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Update 2: Vimeo gave us the following statement: Vimeo cares deeply about the issue of animal cruelty and has specifically banned content that contains “gra...

Facebook Pages Being Taken Down, Policy Comes Into Question

Numerous reports have been coming out that Facebook is taking down Facebook pages that are accused of infringing upon copyrights. The keyword there is "accused". Apparently, Facebo...

Should YouTube Have Banned This Animal Cruelty Investigation Video? [Updated]

Update 3: A spokesperson for Mercy for Animals tells us, "Nathan [Runkle - Executive Director] says that it appears that YouTube is once again hosting the video, w...

Groupon Kills Ads on Donald Trump’s Apprentice Website

Online daily deals site Groupon announced today via blog post that they will be taking st...

Obama’s Birth Certificate Release: Twitter Responds

Today, President Obama released his official Long Form Birth Certificate on WhiteHouse.gov. Whether thi...

GoDaddy Takes Down Righthaven Domain

Righthaven is the subject of a bit of irony as it has had its domain taken down by registrar GoDaddy. If you go to Righthaven.com, you will see...

GoDaddy CEO Breaks Twitter Silence Following Elephant Killing Controversy

GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons has been pretty quiet for a couple weeks following the controversy that blew up around a video he posted online in which he killed an elephant in Zimbabwe....

GoDaddy Elephant Killing Video Mysteriously, But Heavily Edited

Since the controversy blew up around a video of GoDaddy CEO Bob Pa...

GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons Could Have Been A Zoologist

As you may have heard by now, GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons has been taking some heat for his little vacation to Africa where he...

GoDaddy Elephant Killing Sparks “NoDaddy” Promotion From Venovix

GoDaddy's PR misstep, otherwise known as CEO Bob Parsons killing an elephant, has led to its compet...

GoDaddy Elephant Killing Leads to Competitor Raising $20K to Save Elephants

GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons recently took a vacation in Africa, where he hunted an elephant, posted video of the killing and slaughter of the elephant, and and tweeted it out to the wo...

GoDaddy Elephant Slaughter Draws Massive Backlash

GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons may need a lesson in online reputation management. Lesson 1: Don't kill elephants. Lesson 2: If you do kill an elephant, don't post a video about it on the...

GoDaddy CEO Defends Elephant Killing

Previously, we reported on the backlash GoDaddy has been facing, following the posting of a video by...

Facebook Pulls “Third Palestinian Intifada” Page

Facebook pages can be used for any number of causes; naming a baby Megatron, helping...

Apple Removes “Gay Cure” App Amidst Controversy

It looks like the pressure was too much for Apple as they have officially pulled the controversial Exodus International app from the app store....

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