TikTok bans searches for ‘white lives matter’ amid uproar over Kanye West wearing slogan

TikTok appears to have banned searches for “white lives matter.” The phrase is widely considered to be a racist response to the modern movement for racial equality embodied by the rallying cry “Black Lives Matter.” The timing of the move suggests it could be linked to uproar over Kanye West invoking the phrase. Last week, …

Russian Google Searches About Who Will Murder/Assassinate Putin And When They Might Do It Have Skyrocketed Lately

Getty Image Following a series of targeted missile strikes against multiple heavily populated civilian sites in Ukraine, Russians are now Googling when Vladimir Putin will die or be murdered/assassinated. According to data from Google trends and reporting from the independent investigative news outlet Verstka, the Russian president’s sanctioned attack on cities like Kyiv and Odesa …

This Is How You Can Delete Yourself From Google Searches

If you’re increasingly worried about your privacy online, there are steps you can take to remove yourself from Google searches. And this goes for people who are worried about nosy neighbors and co-workers, potential stalkers, and even identity thieves looking to get all kinds of personal information about you including banking details, bankruptcies, medical history, …

‘Tell me why I need a degree in job searching just to apply for jobs’: TikToker reveals Google hack for job searches

After watching a video from TikTok user @vecnussy about how she doesn’t want to use LinkedIn to find a job, TikToker Tem (@tem.bv) shared a way to find employment without the platform. In a video with over 1.5 million views, Tem reveals his Google hack to find careers, bypassing LinkedIn and getting straight to job …

An Old Clip Of Ron DeSantis Defending FBI Searches Has Resurfaced In The Wake Of The Mar-A-Lago Investigation

Getty Image Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump aren’t getting along these days. The Florida governor is looking like the former president’s biggest competitor in the 2024 election. But he’s been one of many in the GOP to smear the FBI for searching Mar-a-Lago during an investigation that is sounding more and more legit. But an …

The FBI conducted 3.4 million warrantless data searches on Americans last year

On Friday, the FBI released a new transparency report on digital surveillance. In the 38-page document, the agency revealed it conducted upward of 3.4 million searches on Americans’ data without a warrant last year, as part of its surveillance of foreign nationals. The report is the first time the FBI released statistics on surveillance done …

Lykke Li Searches For A ‘Highway To Your Heart’ In Her New Song And Announces 2022 Tour Dates

A month away from her upcoming album, Eyeye, Lykke Li has revealed a new song called “Highway To Your Heart.” On the track, Li ponders her loneliness, while still hoping to return to a past love. In the song’s accompanying visual, directed by Theo Lindquist, Li is seen incapacitated on the ground after a car …

A wildly fascinating map captured our top Google searches for each day of 2021

Google has become such a ubiquitous part of our lives that the data it reveals is a pretty decent indicator of our collective reality. It’s a weird phenomenon, considering the fact that Google has only been a thing for 25 years—basically a single generation—but here we are. Now that we’re wrapping up 2021, we can …