“We should eliminate the term ‘not racist’ from the human vocabulary,” Kendi tweeted on Sunday. “We are either being racist or antiracist. Is that clear for you? There is no such thing as ‘not racist.’” “So what does ‘not racist’ mean? The term has no meaning other than denying when …
Read More »‘100% our fault’: Twitter apologizes for ‘racist’ photo-cropping algorithm as Team Woke scores another touchdown
The social media crusade began after a Twitter user observed that the site consistently left out Barack Obama’s face when cropping an image containing portraits of the former president and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In several ‘experiments’, the politicians’ ties were changed and more portraits of Obama were added …
Read More »Political Twitter goes wild over conservative icon Tucker Carlson getting ‘on board’ with SOCIALISM in 2018
Carlson, America’s most popular news host, is famous for holding deeply conservative positions, and specifically for opposing what he calls the ‘radical left’. However, he went viral on Friday, because in a two-year-old interview with a leftist philosopher Сornel West, Carlson appeared to have vocally subscribed to a socialist agenda. …
Read More »One happy family? Twitter’s public policy director reportedly leaves social media giant to join Biden transition team
While it’s unclear what role he will play on the team, Carlos Monje has helped to host fundraisers for the Biden campaign and has been hired to assist with his potential transition to the White House, Politico reported on Thursday, citing “a person familiar with the move.” Monje, who is …
Read More »#AllBuildingsMatter hashtag sends Twitter into meltdown on 9/11 anniversary
The three words in question made it to the top of US Twitter trends earlier on Friday, conspicuously overlapping with the 19th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks in which nearly 3,000 perished. The AllBuildingsMatter hashtag – an explicit evocation of the ongoing US debate – was used to ridicule …
Read More »‘Resign for a woman then?’ UN chief stirs ire after agency’s Twitter shares quote linking Covid-19 with ‘male-dominated world’
Guterres delivered the opening remarks at a virtual town hall event with women’s civil society organizations late last month. While his lengthy speech hit on a number of complex issues – including disparities in the healthcare workforce, gender-based violence and protections for workers in the informal economy – the UN’s …
Read More »Equal justice? Twitter locks out lawyer of alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse for ‘violating rules’
Wood is the attorney who won sizable settlements for Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann in defamation suits against CNN and the Washington Post. Last week, he volunteered to represent Rittenhouse pro bono and set up a legal defense fund for him. The lawyer’s account is still visible, but the last …
Read More »Twitter sends a “black mark” state media, governments and propagandists
Social network Twitter is introducing the updated design of the accounts of key government officials and state media, tagging them with special icons “Government account” and “State media”. As the social network explains in his blog, this is done to ensure that users seeing an account from another country to …
Read More »Twitter is gaining popularity flashmob in support of the Yakut shaman TM Alexander
In the social network Twitter is gaining momentum in a flash mob in support of the Yakut shaman Alexander Gabysheva, who became famous after his passage to Moscow to oust Vladimir Putin. So, in Twitter at the moment more than 17 thousand posts with the hashtag #svobodarny in which social …
Read More »Twitter has blocked thousands of accounts for the propaganda of the “United Russia”
Twitter has blocked thousands of accounts for the propaganda of the “United Russia” and the attacks on the opposition Social network Twitter has blocked 1152 account associated with the Russian authorities, for the promotion of the “United Russia” and the attacks on members of the opposition. This is stated in …
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