Brazilian influencer Júnior Pena, a vocal supporter of Donald Trump's immigration policies, was arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey, according to The Guardian. Pena, whose full name is Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior, had reportedly lived in the U.S. since 2009 and recently declared his support for Trump in a video message to his hundreds of thousands of social media followers.
Pena falsely claimed that the migrants being rounded up, including Brazilians, were all criminals, The Guardian reported. The arrest comes amid increased scrutiny of social media content and its impact on public discourse, as well as ongoing debates about immigration enforcement.
In other news, New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye found himself answering questions about his wife's baking skills during Super Bowl media availability, according to Fox News. Maye, in his second NFL season, was asked to rank four of his wife, Ann Michael's, TikTok recipes, which have gained popularity online. Ann Michael shares her recipes on TikTok, some of which went viral during what she calls.
Meanwhile, physician and longevity influencer Peter Attia faced criticism after correspondence between him and Jeffrey Epstein was released as part of a large tranche of files related to Mr. Epstein, The New York Times reported. Dr. Attia's name appeared in more than 1,700 documents, some of which included direct correspondence in the mid-2010s between him and Mr. Epstein, a disgraced financier who had at that point already pleaded guilty to prostitution charges. Mr. Epstein would later be charged with trafficking underage girls for sex.
Dr. Attia, who is in his early 50s, said in a lengthy statement posted on X on Monday that he never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in Mr. Epstein's presence. He added that he was never on his plane.
Also making headlines, The New York Times reported on a meeting arranged by Tulsi Gabbard between then-President Trump and FBI agents after a search of an election center in Fulton County, Georgia. The FBI's search of an election center in Fulton County, Ga., last week was extraordinary. Agents seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, as President Trump harnessed the levers of government to not only buttress his false claims of widespread voter fraud, but also to try to build a criminal case against those he believes wronged him.
Behind closed doors, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, met with some of the same F.B.I. agents, members of the bureaus field office in Atlanta, which is conducting the election inquiry, three people with knowledge of the meeting said. They could not say why Ms. Gabbard, who also appeared on site at the se
Finally, the BBC reported on the rise of AI-generated content, or "AI slop," on social media and the growing backlash against it. One example cited was an AI-generated image of two emaciated, impoverished South Asian children with beards, one missing limbs, holding a birthday cake in the rain. The image went viral on Facebook, garnering nearly one million likes and heart emojis. "It boggled my mind. The absurd AI," Théodore told the BBC. The incident highlights concerns about the spread of misinformation and exploitation through AI-generated content.
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