The ‘Dead Internet Theory’ has been around for years, but a recent Imperva report suggests there might be more truth behind the fiction
Apr 26, 2024
When a meme about architectural dead space went viral as lockdown bit, Kane Parsons knew exactly what to do: here, the teenage YouTube star turned A24 prodigy takes us down to The Backrooms, his nightmare vision of a ‘no-clipped’ world without end
Mar 07, 2024
‘Women who dress modestly are getting unclothes with AI, while those who dress immodestly are getting clothed with AI’
Feb 06, 2024
From Doja Cat and Lil Nas X to Balenciaga and Addison Rae, Satanic conspiracy theories are spreading across social media like hellfire – but where have they all come from?
Dec 02, 2022
The hoax, #BaldForBLM, has been propagated on 4Chan and spread through Twitter amid worldwide support for the movement
Jun 06, 2020
We speak to those who self-identify as gaycels about dating apps, gay stereotypes, and body shaming
Feb 19, 2020
The anonymous messaging board has been linked to at least three mass murders including the recent El Paso shooting
Aug 06, 2019
The 17-year-old’s death has been shrouded in misinformation and contradictions, trolling, and graphic images of her corpse online
Jul 16, 2019
The groundbreaking sci-fi philosophy thriller had its narratives adopted by Pepe-loving Redditors – now it’s returning at a time where the Neos of this world aren’t exactly heroes
Mar 24, 2017
4chan users went after HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US, tracking down its secret location to replace the piece with a Trump hat and shirt
Mar 13, 2017
White supremacists are trying to disrupt LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner’s HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US using secret message boards
Jan 27, 2017
Will this trolling ever stop? Members of the bulletin board are relentlessly photoshopping duck heads onto terrorist fighters
Nov 30, 2015
Universities in the UK and US ‘targeted’ by anonymous users mimicking the post that preceded last week's massacre
Oct 07, 2015
The alleged shooter warned people not to go to school just hours before the Umpqua Community College massacre, later being heralded a leader of the "beta uprising"
Oct 02, 2015
Lauren Mayberry was attacked by trolls on a message board and bizarrely asked to join the discussion about the band’s new video
Aug 18, 2015
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