Celebrity Fights: Jon Stewart vs. Donald Trump

Celebrity Fights: Jon Stewart vs. Donald Trump. A war of words has broken out between the celebrity businessman and the Daily Show comedian. In the latest salvo, Stewart joked on air: “By the way, did you know Donald Trump’s birth name is F**kface Von Clownstick? … That’s all over Twitter, I hope.” The ‘fight’ began after Trump called out Stewart for changing his name from Jon Leibowitz to Jon Stewart. That prompted Stewart’s funny on-air retort, which then prompted Trump’s twitter rage, highlights of which you can read here. Who is winning in this celebrity fight? The feud is actually good for both sides. In Trump, Stewart has the perfect comedic punching bag. And by…

Associated Press Twitter hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

The Associated Press said its Twitter account was hacked and a fake tweet was sent out saying explosions occurred at the White House and Obama was injured. AP suspended their Twitter account and advised that all tweets should be ignored until further notice. The fake tweet sent at 1:07pm ET said, “Breaking: Two Explosion in the White House and Barack Obama is injured.” The US markets reacted almost immediately to the tweet and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 150 points, but quickly bounced back after news of the hack. It seems that hackers gained access to the AP account after a phishing email was sent to several AP reporters from the email account of…

Bassem Youssef and Jon Stewart cause some Twitter Troubles

Jon Stewart’s support of Bassem Youssef after the Egyptian comedian got locked up for making fun of the president of Egypt was well done, passionate and expected. What was unexpected, however, was a Twitter fallout between the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and Egyptian officials. The U.S. Embassy made the mistake of tweeting a link to The Daily Show’s video which angered Egyptian officials and Islamists. The embassy tried to correct the mistake by taking down their entire twitter page. Tisk, tisk. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo was cool for 2.5 seconds when they tweeted a link to the Daily Show’s awesome defense of Bassem Youssef an Egyptian TV host and satirist. The clip shows Stewart’s…

IsAnyoneUp? Woman brushes teeth with feces for Hunter Moore

Hunter Moore fangirl Brittany, 19, made a video of herself brushing her teeth with feces to get the attention of the man behind revenge adult site IsAnyoneUp. Brittany succeeded beyond her wildest dreams. Her video immediately drew Moore’s attention and her Twitter account @MuavaRoseBud gained thousands of followers for the #girlwhoateshit. She won an iPhone from Moore for her efforts and has since uploaded videos of her eating her own vomit and licking her own tampon. Brittany is engaged but she has the hots for Hunter Moore, to whom her fiance has also submitted material. To find out more about Brittany, check out this Q&A on Thought Catalog. Do you think brushing your teeth with…

Facebook and Twitter and grossly offensive comments

Britain’s public prosecutions body, the Crown Prosecution Service, now wants clarify rules for policing Facebook and Twitter, as cases of UK residents being found guilty of posting malicious or “grossly offensive” web content have grown. Matthew Woods, a 20-year-old, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for making “grossly offensive” comments about missing 5-year-old girl April Jones on his Facebook page. Azhar Ahmed, also 20, was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for posting on Facebook “all soldiers should die and go to hell” after six British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan. Semi-pro footballer Daniel Thomas, however, posted homophobic messages on Twitter about Olympic diver Tom Daley, and nothing was done. Should people be prosecuted…

Ashton Kutcher will play Apple’s Steve Jobs in biopic

Ashton Kutcher will play the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs in an upcoming indie biopic, reports Variety. The movie will be a sojourn through Jobs’ incredible life, showing how a child of the 1960s counterculture became of the most celebrated tech visionaries ever. One would think Apple fans would be thrilled to see their idol Steve Jobs immortalized on the silver screen, but some are less than impressed with director Jonathan Michael Stern’s casting decision in Ashton Kutcher. The 34-year-old star has garnered a reputation for playing the loud-mouthed party boy, with credits that include That 70s Show, Dude, Where’s My Car? and most recently, the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. That’s not…

Dave Chappelle joins Twitter, mounts comeback?

Comedian Dave Chappelle has joined Twitter as “@chappelledavidk,” much to the delight of fans of Chappelle’s Show and Half Baked. The first tweet from the account was posted Tuesday morning, however, fans appeared to be skeptical if it was actually coming from Dave and not an imposter. Whereas some celebrities amass thousands of followers within hours of joining the social networking site, the account had only 11 by Wednesday afternoon. That number ballooned to over 17,000 followers by Thursday following confirmation from stars like The Roots drummer Questlove and fellow comic Aziz Ansari that the comic is indeed behind the tweets. Twitter has yet to officially validate the account as Chappelle’s. A veteran of the…

Twitter to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis

Twitter has unveiled plans to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, drawing criticism from free-speech advocates a year after it was praised by Internet Freedom advocates for allowing Egyptian dissidents to continue tweeting after the Internet was blocked during the Arab Spring. Twitter says its country-specific censorship is meant to replace its previous system, when tweets that were taken down disappeared completely. Twitter will now censor some tweets in certain countries, but posts will remain visible elsewhere in the world. Twitter says it will be transparent about when and why tweets are censored. Twitter will post information on censored tweets, such as government requests that tweets be removed, at chillingeffects.org. Many Twitter users, however, are…