another Ellen Page vehicle. more » MissNormaDesmond: If I see one more pompous asshole say idiotic things about psychiatric disorders they know nothing about I think I'm going to commit a thrill killing. more » Poop Cooper: What I find even more interesting is the model Missouri has for incarcerating its youth: "[If Bustamanate is convicted] of first-degree murder, it's ... more » -
#youtube
Google Geniuses Disguise Perfect Porn Vehicle as Child's Play
The feds have granted Google a patent on an internet-video version of the game "rock, paper, scissors" (see above). Or at least, that's what they think they've done. Really, they've enabled a brilliant way for Google to tax pornographers. More » -
#crime
YouTube Beatings Migrate Down to Middle School
Time was, vicious YouTube beatings didn't start until high school. But police just arrested two San Francisco-area middle-school girls, 12 and 14, after finding video of them beating a classmate they lured to an open field. They face felony charges. -
#truecrime
Nobody Knows What to Do with a Female Teen Killer, Other Than Watch Her Creepy Videos
As Alyssa Bustamante's cache of "Jackass stunt" videos resurface on YouTube, Missouri's penal system finds itself at its wits' end trying to accommodate a rare beast: the violent female juvenile offender. More » -
#truecrime
Confessed Teen Killer's Social Networking Hobbies: 'Killing People'
Alyssa Bustamante's MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube profiles are eerie in that "teen who engages in self-injurious behavior and bullshits about being tough" way. Except, when she lists "killing people" as a hobby? Police say that part was true. More » -
#exclusive
Fox News Declares Cyberwar on Liberal Blogosphere
How do you annoy the maximum number of Liberal blogs with minimal effort? If you're Fox News, all you have to do is shut down the YouTube channel that supplies them with infuriating O'Reilly Factor clips. They did this today!
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#markzuckerberg
The Insanely Rich Kid Next Door
For proof that Silicon Valley is home to an especially clubby concentration of wealth, just take a short walk down a stretch of Palo Alto road. The one where Facebook's young paper billionaire lives next to a young YouTube millionaire. More » -
#ubrananthropology
Bus Seat Fistfight: More Transit Mayhem Policed By YouTube
One of the amazing things about this screaming fight on a San Francisco Muni bus is the way the citizen cameraman deftly captures every moment. At one point he's even shooting over his shoulder. Cell phone cameras never sleep, straphangers. More » -
#therealissues
We Will Not Stop Fighting For Kids' Right to Smoke Salvia and Record It
More news on the internet's greatest issue, saving salvia videos on Youtube! Annoying politicians and grown-ups are still trying to ban salvia but do they know what they would be missing out on? It's a good time to review. More » -
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#thecinema
Hugely Annoying YouTuber Scores Film Deal
Internet media is niche media. So you've probably never heard of "Fred," the online actor whose YouTube channel is followed by 1.5 million people. But don't worry: Fred's self-harm-inducing schtick will soon land in a theater near you. More » -
#crime
Five Ways YouTube Could Land You in Jail
Cyrus Yazdani, the Los Angeles tagger made famous through a YouTube video, has cashed in his viral stardom — for a four-year prison sentence. He's hardly the first delinquent done in by a Web video. More » -
#powermoves
The Web's Still Where Hollywood Dreams Go to Die
While this newfangled internet may be all the rage with kids, in Hollywood status terms, it's still the booby prize for ousted executives. The latest winner: the former boss of talent agency William Morris may be joining YouTube. More » -
#cults
The Scientologists had their henchmen remove that scary jargon video. But we captured it.
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#comebacks
'Choose Your Own Adventure' Returns to Stop Teen Knife Crime
UK kids are always stabbing each other. But now the problem has been solved. With the resurrection of 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stories! On YouTube! About knife safety! Your mission: Sexxx up the underage girl without getting stabbed. Fun below! More » -
#conradmurray
Michael Jackson's Mysteriously Creepy Doctor Speaks
Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal physician and the man authorities believe injected him with a lethal dose of the surgical anesthetic Diprivan, issued a message late this afternoon to his supporters on YouTube. More » -
#accidents
Plane-Helicopter Collision's Air Traffic Controller: On His Cell, Talking About Dead Cats
Morbid and sad: the NY Post reports that the air traffic controller responsible during last weekend's helicopter-plane crash was on his cell discussing dead cats when the crash occurred. Meanwhile, broken down footage is showing the plane clipping the chopper. More » -
#protectandserve
Little Old Lady No Longer a Threat
Here is a video of a cop in Ohio violently slamming an old woman to the ground, in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Have a good weekend, America. [via GlobalGrind] -
#dos
DDOS Attack Against Facebook, Twitter, Et Al. Was Because of One Guy's LiveJournal
According to a Facebook executive, the target of today's DDOS attacks on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, YouTube and other social media sites was one pro-Georgian blogger going by the username of "Cyxym." No word as to who was behind the attack. [Gizmodo] -
#journalismism
Is The Obama Message Machine Still Worthy of Glowing Media Praise?
Jennifer Senior wrote a massive cover piece on the Obama communications machine for this week's issue of New York that is, to put it mildly, a nauseatingly fawning tribute to the communications genius of our president and his advisers. More » -
#whoops
Minnesota Democrats Take On Pawlenty With Swearing Old Chinese Woman
"The link that was supposed to direct reporters to a state economic development report actually sent them to a YouTube video titled 'Chinese Grandma Learns English.' For four minutes, an elderly Chinese woman repeats obscenities, oblivious to their meaning." [Strib] -
#beersacrossamerica
The Other Beer Summit: Love and Hecklers
While you were all focused on the Obama-Gates-White Cop Beer Summit in the White House, guess what you missed? The other Important American Beer Summit of 2009, in which a heckler got a free beer from a Toledo mayoral candidate. More »
