After turning down every media outlet so he can go on the Howard Stern show, artist David Choe talks jerking off in a Japanese prison, naturally. Then, about the time Facebook paid him for murals in stock that’s now worth more $200 million and how much of it is left. Listen. Read more »
Back when Ai Weiwei was being interrogated over preposterous charges of pornography, Ai’s supporters started tweeting their breasts and crotches at him in support. Now, a similar protest is brewing for Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, who was allegedly banned from Iran for posing topless for French magazine Madame Le Figaro. Read more »
In 2005, artist David Choe painted graffiti-style murals inside and around Facebook’s first headquarters in Palo Alto, California, though he considered the idea of Facebook “ridiculous and pointless.” They offered to pay him his couple of thousand dollars in shares instead of cash. He said, sure. Now, those shares are worth $200,000,000 now that the company has gone public. Take that, Damien Hirst. Read more »
Internal Affairs Bureau thinks that at least 20 of the racially-tinged remarks that were posted on Facebook, about the West Indian Day Parade and the community who attends it, came from NYPD officers. No shit, really? Read more »
In September, a whole bunch of police officers chimed in on a Facebook group called “No More West Indian Day Detail,” and proceeded to say some really vile things about the annual parade and the people who attend it, which was all in public view until the comments suddenly disappeared. Read more »
You want to push it, push it real good. I know. Consider the philosophical implications of this IRL Facebook “Like” button first, before you start cooing over its cleverness. Yes, pressing a physical representation of a button that has become an integral part of all your Internet meanderings would be very, very cathartic. However, this actual machine courtesy of artist Mario Klingemann calibrates nothing — it simply logs the number of times it’s been pressed. It’s a glorified clicker meter. Yet… Read more »
The cover art of the Nevermind re-issue was removed from Nirvana’s official Facebook page due to terms of use violation, specifically, the baby wiener. The censorship hoopla and its reverberating outrage plays out so well in terms of album promotion that it’s a little suspicious, mm-hmm. Read more »
Since 2008, Facebook has provided detailed access to at least 24 personal profiles to the FBI, DEA and ICE, without the consent and often the notification of the users or their friends, which may not be constitutional. The number of Facebook search warrants granted by judges has already doubled since last year. Read more »
The co-founders of both Facebook (Chris Hughes) and LinkedIn (Reid Hoffman) were among the 2011 attendees according to this supposedly leaked list, which also includes bankers, CEOs, media moguls, government officials, heads of state, and royalty. Read more »
Amina Arraf, the rebel blogger behind A Gay Girl in Damascus, was reportedly kidnapped by the Syrian police. The Guardian reported the story with “her” photos. Now, the real woman whose face has been plastered all over the news is very upset with Facebook. Read more »
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