Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | ericsphotography) A federal judge has blocked Florida’s new social media law because it violates the First Amendment rights of tech companies that moderate user content on their online platforms. The state law would make it illegal for large social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to ban politicians and impose […]
Welcome to another action-packed edition of Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE MONTH! From anti-vax nonsense to “sticky stuff” stupidity to Florida, we’re your one-stop shop for schadenfreude in and around the world of professional athletics. So, with that in mind, let’s offer a quick round of applause to one special spectator… Read more…
About once a month, you see a headline or hear about a story so absurd that it could only happen in one place – Florida. Well, here are a few more. Read more…
Miami!!! (And rest of the world with access to Pay-Per-View!!!) Saturday night is going to be cloudy with a high of 87 (hello, humidity), but if you want the real heat, you’re gonna have to get your eyes on the Triller Fight Club match of Lopez Vs. Kambosos Jr! The venue is the IoanDepot Park, […]
Sounds like we’ve got a real-life superhero in the making on our hands! Over Memorial Day weekend, a family in Florida (of course) was trying to enjoy the holiday on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville when disaster nearly struck — if not for an AMAZING act of physical prowess by a 7-year-old boy. Chase […]
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] This is a particularly upsetting story. A 14-year-old girl was shot by police on Tuesday after she and a 12-year-old boy, both runaways from a local group home, opened fire on law enforcement. The two foster children ran from Florida United Methodist Children’s Home and broke into a house in Volusia […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | s-cphoto) Trade groups representing Facebook, Twitter, and other major websites have sued Florida to block a state law that makes it illegal for social media companies to ban politicians. The industry groups say the law violates the First Amendment—and legal experts have said the same, as we’ve previously written. Florida […]
Enlarge / Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaks during during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis yesterday signed a bill into law to stop what he called the “censorship” of conservatives on social-media websites such as Twitter and Facebook. […]
We don’t know if it’s the fact it’s the ten year anniversary of her acquittal or what, but Casey Anthony is in the news a lot lately. And, as ever, it’s not for a good reason. Recently we’ve picked our jaws up off the floor at the idea she was starting a detective agency to help […]
What happens when technology from the 21st century meets sexist patriarchal standards from the 19th century? You get teachers using photoshop to cover up teenage girls’ skin without their permission. Last week a 9th grade student named Riley O’Keefe saw her photo in the Bartram Trail High School yearbook and was shocked. Someone had taken her […]