Scribd restores Inquisitr hoax source material after copyright dispute
The online document repository restored the material weeks after an attorney from the website Inquisitr tried to scrub it from the Internet.
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The online document repository restored the material weeks after an attorney from the website Inquisitr tried to scrub it from the Internet.
A Comcast executive says the cable giant is not influencing NBC stations in blocking an ad campaign for Dish Network’s Sling TV service.
A an attorney representing Inquisitr.com has filed copyright notices with Twitter and Scribd after The Desk exposed a fake news story published on the website.
A freelance reporter used his girlfriend as the source for a completely-fictitious story that fooled Inquisitr.com and several other popular news aggregates.
Did Anonymous really hijack Indiana radio station WXXR, or was it a publicity stunt? The FBI says they’re investigating the matter.
Kevin Johnson’s attorney says a resolution adopted by a Black Mayors group has no legal authority in a matter involving the mayor’s e-mail records.
The parent company of the Daily Dot has held preliminary talks to acquire the mobile news application Circa, The Desk has learned.
KGO-TV fired freelance news producer Carlos La Roche over a tweet in which he suggested Oakland police use “real bullets” against a group of protesters.
The Desk has learned the Islamic State-loyalist Cyber Caliphate is actually a lone hacker from Algeria who is unaffiliated with the group.
In the 2012 e-mail, Obama asked then-Turkish PM Erdogan to help calm anger stoked in the Middle East over an anti-Islam film posted on YouTube.