May 5, 2021 White House backs social media crackdown on 'misinformation' after Trump Facebook ruling The White House on Wednesday said social media companies need to do more to protect the public from “disinformation” and “misinformation,” after Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s ban against former President Trump from using the platform.
May 5, 2021 Trump Facebook ban could be a fundraising hurdle for possible 2024 campaign, sources say The Facebook Oversight Board decision to uphold former President Trump’s ban from the platform could be “devastating” to his digital marketing and fundraising efforts for 2024, a source with Trump’s Facebook strategy told ӣƵ Wednesday, while others close to the former president said his fundraising track record since being banned from social media sites “suggests otherwise.”
May 5, 2021 Trump slams Facebook ban as 'total disgrace,' says Big Tech companies 'must pay a political price' Former President Trump on Wednesday slammed the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold his ban from Facebook and Instagram as a “total disgrace,” saying Big Tech companies “must pay a political price.”
May 5, 2021 New BLM demand seeks to permanently ban Trump from 'all digital media platforms' The organization Black Lives Matter recently added a new demand to its website to have former President Trump "permanently banned from all digital media platforms."
May 5, 2021 NPR correspondent scorched over tweet suggesting journalists in America require bulletproof vests An NPR correspondent deleted a tweet Tuesday after she was ridiculed for claiming her job "as a journalist in America" requires a bulletproof vest.
May 4, 2021 LeBron James regrets he ‘fueled wrong conversation’ about Ma'Khia Bryant NBA star LeBron James expressed regret this week about a Twitter message last month regarding Ma’Khia Bryant, the Ohio teen who was shot dead by a police officer while appearing ready to use a knife against a woman.
May 4, 2021 Glenn Greenwald rips former Intercept colleagues as 'liberal DNC hacks' for seizing data dump of Gab users Glen Greenwald offered a scathing response to The Intercept after the outlet revealed that it had obtained the personal data of users of the social media platform Gab.
May 4, 2021 CIA pushes back after critics slam new recruitment ad as 'embarrassment,' 'woke propaganda' The Central Intelligence Agency pushed back against criticism over their latest recruitment video, insisting in a statement Tuesday that the controversial ad has proven to be effective at helping attract candidates to the agency.
May 4, 2021 Trump launches new communications platform months after Twitter, Facebook ban EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump on Tuesday launched a communications platform, which will eventually give him the ability to communicate directly with his followers, after months of being banned from sites like Twitter and Facebook.
May 4, 2021 House candidate suing FEC over inaction on complaint against Twitter, says blue check of 'value' in campaigns Anna Paulina Luna, the former 2020 GOP nominee for Democrat Rep. Charlie Crist's House seat, is suing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over alleged inaction on a complaint about the fact Twitter never verified her account.