<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former OnlyFans star and model </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blac Chyna</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> just documented the process of getting a “demonic” tattoo removed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 34-year-old started going by her birth name, Angela White, ever since converting to Christianity and has been sharing her lifestyle changes with her 16.7 million </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> followers. Over the weekend, White shared two social media posts focused on removing a tattoo of the deity</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Baphomet from her body.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I am releasing all negative energy that is holding me back,” the celebrity </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPlwrXD8aF/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the first video. “It&#8217;s got to come off. You know what I mean? I&#8217;m about to have no mark of the beast &#8230; anything like that. When I first got the tattoo, that is not what it meant to me. I just don&#8217;t want anything negative or demonic on my body anymore.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The model recorded herself packing up the car with the assistance of her two children in preparation for a trip to Clear Out Ink in Las Vegas for the removal. She shares 10-year-old son King with rapper Tyga and 6-year-old daughter Dream with her ex-fiancé Rob Kardashian. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the next video, White posted an image of the tattoo and included a caption that </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CqPnieDjJW7/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Thank you God, for saving me. Removing this Baphomet tattoo. I’m sending all this energy back to the owner.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She defined Baphomet as a “goat-headed demon spirit” aiming to “create and spread chaos.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Previously, White discussed why she quit OnlyFans and started reversing some of the plastic surgery procedures she had in the past.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“&#8230; With me being baptized, that’s just not what God will want me to do. It’s kind of degrading,” she said of leaving the adult-oriented platform behind despite making up to $1 million per year posting explicit content.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I think my baptism on my birthday played a big part. Everything has been kind of trickling down for me and lining up perfectly,” she said, as The Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blac-chyna-quits-onlyfans-dissolves-fillers-after-becoming-a-christian-now-im-just-going-by-faith"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Now I’m just going by faith. I’m not even really going by like the Blac Chyna way or the Angela way. Let me just let God lead me.”</span></p>


54th NAACP Image Awards – Arrivals

Blac Chyna Posts Video Of Removing ‘Demonic’ Baphomet Tattoo After Conversion To Christianity

Blac Chyna Posts Video Of Removing 'Demonic' Baphomet Tattoo After Conversion To Christianity

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Entertainment

Instagram

Tattoos

U.S.

<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta</a> has unveiled a verification system on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> similar to the one created by Twitter.</p>
<p>Meta Verified was rolled out on the company&#8217;s social media platforms Friday. Instead of giving out blue checkmarks to accounts because the user is a prominent public figure, the checkmark is open to any user as a means to verify that the account is authentic. The system is similar to Twitter Blue, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musks-new-twitter-verification-process-devolves-into-a-confusing-mess" target="_blank" rel="noopener">subscription service</a> unveiled by Elon Musk after he took over Twitter.</p>
<p>&#8220;The meaning of the verified badge has been updated to represent authenticity,&#8221; Instagram said on its <a href="https://help.instagram.com/854227311295302" target="_blank" rel="noopener">help website</a>. &#8220;An Instagram account with a verified badge next to its name now means that Instagram has confirmed that it is the authentic presence for that person or brand. Previously, the verified badge also required the person or brand to be notable and unique.&#8221; The company said that users who were verified under the old rules will still have their blue checkmarks.</p>
<p>&#8220;The verified badge is a tool to help people find the real accounts of people and brands,&#8221; Instagram added. &#8220;If an account has the verified badge, we&#8217;ve confirmed that it represents who it says it does. A verified badge is not a symbol to show importance, authority or subject matter expertise. We don’t use the verified badge verified to endorse or recognize public figures or brands.&#8221;</p>
<p>Like Twitter Blue, public figures who subscribe to Instagram Verified cannot change their username, or transfer their blue checks to a different account.</p>
<p>Facebook has not updated its help site in accordance with new policies yet, but <a href="https://about.meta.com/technologies/meta-verified?campaign_id=19725375025&amp;extra_1=s%7Cc%7C649036315322%7Ce%7Chow%20can%20i%20get%20my%20instagram%20verified%7C&amp;placement=&amp;creative=649036315322&amp;keyword=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta</a> provided some additional details on its website. In addition to the blue check, users get proactive account protection from impersonation, exclusive features on Facebook and Instagram stories, and a direct connection to support teams on both platforms.</p>
<p>Meta Verified is much more expensive than Twitter Blue, however. Twitter Blue is $8 a month for web users, and $11 for iOS and Android. Meta Verified is $11.99 a month on the web and $14.99 on mobile; users must also pay to be verified on each platform separately.</p>
<p>Meta is not simply rolling out services comparable to Elon Musk&#8217;s Twitter. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is considering a decentralized, text-based social media platform as an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meta-working-on-alternative-to-elon-musks-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alternative to Twitter</a> after some users, many of whom are Left-leaning, are seeking alternatives to the platform after Musk&#8217;s takeover.</p>
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<p>The initiative, codenamed P92, could be accessed by Facebook and Instagram users with their existing credentials. Adam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram, is leading the project.</p>
<p>The revelation comes weeks after Instagram introduced a notes feature through which users can create short posts using text and characters.</p>
<p>The new social media site would be centered upon verification badges, followers and likes, posts with previews, and other features similar to those currently offered by Twitter, according to a report from MoneyControl, which first broke the news of the initiative.</p>
<p>Meta revealed the plans for the new platform as disillusioned Twitter users seek alternatives. A handful have created accounts on Mastodon, which features a number of independently run nodes with their own codes of conduct, privacy policies, and content moderation standards.</p>
<p><em>Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.</em></p>


RUSSIA-US-INTERNET-META

Meta Rolls Out New Verified System Similar To Twitter Blue

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<p>Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> posted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> on Friday for the first time since getting booted from the platform in January 2021.</p>
<p>“I’M BACK!” he posted along with a short clip of his remarks after winning the 2016 presidential election. “Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business. Complicated,” he says in the clip.</p>
<p>Meta <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2023/01/trump-facebook-instagram-account-suspension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lifted</a> its suspension of Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in January, though the president posted to neither until Friday. The former president’s return to Facebook coincides with his ban from YouTube, a platform run by Google, being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youtube-restores-donald-trumps-account" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lifted</a> as well.</p>
<p>Twitter was the first major social media platform to lift its ban on Trump after the former president was suspended from multiple platforms following the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Twitter CEO Elon Musk reactivated Trump’s Twitter account in November after buying the social media platform last year.</p>
<p>Trump has yet to return to Twitter, which was a staple of his communications prior to being banned in early 2021. Pundits have speculated if and when Trump will make a return to the platform as he campaigns for a 2024 presidential run. Recently, Trump has appeared to be most active on his own social media account, launched in the wake of his suspension from other platforms, Truth Social.</p>
<p>Meta suspended Trump’s accounts after January 6 over “a clear risk of real world harm” being done if the former president had remained on the platforms. Meta let Trump back onto its platforms in January because it judged that “the risk has sufficiently receded,” but the company put “new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses,” Meta said in a January <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2023/01/trump-facebook-instagram-account-suspension/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.</p>
<p>“Like any other Facebook or Instagram user, Mr. Trump is subject to our Community Standards,” Meta said. “In light of his violations, he now also faces heightened penalties for repeat offenses — penalties which will apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under our updated protocol. In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation.”</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Bridesmaids” actress </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Melissa McCarthy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has come under fire for an </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> post she shared that appears to promote drag but really just illustrates several significant issues with the current state of drag performances.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;You&#8217;ve been entertained by </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen"><span style="font-weight: 400;">drag queens</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> your whole life,&#8221; the post says. &#8220;Don&#8217;t pretend it&#8217;s a problem now.&#8221; The photo includes a montage of Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire, “Monty Python” star John Cleese, Bugs Bunny from &#8220;Looney Tunes,&#8221; Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in “Some Like It Hot,” and others dressed in drag.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McCarthy’s meme, which was simply captioned, “This,” quickly went viral after she posted it yesterday. Fan reviews were mixed, however, with many commenters claiming drag of yesteryear was mainly done as comedy, not because anyone was trying to say men could literally become women. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;And it was all comedic in nature…god forbid if anyone laughed today…,&#8221; one account observed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Others pointed out that the actress’s examples didn’t show the highly sexualized version of drag that’s being promoted for children. This is becoming the target of legislative efforts in several states, </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gov-signs-bills-protecting-children-from-sex-change-procedures-drag-shows"><span style="font-weight: 400;">including Tennessee</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, where Republican Governor Bill Lee just signed two pieces of legislation into law Thursday protecting children from sex-change procedures and sexually explicit drag shows.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“How is this the same as the men who are pole dancing and writhing around in bondage gear and thongs in front of children? I&#8217;m so f***ing disappointed. I was such a fan,” one user wrote, referencing a previous incident of a </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/absolutely-revolting-footage-of-sexually-explicit-drag-show-for-babies-toddlers-goes-viral"><span style="font-weight: 400;">sexually explicit drag show</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in London that was promoted specifically for babies and toddlers. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh honey, watch some of those videos,” another fan wrote. “These guys&#8217; shows are highly sexualized performances. It&#8217;s not ‘The Birdcage’ anymore. Even then it was adult cabaret. ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. As a lifelong liberal democrat, I find these performances today are entirely inappropriate for children. I love you, but open you [sic] freakin eyes, girl.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Drag isn’t the issue,” a third person shared. “&#8230;The half naked men practicality giving lap dances to children… that’s the issue. Along with trying to convince children that they don’t know what gender they are. When all they SHOULD be learning are their alphabets and such. It’s sick.”</span></p>
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91st Oscars Nominees Luncheon – Arrivals

‘Entertained By Drag Your Whole Life’: ‘Bridesmaids’ Star Melissa McCarthy Divides Fans With Instagram Photos

'Bridesmaids' Star Melissa McCarthy Divides Fans With Instagram Photos

Comedy

Drag Queens

<p>Kylie Jenner has been dethroned on Instagram for the title of the most-followed female on the social media platform — by the superstar singer Selena Gomez.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kylie-jenner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25-year-old</a> reality TV star previously held the crown on the social media site with 380 million followers. She held the top spot for a while until <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/selena-gomez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gomez&#8217;</a> follower count overtook hers, reaching 381 million followers as of Thursday.</p>
<p>The 30-year-old singer formerly held the title as the most-followed female on Instagram and was able to regain her crown when she recently returned to social media, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kylie-jenner-dethroned-instagrams-most-155317447.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG_mjAjOHAcZ2t1o2j3ayy6Pnf-IQp9gJg1MI2ytQPw7GORd7DzGFAKpHDXZqJNydmIyT4knK0wQyZoGr0xDatz0uyHI5B7OjprI6cSA_cIfkJuRk6P-I2KSsXt-ND6iW2FWDJrjI92-NXF6hw2Lw1tGrlcq8KadPiKYJUy7zhdK" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo.com</a> reported.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kylie Jenner was Instagram’s most-followed woman until Selena Gomez returned to the social media platform and quickly regained the title <a href="https://t.co/E3UbpztgMY">https://t.co/E3UbpztgMY</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CNN (@CNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1628872389999095809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>On Wednesday, Selena shared a racy snap on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_P7YgrrFO/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> showing her in a strapless black top while drinking a cocktail. She captioned it, &#8220;I deleted this one time because I thought maybe it was too much but eh (taking a break from social).&#8221; At the time of this publication, it had been liked more than 12 million times.</p>
<p>Gomez spoke to <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a42915591/selena-gomez-quit-social-media-hailey-bieber-comparison-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanity Fair</a> recently about her decision years ago to remove the Instagram app because of hurtful comments, but admitted to having the TikTok app on her phone.</p>
<p>&#8220;I never got the chance to go to an actual high school,&#8221; the &#8220;Wizards of Waverly Place&#8221; star shared. &#8220;The world was my high school for the longest time, and I started getting inundated with information that I didn&#8217;t want. I went through a hard time in a breakup and I didn&#8217;t want to see any of the [feedback]—not necessarily about the relationship, but the opinions of me versus [someone] else.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;d be thousands of really nice comments, but my mind goes straight to the mean one,&#8221; she added. &#8220;People can call me ugly or stupid and I&#8217;m like, Whatever. But these people get detailed. They write paragraphs that are so specific and mean. I would constantly be crying. I constantly had anxiety … I couldn&#8217;t do it anymore. It was a waste of my time.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The only thing I have on my phone is TikTok because I find it to be a little less hostile,&#8221; Gomez continued. &#8220;There are wonderful things about social media—connecting with fans, seeing how happy and excited they are and their stories. But usually that&#8217;s filtered through [for me now]. I created a system. Everything I do I send to my assistant who posts them. As far as comments, my team will put together a few things that are encouraging.&#8221;</p>


Kylie Jenner, Selena Gomez

Kylie Jenner Dethroned On Instagram For Most Followed Female By Superstar Selena Gomez

Kim Kardashian

Kylie Jenner

Reality TV

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<p>Britney Spears told fans not to call the cops if she happened to delete her Instagram account in a bizarre video she shared on social media on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41-year-old</a> pop singer posted a video on the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Co8SbSWjwc7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media platform</a> for her 41 million followers, which she captioned, &#8220;Stay humble out there, y&#8217;all!!! Hi mommy and daddy, I am a star now have you heard ??? Carry on peeps.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the clip, Spears speaks in a strange accent.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ok, great news. Ok, so last week guys I made a dress. I was really proud,&#8221; she said.  &#8220;[It had] a diamond panel, a zip in the back [and] a girlfriend helped me sew it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Spears then said a clothing company &#8220;sent her a dress,&#8221; adding that she didn&#8217;t have to make it herself. She then showed off a pink sequin halter dress with sheer panels and thanked the unnamed company for sending it.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe it. I am just saying! Hey now, so proud!&#8221; Spears shared.  &#8220;I didn&#8217;t even have to make it myself. Thank you company for sending me this dress. Thank you.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;So guys, I just want you to know if I shut down my Instagram do not call the cops,&#8221; Spears added. &#8220;Don&#8217;t ever be a rollercoaster.&#8221;</p>
<p>She then ran out of the room and returned with another dress before running out and back into the room, shouting, &#8220;never be a roller coaster.&#8221;</p>
<p>The &#8220;Baby One More Time&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s post follows reports that family members are worried about the Spears&#8217; mental health and reportedly have tried some kind of intervention following her &#8220;erratic&#8221; and &#8220;volatile&#8221; behavior, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11778419/Britney-Spears-posts-bizarre-clip-tells-fans-NOT-call-cops-deletes-Instagram.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> noted.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-slams-reports-of-her-family-planning-an-intervention-makes-me-sick-to-my-stomach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spears slammed</a> the reports as false and shared that &#8220;there&#8217;s obviously a lot of people who don&#8217;t wish me well.&#8221;</p>
<p>In November 2021, a judge ruled to terminate the conservatorship Spears had been under since 2008, controlled by her father. Since then, some fans have worried the singer is struggling after posting numerous nude photos, rants, and strange videos on social media. But other supporters say she&#8217;s just being herself.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-husband-sam-asghari-defends-her-manic-behavior-at-l-a-restaurant-said-he-didnt-storm-out">Britney Spears&#8217; Husband Sam Asghari Defends Her &#8216;Manic&#8217; Behavior At L.A. Restaurant, Says He Didn&#8217;t Storm Out</a></strong></p>


2016 Billboard Music Awards – Red Carpet

Britney Spears Tells Fans Not To Call Cops If She Deletes Instagram In Bizarre Video

Britney Spears

<p><a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/facebook">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/instagram">Instagram</a> threatened to permanently ban <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/project-veritas">Project Veritas</a> from the platforms after a journalist from the nonprofit confronted a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/youtube">YouTube</a> executive on why one of their <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/pfizer">Pfizer</a> sting videos had been removed.</p>
<p>Jordon Trishton Walker, an official who leads research and development for mRNA projects, recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-pfizer-official-physically-assaults-james-okeefe-destroys-ipad-showing-undercover-recordings">said</a> to an undercover Project Veritas journalist that the company uses “directed evolution” to mutate coronaviruses and create more potent variants and vaccines. More <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pfizer-exec-appears-to-admit-there-are-concerning-impacts-on-female-reproductive-health-from-vaccine-in-round-two-of-project-veritas-sting">footage</a> captured by the journalist and released on Thursday evening shows the embattled official revealing that Pfizer is not entirely sure why the vaccines are impacting women’s menstrual cycles, postulating that the effects could be evidence of hormonal disruptions.</p>
<p>“I hope we don’t discover something really bad down the line. I hope we don’t find out that somehow this mRNA lingers in the body,” he continued, “because it has to be affecting something hormonal to impact menstrual cycles.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/pfizer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pfizer</a> Director Concerned Over Women&#8217;s Reproductive Heath After COVID-19 Vaccinations</p>
<p>&#8220;There is something irregular about their menstrual cycles&#8230;concerning&#8230;The vaccine shouldn&#8217;t be interfering with that&#8230;It has to be affecting something hormonal&#8230;&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pfertility?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pfertility</a> <a href="https://t.co/XAuMPJNShD">pic.twitter.com/XAuMPJNShD</a></p>
<p>— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1621274788734943233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Project Veritas published more footage on Friday afternoon showing one of their reporters appearing to confront YouTube Vice President of Global Trust and Safety Matt Halprin on why they banned the first video. The executive walked away from the reporter without responding, apart from telling the reporter to not touch him and threatening to call the police.</p>
<p>Facebook and Instagram, both of which are owned by Meta, removed the footage of Halprin and <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1621604766190034949">warned</a> that the content violates “Community Standards.”</p>
<p>“We have these standards because we want everyone to feel safe, respected and welcome,” the warning said. “If your content goes against our Community Standards again, your account may be restricted or disabled. You can disagree with the decision if you think we got it wrong.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING: Project Veritas Senior Reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Hartsock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chris_Hartsock</a> Confronts <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTube</a> Vice President of Global Trust &amp; Safety Over Tech Giant’s Actions to Remove Our <a href="https://twitter.com/pfizer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pfizer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DirectedEvolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DirectedEvolution</a> Investigation From The Platform <a href="https://t.co/ktvXRJawN2">pic.twitter.com/ktvXRJawN2</a></p>
<p>— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1621564110906220544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Project Veritas added on Friday afternoon that they had been &#8220;wrongfully locked out&#8221; of Twitter for nearly two hours. The social media company <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1621637789753266177?s=20&amp;t=PHaMAgKOs5Qfn8bIvKBLTw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that the Halprin video constituted &#8220;abuse and harassment.&#8221;</p>
<p>Project Veritas has frequently been subjected to censorship from technology companies. Officials at Twitter had formerly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-reinstates-undercover-journalism-enterprise-project-veritas">restricted</a> the organization for allegedly posting a video showing Facebook Vice President Guy Rosen admitting the social media platform built a system designed to freeze commenting where hate speech or violence is detected without confirming if the alleged speech was hateful or violent. The account on Twitter was restored after Elon Musk purchased the company last year.</p>
<p>With respect to the abnormal menstrual cycles, Walker said in the video released on Thursday that the vaccine should not be interfering with the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, but expressed concern “there is something happening, but we don’t always figure it out.”</p>
<p>“There is something irregular about their menstrual cycles. So, people will have to investigate that down the line, because that is a little concerning,” he said. “The vaccine shouldn’t be interfering with that.”</p>
<p>Researchers have previously found that COVID vaccines impacted menstruation; one international <a href="https://news.ohsu.edu/2022/09/27/global-study-finds-covid-19-vaccination-can-affect-menstrual-cycle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> from the Oregon Health and Science University concluded that “some people may experience a slight, temporary change in the length of their monthly menstrual cycle” after receiving the vaccine. Another <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abm7201#:~:text=In%20this%20sample%2C%2042%25%20of,no%20change%20after%20being%20vaccinated." target="_blank" rel="noopener">study</a> found that 42% of women with regular menstrual cycles reported heavier bleeding than usual after inoculation.</p>
<p>Although Pfizer appears to have not yet responded to the second round of the Project Veritas sting, the company <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pfizer-denies-conducting-covid-gain-of-function-research-in-delayed-response-to-veritas-video" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> conducting gain-of-function research after the initial footage was released. “Working with collaborators, we have conducted research where the original SARS-CoV-2 virus has been used to express the spike protein from new variants of concern,” a statement read. “This work is undertaken once a new variant of concern has been identified by public health authorities. This research provides a way for us to rapidly assess the ability of an existing vaccine to induce antibodies that neutralize a newly identified variant of concern.”</p>
<p>Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe <a href="https://twitter.com/Project_Veritas/status/1618743338852835329">confronted</a> Walker in a subsequent video, leading the executive to call himself a “liar” who apparently fabricated the stories to impress the undercover journalist with whom he thought he was on a date. Pfizer did not respond to questions from The Daily Wire about Walker’s employment status.</p>
<p>Walker insisted he is “not even a scientist by background,” adding that he “came from a consulting firm that does business.” Asked whether he works for Pfizer, Walker said, “No, I was a contractor!” When pressed for a second time, Walker replied, “No! What are you talking about here?”</p>
<p>Despite his denials, Walker’s apparent LinkedIn profile, which appears to have been deleted, and images of internal Pfizer documents <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1618435991211233282">shared</a> by O’Keefe suggest he did indeed work for the pharmaceutical firm. Walker is listed as a Pfizer “director of research and development, strategic operations, and mRNA scientific planning.”</p>


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Facebook And Instagram Threaten To Permanently Ban Project Veritas

Facebook And Instagram Could Permanently Ban Project Veritas

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Britney Spears</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> accused </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alyssa-milano"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alyssa Milano</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of “bullying” after an incident which involved police coming to her house at the request of fans.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It started back in December when Milano responded to a video Spears had posted to Instagram. “Someone please go check on Britney Spears,&#8221; the “Brazen” actress posted in a tweet on December 21.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now the pop singer is responding to the message via her </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> account. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday night, Spears posted a screenshot of the tweet and shared her thoughts on it with more than 41 million of her followers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It saddens me to see things about me from people who don&#8217;t know me!!! This definitely feels like a form of bullying,&#8221; Spears wrote in her Instagram story, per </span><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/britney-spears-alyssa-milano-tweet-bullying-192718646.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yahoo</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. &#8220;Ladies, we are supposed to be rooting for one another not pulling one another down!&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A rep for Milano told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/01/alyssa-milano-has-reached-out-to-britney-spears-to-apologize-over-tweet/">TMZ</a> that the actress reached out to Spears privately Wednesday to apologize after she saw the Instagram story.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s a good chance the “Toxic” singer is feeling sensitive following the incident which inspired police to visit her home late at night after concerned fans kept calling them. They were allegedly worried about Spears deactivating her Instagram account, which she has done several times in the past. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Police were called to my home based on some prank phone calls. I love and adore my fans but this time things went a little too far and my privacy was invaded,” the singer shared on Instagram. “The police never entered my home and when they came to my gate they quickly realized there was no issue and left immediately.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spears followed up with an explanation as to why she deactivated her social media account in the first place, which has to do with fan comments similar to Milano’s.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I shut down my Instagram because there were too many people saying I looked like an idiot dancing and that I looked crazy,” Spears shared upon her return.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Yes I took my Instagram down and now it’s back up because I can!!!” she said in a later update, which has since been deleted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Since everyone thinks they know my story. THINK AGAIN,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;It is what it is … nope I&#8217;m not having a breakdown … I am who I am and moving forward in my life. I have never felt better!!!&#8221;</span></p>


Sony Pictures’ “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals

Britney Spears Accuses Alyssa Milano Of ‘Bullying’ For Suggesting Fans ‘Go Check On’ Her

Britney Spears Accuses Alyssa Milano Of 'Bullying' For Suggesting Fans 'Go Check On' Her

Alyssa Milano

<p>Top Democrats slammed Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for its decision to let former President Donald Trump back on the platform in the name of free speech.</p>
<p>Meta announced last Wednesday it would end Trump’s suspension from Facebook and Instagram, saying the penalty imposed after January 6 riot was “an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances,” and pledged to enforce “certain guardrails” on Trump in the future.</p>
<p>&#8220;Social media is rooted in the belief that open debate and the free flow of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are under threat in many places around the world. As a general rule, we don’t want to get in the way of open, public and democratic debate on Meta’s platforms — especially in the context of elections in democratic societies like the United States,&#8221; the company stated in the announcement.</p>
<p>The company did not say when Trump would be allowed to post on its platforms but said it was confident the “risk” he posed to public safety had passed. Twitter, which also suspended Trump in the wake of the Capitol riot, also recently reinstated Trump, although the former president has so far chosen to communicate through his own platform, Truth Social.</p>
<p>“We are bringing Mr. Trump back in the coming weeks with certain guardrails, applicable to any public figures suspended for certain violations during times of civil unrest,” a statement from Meta read. “The penalties and potential restrictions we’ve put in place are a deterrent.”</p>
<p>The company added that it was important for the public to see content from people like Trump, even if it was “<span data-reader-unique-id="40">distasteful or factually wrong.”</span></p>
<p>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) <a href="https://schiff.house.gov/news/press-releases/schiff-whitehouse-question-meta-decision-to-reinstate-trump-on-facebook">sent</a> a letter to Meta&#8217;s President of Global Affairs, Nicholas Clegg, criticizing the company&#8217;s decision to let Trump back on the platform.</p>
<p>“Based on Meta’s previous statements on standards for allowing Trump back on the platform, his account should not have been reinstated. Trump has continued to post harmful election content on Truth Social that would likely violate Facebook’s policies, and we have every reason to believe he will bring similar conspiratorial rhetoric back to Facebook, too,” the two wrote. “How Facebook could reinstate his account, given all the additional content on Truth Social that would likely have resulted in a brand-new suspension if it were on your platform, is inexplicable.”</p>
<p>“[W]e believe that part of Meta’s commitment to election integrity should be ensuring that those who maintain the unfounded, dangerous narrative of the 2020 election are not allowed or encouraged to spread the lie in any form,&#8221; they added. &#8220;It is not clear in this decision where Meta will draw the line &#8216;between content that is harmful and should be removed, and content that, however distasteful or inaccurate, is part of the rough and tumble of life in a free society” and we would greatly appreciate further clarity on this matter.'&#8221;</p>


Adam Schiff

Top Democrats Slam Meta For Allowing Trump Back On Facebook, Instagram

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Concerned fans called the police after pop singer </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/britney-spears"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Britney Spears</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> deleted her </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> account, prompting law enforcement to perform a wellness check at her California home late Tuesday night.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 41-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">celebrity</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> had her 13-year-long conservatorship lifted in November 2021 amid the popularity of the #FreeBritney movement. Ever since then, Spears has engaged in erratic behavior, including posting long, incoherent rants on social media and behaving strangely in public.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She has deleted and reinstated her Instagram account multiple times in the past. But enough fans contacted the police on this occasion, pushing the Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Office to dispatch units to Spears’ home just to check.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A police spokesperson later </span><a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/01/25/britney-spears-not-in-danger-police-say-after-wellness-check-calls/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">confirmed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to Page Six, “I can confirm that we did get calls into our dispatch, and essentially, I can confirm that we don’t believe that Britney Spears is in any kind of harm or any kind of danger.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sources told </span><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/26/britney-spears-911-call-welfare-check-annoyed-fans-delete-instagram/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TMZ</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the “Slave 4 U” singer was “annoyed” when the police showed up at her house but said she understood why fans were concerned. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The incident occurred just days after Spears announced she was changing her name to River Red on Instagram. Just prior to that, she was spotted having dinner with her husband and was accused of behaving strangely at the restaurant. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eyewitnesses told TMZ that Spears and Sam Asghari were dining at JOEY restaurant in Woodland Hills when the singer became “manic” and started yelling gibberish, after which Asghari appeared angry and left the establishment. Later, Asghari defended his actions, saying he had just run out to the car and wasn’t mad.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spears </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/britney-spears-husband-sam-asghari-defends-her-manic-behavior-at-l-a-restaurant-said-he-didnt-storm-out"><span style="font-weight: 400;">offered fans an update</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on the restaurant incident, commenting that she was “looking like [the Dreamworks animated ogre] Shrek” in videos recorded by other patrons and that media outlets were “all hyped about me being a little drunk” there, and that they’re “watching my every move.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “&#8230;Baby One More Time” singer addressed fans and supporters on social media, saying she appreciated their concern for her well-being.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I know y’all are rooting for me and all and make sure you check out the shocking Shrek picture of me … I was like damn that’s horrific yet there were two pics where I was normal … either way honestly I know nobody gives a flying f*** what I do,” she shared at the time.</span></p>


US-ENTERTAINMENT-CINEMA-ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

Police Perform Wellness Check On Britney Spears After Panicked Fans Call Them Over Deleted Instagram Account

California

<p>One of the most popular <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/music" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rock bands</a> of the 21st century is announcing its curtain call.</p>
<p>Panic! at the Disco singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/married-panic-disco-singer-comes-out-pansexual-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brendon Urie</a> announced Tuesday that he was calling it quits, finally breaking up the multi-platinum selling, award-winning pop-rock group. Panic! was founded as a band, but transitioned to Urie&#8217;s solo project in recent years. Urie said that after his final tour in Europe, he would be hanging up his microphone to spend more time with his family.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, it’s been a hell of a journey…&#8221; Urie posted in a statement on the band&#8217;s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnzNF9ouOUp/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> page. &#8220;Growing up in Vegas I could’ve never imagined where this life would take me. So many places all over the world, and all the friends we’ve made along the way. But sometimes a journey must end for a new one to begin. We’ve been trying to keep it to ourselves, though some of you may have heard. Sarah and I are expecting a baby very soon! The prospect of being a father and getting to watch my wife become a mother is both humbling and exciting. I look forward to this next adventure. That said, I am going to bring this chapter of my life to an end and put my focus and energy on my family, and with that Panic! At The Disco will be no more.&#8221;</p>
<p>Urie then thanked fans of the project. &#8220;Thank you all for your immense support over the years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I’ve sat here trying to come up with the perfect way to say this and I truly can’t put into words how much it has meant to us. Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or are just finding us, it has been a pleasure to not only share the stage with so many talented people but also share our time with you. I am looking forward to seeing everyone in Europe and the UK for one last run together. I love you. I appreciate you. Thank you for existing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Panic! at the Disco was founded by Urie along with childhood friends Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. The band released its first album, <em>A Fever You Can&#8217;t Sweat Out, </em>in 2005. Both the album and the second single, &#8220;I Write Sins Not Tragedies,&#8221; were massively successful: to date, the album is certified triple platinum, having sold over 3,000,000 copies, and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart; the single is certified quintuple platinum, selling more than 5,000,000 units, and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.</p>
<p>The band enjoyed commercial success for their entire run: their second album, 2008&#8217;s <em>Pretty. Odd.</em>, went platinum; the 2013 album <em>Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! </em>went platinum, as did 2017&#8217;s <em>Pray for the Wicked</em>; their 2015 album <em>Death of a Bachelor </em>went double platinum. The band has had more than a dozen singles certified platinum or better, including &#8220;This Is Gospel&#8221; (double platinum); &#8220;High Hopes&#8221; (5x platinum); and &#8220;Hey Look Ma, I Made It&#8221; (double platinum).</p>
<p>Wilson was fired from the band in 2006, and replaced by Jon Walker. Ross and Jon Walker left the band in 2009, replaced by Dallon Weekes. Smith left the band in 2013, then Weekes left in 2017, leaving Urie as the sole remaining member.</p>


Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco

Panic! At The Disco Singer Breaks Up One Of The Most Popular Bands Of The 2000s To Focus On Family

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meta" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meta</a> announced Wednesday it will end former President Trump&#8217;s suspension from Facebook and Instagram, saying the penalty imposed after January 6 was &#8220;an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances,&#8221; and sternly pledging to enforce &#8220;certain guardrails&#8221; on Trump in the future.</p>
<p>The company did not say when Trump would be allowed to post on its platforms but said it was confident the &#8220;risk&#8221; he posed to public safety had passed. Twitter, which also suspended Trump in the wake of the Capitol riot also recently reinstated Trump, although the former president has so far chosen to communicate through his own platform, Truth Social.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are bringing Mr. Trump back in the coming weeks with certain guardrails, applicable to any public figures <a href="https://transparency.fb.com/enforcement/taking-action/restricting-accounts-by-public-figures" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://transparency.fb.com/enforcement/taking-action/restricting-accounts-by-public-figures&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1674771703056000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1TP3TPcoFxOWAhmRMTfCQ9">suspended for certain violations</a> during times of civil unrest,&#8221; a statement from Meta read.</p>
<p>The company defended its controversial 2021 decision, insisting it never wanted to interfere in debate surrounding elections and that its decision had been approved by an oversight board. In lifting the suspension, Meta said that based on Trump&#8217;s past behavior on the platform, h<span data-reader-unique-id="28">e now faces &#8220;heightened penalties for repeat offenses – penalties which will apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under our </span><span data-reader-unique-id="30">updated protocol</span><span data-reader-unique-id="31">.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>&#8220;The penalties and potential restrictions we’ve put in place are a deterrent,&#8221; the statement read, warning that Trump could face another suspension ranging from one month to two years if he violates the company&#8217;s rules.</p>
<p>The company claimed that Trump had praised violent rioters at the Capitol, meriting his indefinite suspension, and that after January 6, &#8220;the risks of allowing President Trump to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.&#8221; Trump has denied praising or encouraging rioters, and did in fact take to Twitter as the riot unfolded to tell his supporters to disperse.</p>
<p>Both Facebook and Twitter have been criticized for suspending Trump even as they allowed a host of world leaders with histories of human rights violations to maintain a presence.</p>
<p>Trump responded to the suspension being lifted on Truth Social.</p>
<p>&#8220;Such a thing should never again happen to a sitting president or anybody else who is not deserving of retribution,&#8221; Trump wrote.</p>
<p data-reader-unique-id="10">Meta said its updated protocol specifically addresses content that does not technically violate the platform&#8217;s policies, but that &#8220;c<span data-reader-unique-id="33">ontributes to the sort of risk that materialized on January 6th, such as content that delegitimizes an upcoming election or is related to QAnon.&#8221;</span></p>
<p data-reader-unique-id="10"><span data-reader-unique-id="33">&#8220;We may limit the distribution of such posts, and for repeated instances, may temporarily restrict access to our advertising tools,&#8221; the company said. &#8220;This step would mean that content would remain visible on Mr. Trump’s account but would not be distributed in people’s Feeds, even if they follow Mr. Trump. We may also remove the reshare button from such posts, and may stop them being recommended or run as ads. In the event that Mr. Trump posts content that violates the letter of the Community Standards but, under our</span><span data-reader-unique-id="35"> newsworthy content policy</span><span data-reader-unique-id="36">, we assess there is a public interest in knowing that Mr. Trump made the statement that outweighs any potential harm, we may similarly opt to restrict the distribution of such posts but leave them visible on Mr. Trump’s account.&#8221;</span></p>
<p data-reader-unique-id="10">The company added that it was important for the public to see content from people like Trump, even if it was &#8220;<span data-reader-unique-id="40">distasteful or factually wrong.&#8221;</span></p>


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