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'Emotional blackmail': How Duolingo manipulates its 31 million users
Duolingo's owl mascot constantly rags on users. It's a risky marketing strategy, but Gen Z loves it…
Kelli María Korducki
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A hacker got 6 years in prison for stealing therapy notes and blackmailing patients
Aleksanteri Kivimäki was found guilty of hacking a therapy company and trying to extort its patient…
Joshua Zitser
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Putin is using 'nuclear blackmail' — and Russia defeating Ukraine could spark global chaos and economic disaster, Jamie Dimon warns
If Russia defeats Ukraine, other countries might rethink their reliance on the US and embrace nucle…
Theron Mohamed
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Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack
The US embassy in Russia issued a security alert earlier this month warning that "extremists have i…
Jake Epstein
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Trump tells the Supreme Court that if he doesn't have 'absolute immunity from criminal prosecution' future presidents could be blackmailed
The former president's legal team also hinted at the potential future prosecution of President Joe …
Brent D. Griffiths
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An Airbnb host's son secretly filmed a guest in the shower, then tried to blackmail her into sending him a sex video: prosecutors
The 51-year-old California man pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and was sentenced to prison after th…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Movie theater giant AMC's boss Adam Aron revealed as the mystery CEO who fell victim to a catfish blackmail scheme he called an 'elaborate criminal extortion'
Aron confirmed he was the CEO who was catfished by a woman after he sent her sexually explicit phot…
Pete Syme
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Customers are being asked to tip even at self check-out. Some say it's 'emotional blackmail.'
As self-checkout kiosks are incorporating the option to include tips, customers question where the …
Will Gendron
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Russia's foreign minister accuses the West of 'financial blackmail' as BRICS eye adding Saudi Arabia, Iran to economic bloc
Russia's foreign minister accused Western nations of using "financial blackmail" as its economy fac…
Jennifer Sor
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Popular Reddit client Apollo will shut down after talks over new developer fees got 'ugly,' with allegations of blackmail
Apollo, a third-party client for Reddit, will shut down on June 30 after talks with the social medi…
Thomas Maxwell
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Russia is using its gas and energy resources to 'blackmail' Europe, says Germany's economy minister
Even though gas flows resumed, "we should not lull ourselves into a false sense of security that [s…
Phil Rosen
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Vladimir Putin's 'gas blackmail' is failing as an LNG revolution allows Europe to end its dependence on Russia, says Yale professor
The European energy crisis will improve sooner than previously thought as gas evolves into a "buyer…
Brian Evans
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Michael Cohen doubles down on claim that Trump may have kept classified documents to blackmail the DOJ into not indicting him
Trump's former fixer was on MSNBC to discuss the report that the FBI found documents about a foreig…
Sophia Ankel
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Boris Johnson's team accused of intimidating and blackmailing MPs questioning his leadership
William Wragg, chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, accused Joh…
Henry Dyer
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The American Institute for Cancer Research accused Lisa Rinna of using cancer for 'emotional blackmail' on the 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' season 12 finale
American Institute for Cancer Research slammed Lisa Rinna for saying she would get cancer if she di…
Keyaira Boone
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Putin's demand for Europe to use rubles to pay for natural gas is a 'blackmail' attempt, says EU
The "time when energy could be used to blackmail us is over," the European Commission president sai…
Carla Mozée
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A former pilot with an American Airlines codeshare partner said he felt 'blackmailed' when asked to extend his flying time
A former pilot for Mesa Airlines said if he refused to fly extra hours, the airline did not provide…
Sam Tabahriti
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'Bachelor' star Colton Underwood says he was blackmailed after secretly visiting a spa for gay men
Former "Bachelor" star Colton Underwood said someone threatened to leak nude photos of his spa visi…
Anneta Konstantinides
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Todd Chrisley's former business partner said they paid a blackmailer $38,000 to keep their affair a secret
Mark Braddock testified that his secret affair with Todd Chrisley is behind why he was willing to c…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Germany is reportedly working on a new trade policy to reduce dependence on China, as economy minister says the country can't allow itself to be 'blackmailed'
"We cannot allow ourselves to be blackmailed," German Economy Minister Robert Habeck told Reuters.