Hello! Tiffany here, filling in for Andrew. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
Today, we have stories on a new chatbot telling people to lose weight, a TikTok that possibly spoiled Succession’s finale for some people, Trump supporters going after Ron DeSantis, and a social media data breach.
Scroll down for Audra’s Now Streaming column, which is about what Succession meme accounts plan to do now that the show has ended.
— T.K.
⚡ Today’s top stories
🤖 BOTS
National Eating Disorders Association’s new chatbot advises people with disordering eating to lose weight
People in the larger eating disorder recovery community online tested out the chatbot’s abilities and flagged how it advised them on weight loss.
👶 NAMES
Did this baby-naming TikTok predict the end of ‘Succession’?
Amid furious speculation about who would ‘win’ the Succession finale, this TikTok went viral.
🗳️ POLITICS
Trump supporters keep trying to tie Ron DeSantis to George Soros
Supporters of former President Donald Trump are spreading an altered image that purports to show Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a room with billionaire George Soros.
🚩 SOCIAL MEDIA
Leak from Kiwi Farms’ successor reveals offensive user names, disturbing DM content
A data breach appears to have exposed Poast users’ email addresses and DMs.
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📺 Now Streaming
What will happen to ‘Succession’ Twitter?
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
😴 Worker says she now has to wake up 3 hours earlier after workplace returns to office
🐕 Police department criticized for social media tribute to departed K9
🚗 Turo user says Tesla came back damaged after renting it out
🛍️ Former Kroger worker says Instacart driver charged $900 on customer order. It’s a popular scam
🧜♀️ Woman issues PSA about ‘The Little Mermaid’ viral popcorn buckets
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👋 Before you go
A TikToker shared an amusing security test that they apparently encountered on the newly-branded streaming platform Max. It asked the user to complete difficult puzzles—including an audio one.
🎶 Now Playing: “The Rip” by Portishead 🎶
