This beauty queen was the face of a fake news website. She says she had no idea.; How researchers tried to understand one of Twitter’s oldest trolling groups; Facebook hopes artificial intelligence can curb the ‘terribly tragic’ trend of suicides; Twitter users can finally filter out ‘egg’ accounts from their notifications; ‘Gary from Chicago,’ the Oscars’ best meme, didn’t ask for your attention; I signed up to chat with a stranger about our differences. Except there weren’t many.; Thousands of furious Trump fans can’t stop visiting a website that pretends Clinton won; Why Twitter users who swear at politicians might get put in a timeout;   At the corner of Internet and interesting   This beauty queen was the face of a fake news website. She says she had no idea. The activist blogger with a beauty queen's face and nearly a million Facebook followers was the product of a stolen picture and a lot of deceit, a lawsuit says. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more » How researchers tried to understand one of Twitter’s oldest trolling groups A tight-knit group of Twitter trolls are convinced they know who is responsible for the disappearance of Madeline McCann. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   Facebook hopes artificial intelligence can curb the ‘terribly tragic’ trend of suicides Recent live-streamed suicides “perhaps could have been prevented if someone had realized what was happening and reported them sooner,” Mark Zuckerberg said, adding that A.I. “can help provide a better approach.” By Lindsey Bever  •  Read more »   Twitter users can finally filter out ‘egg’ accounts from their notifications It is now finally possible to filter out some of Twitter's sketchiest accounts. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   ‘Gary from Chicago,’ the Oscars’ best meme, didn’t ask for your attention Coe became a meme in an instant, simply for agreeing to a free sightseeing tour of Hollywood that ended with a surprise trip to the Oscars. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   I signed up to chat with a stranger about our differences. Except there weren’t many. The “Hello Project” has a simple premise: two strangers, each with a different view, have a conversation on the Internet. By Julia Carpenter  •  Read more »   Thousands of furious Trump fans can’t stop visiting a website that pretends Clinton won Hillarybeattrump.org, whose masthead reads “President Hillary Rodham Clinton,” went viral after coverage from Breitbart, the Daily Caller and Milo Yiannopoulos. By Peter Holley  •  Read more »   Why Twitter users who swear at politicians might get put in a timeout Twitter quietly introduced a new, temporary, punishment for people who tweet potentially abusive things. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   The Switch The day's top stories on the tech industry and tech in our lives. Sign Up »         Share The Intersect Weekly:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for The Intersect. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071