“Our communication around our actions on the [New York Post] article was not great. And blocking URL sharing via tweet or DM with zero context as to why we’re blocking: unacceptable,” Dorsey tweeted on Wednesday, hours after Twitter began blacklisting the story. In a thread explaining its actions posted around …
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Twitter users were blocked on Wednesday from sharing the New York Post story critical of the Bidens published just that morning. The decision was based on a never-before-invoked “hacked materials policy” that Twitter announced hours after Facebook had stomped on the same story. The Post cited emails that appeared to show …
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“So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of ‘Smoking Gun’ emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the [New York Post],” Trump tweeted on Wednesday evening. “REPEAL SECTION 230!!!” the president added, referring to the provision in the Communications Decency Act shielding social …
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The video showed formally dressed students locking arms with their partners from behind as they danced with their backs facing each other in waltz-like steps. While it is unclear where and when the clip was recorded, some alleged it was filmed during a classical dancing class, possibly in the Czech Republic as …
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The updated rules were unveiled by the social media platform on Friday. While an earlier version of the rules said election candidates could not claim victory on the platform until the results were “certified,” now they are allowed to do so when the results are merely “authoritatively called.” The general …
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Having spent the weekend receiving treatment for Covid-19 at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Tuesday Trump posted on both platforms that the US doesn’t shut down for the seasonal flu, though the illness kills many people every year even with a vaccine. “Are we …
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The SNL cast used nearly every opportunity to take shots at the US president’s health status. Host Chris Rock began the program by noting that Trump has been hospitalized with coronavirus, adding: “I just want to say my heart goes out to Covid.” The quip was followed by a skit …
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Costolo, a veteran tech entrepreneur who ran Twitter between 2010 and 2015, poured some gasoline on the fire of an argument currently underway in Silicon Valley. People in IT are debating whether corporations should be engaged in social justice activism and allow political discourses in their workspaces. “Me-first capitalists who …
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“The American people have a right to have a say on a SCOTUS nominee,” Biden said when discussing the possibility of Amy Coney Barrett being confirmed to the Supreme Court to take over Ruth Bader Ginburg’s seat. The former vice president argued Barrett could help to overturn both Roe v. …
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has pulled no punches, taking a swipe at Noem, South Dakota’s Republican governor, after she posted a video showcasing her sharp-shooting skills. “This is how we do social distancing in our state,” Noem says in the video before turning around and killing …
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