Meta says it’s shut down a pro-Russian disinformation network, warns of a social media hacking operation

Shared from www.cnn.com Meta’s takedown of the influence campaign also coincided with what company officials described as a separate, intensified push by pro-Russian hackers to compromise the social media accounts of Ukrainian journalists, military leaders […]

Here’s how social media platforms are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Shared from www.cnn.com Social media companies have in recent years grappled with how to handle misinformation and conspiracy theories about a pandemic, a fraught US presidential election and an insurrection, often while facing intense criticism […]

NAACP Image Awards 2022: The full list of winners

NAACP Image Awards 2022: The full list of winners

Shared from www.cnn.com Jennifer Hudson was among the night’s big winners, earning the event’s awards for Entertainer of the Year and outstanding actress in a motion picture for her performance as Aretha Franklin in the […]

How Gayle King put a spotlight on the killing of Trayvon Martin

A TV anchor in a red dress at her desk

Shared from www.latimes.com “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King recalls the editorial story meeting at her network in February 2012 when she first brought up the name Trayvon Martin. Days had passed since the unarmed 17-year-old […]

‘Cyrano’ review: Peter Dinklage stars in a musical film that doesn’t hit enough of the right notes

Shared from www.cnn.com Dinklage trades in the customary prosthetic nose for his stature, which provides the impediment here to expressing his love for his cousin Roxanne (Haley Bennett), whose fondness for him is strictly platonic. […]

Gary Brooker, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’ singer-songwriter, dead at 76

Shared from www.cnn.com A statement on a fan website, procolharum.com, said the musician had been undergoing treatment for cancer but “died peacefully at home” on Saturday. Brooker’s representative, Wayne Forte, told CNN the statement had […]

Fire that left cargo ship full of luxury cars stranded in the Atlantic may finally be going out

Fire that left cargo ship full of luxury cars stranded in the Atlantic may finally be going out

Shared from www.cnn.com The 656 foot-long Felicity Ace roll-on/roll-off car-carrying ship caught fire in the North Atlantic last Wednesday as it carried around 4,000 vehicles, including Porsches, Volkswagens, Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Audis from Emden, Germany […]