Spend enough time on 4chan's notorious /b/ message board and you'll come across child porn that slipped past overwhelmed moderators. One Navy sailor downloaded some kiddie porn he found on 4chan; now he's the subject of a federal investigation.
Obama! Sure, he's president and all. But what has he even done so far?
San Francisco-based "tracking company" RapLeaf probably has an "extraordinarily intimate" dossier about you—one that potentially includes your income range, your politics, and your "interests" in topics like "adult entertainment." And it might all be under your real name.
Meet Erik. Erik loves Justin Bieber, hates those who don't, and—in a quickly spreading online video—has threatened to ruin the lives of unrepentant non-Beliebers. Unfortunately for Erik, though, 4chan may have already turned the tables on him.
Pedobear, the Internet joke that sparked a full-blown media panic, is on the loose at New York's Comic Con this weekend, dancing to Michael Jackson and handing out candy. Somebody call the militia! Protect our kids from this dangerous threat!
The best way to deal with jerks online is to ignore them. But when prominent Tea Partiers on Twitter started being harassed by a group of Internet trolls, they launched a twitter militia and concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory.
On Monday, a guy in California posted pictures of an FBI tracking device his friend found on his car to the social news site Reddit. Tuesday afternoon the FBI showed up at his friend's house and demanded it back.
Google's instant search feature seems targeted at digital crackheads, and that makes perfect sense: It turns out Google users are, in fact, pretty cracky. They punished the company hard for slowing down by just one tenth of one second.
Meet Briana Greathouse of Kansas City, Missouri. Briana, who's 25, recently traveled to Ottumwa, Iowa, four hours away, to meet a man she knew through the internet. And kill him. For making mean internet postings. Her mom was arrested, too.
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, both 18, have been charged with planting a webcam in a Rutgers dorm and broadcasting a classmate's sexual encounter. The classmate is believed to have committed suicide. Here's what Dharun did, step by step.
35-year-old blogger Hossein Derakhshan, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in Iranian prison for "collaborating with enemy states" and "creating immoral websites," among other charges. This is the longest prison sentence given any blogger.
Earlier this month, pranksters from 4chan's /b/ board launched an attack on anti-pirating forces like the Motion Picture Association of America. One side-effect: a list of over 5,000 alleged Internet porn pirates was leaked on the Internet.
Here's a scenario where writing under a pseudonym is a wise choice: You're a former prostitute turned elementary schoolteacher and you're venting to the Huffington Post about the recent Craigslist erotic services shutdown. One schoolteacher didn't choose the anonymous route.
Twitter god Ashton Kutcher might not be as influential online as you think, according to a new study by scientists from Northwestern University. Wait, we need scientists to tell us that Ashton Kutcher is a moron? Thanks, science!
A user on crowd-sourced linkdump site Reddit posted a picture of his shapely "girlfriend's" new tattoo. Apparently she wasn't his girlfriend. Nice try, nerd.
4chan and movie piracy are closely linked: Many of the anarchic message board's users frequent sites like the Pirate Bay to download movies they can watch alone in their parents' basement. Now, 4chan is attacking the champions of anti-piracy efforts.
We've already explained how the cuddly Pedobear is an Internet joke—not a 'mascot' pedophiles use to lure their prey. Reporters and police in Tulsa, Oklahoma obviously don't read Gawker. In America's Heartland, a full-blown Pedobear Panic is underway.
Microblogging service Twitter is redesigning its website! The new Twitter, promises the company, provides an "easier, faster and richer" experience. Well, that's all well and good, but any good narcissist/Twitter user would know to ask: What's in it for me?
New York City parks are getting free wireless internet! As part of the deal that's renewing the Time Warner and Cablevision cable franchises, the companies are outfitting 32 city parks with wifi. Of course, there's a catch.
It sounds shadier than it is, but the facts are these: The nation of Israel has finally secured the @israel Twitter account from a Spanish citizen living in Miami, a man who also happens to own a porn site.
