US President Donald Trump threatens “big action” against Twitter
4 years, 7 months ago

US President Donald Trump threatens “big action” against Twitter

Op India  

An irate Donald Trump has warned that a “big action” can soon follow against the popular microblogging website Twitter after it labelled the American President’s tweets with a fact-checking label. — Donald J. Trump May 27, 2020 A few hours before that, Trump had gone after the social media giant, accusing it of exhibiting “clear political bias”. Twitter labels US President Donald Trump’s tweets as misleading On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s tweets on mail-in ballots were flagged as ‘misleading’ by Twitter. However, Twitter’s action triggered a strong reaction from the US President Donald Trump who slammed the San Francisco based social media company for stifling free speech and interfering in the upcoming presidential elections.

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Trump declares a new war on Big Tech
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump declares a new war on Big Tech

Politico  

“At the FTC, we will end Big Tech’s vendetta against competition and free speech,” Ferguson pledged on X. Carr, a longtime conservative gadfly initially nominated to the FCC by Trump and strongly supported by Elon Musk, has leaned into culture-war rhetoric and last month pledged on social media and cable news to smash the “censorship cartel” of Big Tech. Adam …

After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left
1 month, 3 weeks ago

After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left

Raw Story  

Right-wing falsehoods about voter fraud fell off a cliff after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election, but American liberals took a page from their playbook to push wild conspiracy theories that have fueled doubt about the democratic process. "What we're seeing now is an uptick in election fraud claims from the left, particularly in the days following Election Day …

Donald Trump dismisses ‘fake and illegal’ Truth Social ‘rumours’ spreading after his election victory
Top News
2 months ago

Donald Trump dismisses ‘fake and illegal’ Truth Social ‘rumours’ spreading after his election victory

Hindustan Times  

Former US President Donald Trump has finally broken his silence on social media following his recent election victory, addressing speculation around his investment in Truth Social, the platform he founded after his Twitter ban in early 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo Earlier rumors had circulated that Trump might sell shares in Truth Social, which he strongly refuted in a statement, calling …

Elon Musk appears to have tweaked X’s algorithm to promote Trump, study claims
2 months ago

Elon Musk appears to have tweaked X’s algorithm to promote Trump, study claims

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Analysis of the social media platform – which the tech billionaire acquired in 2022 – showed that …

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media
2 months ago

Expect This Election to Play Differently than 2020 on Social Media

Bloomberg  

Heading into the US presidential election four years ago, Facebook and Twitter instituted substantial policies to combat misleading political content, touted their investments into content moderation and promised to do all they could to avoid a free-for-all on their platforms. Just before Election Day in 2020, Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told investors the election would be a test …

Trump floods social media with 'explicit' and 'vengeful' memes after new indictment
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump floods social media with 'explicit' and 'vengeful' memes after new indictment

Raw Story  

Donald Trump responded to the news of the grand jury passing down a superseding indictment in the past 24 hours with a flood of memes that MSNBC reporters called "vengeful" and "explicit." Read Also: The Biden impeachment story is a Trump revenge story A different one has a photo of special counsel Jack Smith saying, "Jackal Smith is a career …

"He's failing and flailing": Trump rages about crowd size during extended Truth Social tantrum
4 months, 3 weeks ago

"He's failing and flailing": Trump rages about crowd size during extended Truth Social tantrum

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday flooded his Truth Social feed with more than 25 posts and reposts, largely consisting of meandering rants, false claims and misleading AI images. Another AI image, showing Vice President Kamala Harris speaking before a large crowd of cadres at a Democratic National Convention decorated with red hues and Communist paraphernalia, was shared by Trump …

'He's coming apart': Trump mocked over 'panicked' social media binge before Dem convention
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'He's coming apart': Trump mocked over 'panicked' social media binge before Dem convention

Raw Story  

As Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats gear up for their national convention, Donald Trump is on a social media spree. Former Republican Jeff Timmer flagged the post about empty seats at the Trump rally, writing, "Looks like someone woke up on the gibbering barking panicked side of the bed today." Former prosecutor Ron Filipkowski noted the high number …

Donald Trump’s Truth Social: The former president’s return to Twitter reveals his greatest scam yet.
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump’s Truth Social: The former president’s return to Twitter reveals his greatest scam yet.

Slate  

Donald Trump spent Monday providing free publicity for the main competitor of his publicly traded social media company, and you’ll never guess what happened next. Rather, Trump Media is a $5 billion company because some of Trump’s fans think it is cool to own a company that trades as $DJT and supports Trump. Nowhere in the company’s “risk factors” filed …

Donald Trump returns to X/Twitter – with hidden post
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Donald Trump returns to X/Twitter – with hidden post

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shortly after Elon Musk took over Twitter, in late 2022, Mr Trump’s account was reinstated. But in …

Trump shooter's alleged social media posts 'revealed' by website's CEO
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump shooter's alleged social media posts 'revealed' by website's CEO

Daily Mail  

The CEO of the social networking website Gab has revealed posts that he claims may have been written by Donald Trump 's would-be assassin Thomas Crooks. Andrew Torba said on Wednesday that an unnamed law enforcement agency informed him that Crooks may have posted pro-Biden messages on Gab, a platform known for its alt-right users and conspiratorial content. In another …

Meta to ease restrictions on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Meta to ease restrictions on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts

India TV News  

Meta announced that it would roll back certain restrictions which were imposed earlier on former U.S. President Donald Trump- for using Facebook and Instagram. Background of suspension and reinstatement Following the events of January 6, when Meta indefinitely suspended Trump's accounts due to his comments which were praising the individuals involved in storming the U.S. Capitol. Changes in monitoring Meta …

Facebook lifts restrictions on Trump, giving him equal footing with Biden on the social media site
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Facebook lifts restrictions on Trump, giving him equal footing with Biden on the social media site

LA Times  

Facebook has lifted restrictions it had imposed on former President Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Facebook has lifted restrictions imposed on Donald Trump after his supporters’ Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, placing the former president on an equal footing on the platform with President Biden just days before the Republican National Convention. Meta, Facebook’s …

Donald Trump Poses a Unique Threat to Truth Social, Says Truth Social
55 years ago

Donald Trump Poses a Unique Threat to Truth Social, Says Truth Social

Wired  

Trump Media & Technology Group, the Truth Social parent company majority-owned by former president Donald Trump, filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission this morning that helpfully details all of the ways Trump himself poses a threat to the company and its shareholders. “TMTG may be subject to greater risks than typical social media platforms because of the …

Donald Trump’s social media company soars in Wall Street debut
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump’s social media company soars in Wall Street debut

Al Jazeera  

Shares of former Donald Trump’s social media company soared by as much as 59 percent on the first day of trading on Wall Street, boosting the former United States president’s expected windfall as he faces a growing list of legal bills. The Trump Media & Technology Group reached $79.38 per share at its peak on Tuesday, before closing 16 percent …

New era of AI deepfakes complicates 2024 elections
10 months, 3 weeks ago

New era of AI deepfakes complicates 2024 elections

Live Mint  

The explosion of artificial-intelligence technology makes it easier than ever to deceive people on the internet, and is turning the 2024 U.S. presidential election into an unprecedented test on how to police deceptive content. Two weeks later, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said it identified a Texas-based company named Life Corp.as the source of the calls and that it …

Donald Trump’s Truth Social is in trouble. So where will he post if it fails?
1 year, 1 month ago

Donald Trump’s Truth Social is in trouble. So where will he post if it fails?

Slate  

Long gone are the days of Donald Trump shitposting his way to the presidency. Stories about Truth Social’s business troubles have proliferated ever since late 2021, when the platform’s parent company brought in a $300 million fundraising haul through a planned merger with a SPAC known as Digital World Acquisition Corp. Related From Slate The Supreme Court Needs to Decide …

Donald Trump’s Truth Social facing ‘substantial doubt’ over future
1 year, 1 month ago

Donald Trump’s Truth Social facing ‘substantial doubt’ over future

The Telegraph  

Donald Trump’s social network is facing “substantial doubt” over its future as it seeks to renegotiate debt repayments, according to US filings. Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, has lost $31.6m since it was set up in early 2021, according to Digital World Acquisition Corp, a US shell company planning to take TMTG public. Digital …

"A world of chaos, corruption and hypocrisy": Welcome to Donald Trump's fundraising emails
1 year, 2 months ago

"A world of chaos, corruption and hypocrisy": Welcome to Donald Trump's fundraising emails

Salon  

Donald Trump's recent fundraising emails appear unhinged and delusional even by his standards. The Left wants to take down “Trump Tower” — a world-famous New York landmark, they want to dissolve the Trump Organization, and their ultimate goal is to financially ruin me and my family. I asked Jennifer Mercieca, a historian of political rhetoric at Texas A&M and the …

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price
1 year, 3 months ago

Commentary: Elon Musk bought Twitter just to break it. With a new war, we’re paying the price

LA Times  

It’s been nearly a year since Elon Musk acquired Twitter, and more than the average landlord, he’s made some changes to the storefront: replacing the social media platform’s cheerful winged mascot with an ominous “X,” stripping all but paying subscribers of verified status, and turning it from a frenetic crossroads of breaking news and opinion to a playground for falsehoods …

Trump is embracing five ‘fake news’ outlets he supposedly hates
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump is embracing five ‘fake news’ outlets he supposedly hates

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Each afternoon since last week, former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has fired off an email titled "ICYMI: Important Articles and Posts from President Trump". On Wednesday, Trump used his daily email to highlight the reporting of NBC News’ Monica Alba and Carol E. Lee, who wrote that “attorneys for President Joe Biden and the special counsel appointed …

Trump returns to X after 2 years with a mugshot - Here are his 9 most controversial tweets
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump returns to X after 2 years with a mugshot - Here are his 9 most controversial tweets

Hindustan Times  

Former President Donald Trump has resurfaced on the social media scene, posting his Fulton County mug shot on the newly named platform "X" after over two years of silence. In his first post since January 8, 2021, Trump's image featured his mug shot, taken after he surrendered to authorities on charges related to alleged attempts to influence the 2020 election …

Trump returns to site formerly known as Twitter, posts his mug shot shortly after Georgia surrender
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump returns to site formerly known as Twitter, posts his mug shot shortly after Georgia surrender

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump has returned to X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, firing off his first message in more than 2 1/2 years shortly after he surrendered at an Atlanta jail on charges he conspired to overturn his election loss. It was Trump’s first post since Jan. 8, 2021, when Twitter suspended his …

Trump returns to social media platform X, posts mugshot from county jail
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump returns to social media platform X, posts mugshot from county jail

Al Jazeera  

The former US president returned to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter to post his police mugshot. Former United States President Donald Trump has returned to the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, with a post showing his mug shot from his booking at Fulton County Jail in Georgia earlier in the day. The mugshot released …

Opinion: Lies, damn lies and social media — there's a reason this country is so deeply polarized.
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Lies, damn lies and social media — there's a reason this country is so deeply polarized.

LA Times  

A Trump supporter, left, and an anti-Trump protester exemplify American divisions outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, where former President Trump would be arraigned on New York charges in April. We also encounter MIT management professor Sinan Aral, who wrote “The Hype Machine,” a 2020 book about the “perils and promise” of social media. “Social media is rewriting the central nervous …

Donald Trump's threatening social media post flagged by US prosecutors to judge
1 year, 5 months ago

Donald Trump's threatening social media post flagged by US prosecutors to judge

ABC  

US prosecutors have flagged a threatening social media post from Donald Trump in a late-night court filing, arguing that it suggests he might intimidate witnesses by improperly disclosing confidential evidence received from the government. Key points: The office of special counsel says Donald Trump's post raised concerns that he might publicly reveal secret materials obtained from prosecutors A Trump spokesperson …

Trump’s gone 'off the rails' as violent social media messages reach 'another level': analyst
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump’s gone 'off the rails' as violent social media messages reach 'another level': analyst

Raw Story  

Donald Trump’s reckless use of social media has gone “off the rails” in recent days, The Washington Post reports in an analysis of the former president’s virtual communications that have prompted concerns about the potential for real violence. Taranto shared Trump’s Truth Social Post on his Telegram account, where the Jan. 6 defendant wrote “We got these losers surrounded!” adding …

Donald Trump ponders Twitter return under Elon Musk’s ownership
1 year, 6 months ago

Donald Trump ponders Twitter return under Elon Musk’s ownership

The Telegraph  

Donald Trump is reportedly considering a return to Twitter, with the platform now considered to be a more conservative-friendly space under Elon Musk’s ownership. A source close to the Trump campaign told US news website Axios that the 77-year-old’s return to the social media platform could be strategically used to offset bad news in the run-up to next year’s presidential …

The warping of the American mind: How Trump's two 'Big Lies' have metastasized
1 year, 6 months ago

The warping of the American mind: How Trump's two 'Big Lies' have metastasized

Raw Story  

America is heading into a presidential election in which Donald Trump is basing his candidacy on two Big Lies — that President Biden stole the 2020 election from him, and that Biden is orchestrating a prosecutorial witch hunt against him. So you might think the social media companies that in 2020 responded to Trump’s first Big Lie by removing him …

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter Really Is Worse Than Ever

Wired  

A year ago, Elon Musk announced that he wanted to buy Twitter to clear it of bots and turn “the de facto public town square” into a place for unfettered free speech. After he took over the platform, Musk insisted that “Twitter’s strong commitment to content moderation remains absolutely unchanged.” But around the same time, Twitter fired most of its …

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter’s updated hateful content policy restricts reach, but does not enforce full ban

The Hindu  

Twitter will no longer remove tweets that violate its hateful content policy, but will instead tag them as having violated the rules of the platform. The new policy is aimed at increasing transparency on enforcement actions, and to promote free speech while restricting its reach – a new approach to content moderation. “These labels bring a new level of transparency …

Elon Musk sucks at Twitter, succeeds at fascism
1 year, 9 months ago

Elon Musk sucks at Twitter, succeeds at fascism

Raw Story  

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter would rank among the worst business decisions in human history, if the goal were … business. First, let’s concede the whole thing started as a bad joke – one of Elon’s characteristically awful attempts at being funny, which are generally either stolen from Reddit or paper-thin cover for his flaccid attempts at dick swinging. The …

Trump takes swing at 'fake news media' in non-apology over 'death and destruction' comment
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump takes swing at 'fake news media' in non-apology over 'death and destruction' comment

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Monday defended a controversial social media post described by some as a stochastic terrorist threat against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Trump on Thursday posted a photo on his Truth Social site showing the former president holding a baseball bat next to a photo of the Manhattan prosecutor in an all-caps post that includes a …

Opinion: Trump’s support faces its biggest test
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Trump’s support faces its biggest test

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up to get this weekly column as a newsletter. “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair,” DeSantis said even as he accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of “pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office.” If Trump is prosecuted, he could …

YouTube fully restores Donald Trump’s account
1 year, 9 months ago

YouTube fully restores Donald Trump’s account

Al Jazeera  

Video streaming platform says the decision aims to allow voters to hear equally from candidates in the run-up to the 2024 vote. YouTube has lifted restrictions on Donald Trump’s channel, becoming the latest social media network to fully restore the former United States president’s account more than two years after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol. After a right-wing …

Matt Taibbi scorched in hearing for skipping Trump push to censor Chrissy Teigen in Twitter expose
1 year, 10 months ago

Matt Taibbi scorched in hearing for skipping Trump push to censor Chrissy Teigen in Twitter expose

Raw Story  

A House lawmaker criticized journalist Matt Taibbi Thursday for omitting Donald Trump's push to censor model Chrissy Teigen on Twitter in Taibbi's attack on the government over its alleged left-wing pressure on the social media platform. Taibbi — armed with files released to him by CEO Elon Musk — late last year tried to make a case in his so-called …

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion
1 year, 11 months ago

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion

NPR  

Ex-Twitter officials reject GOP claims of government collusion Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Alex Wong/Getty Images Former Twitter officials denied claims the U.S. government and Joe Biden's presidential campaign were involved in the social network's controversial, short-lived decision to block users from sharing a New York Post story about Biden's son Hunter just weeks before the 2020 …

Facebook's big money grab: Don't believe the spin — Trump is key to social media company's success
1 year, 11 months ago

Facebook's big money grab: Don't believe the spin — Trump is key to social media company's success

Raw Story  

Whatever Meta executives might say about the choice to allow Donald Trump back onto Facebook and Instagram, even though the former president incited a violent insurrection two years ago, know this: It's total honking nonsense. As Angelo Carusone, president of Media Matters for America, said in an emailed statement, "Trump's Truth Social account has shown us exactly how he'd use …

Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban
1 year, 11 months ago

Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta said Wednesday it will restore former President Donald Trump ‘s personal account in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Meta said Trump’s accounts will be restored “in the coming weeks” on both Facebook and Instagram. Facebook is not only the world’s largest social media site, but …

Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban
1 year, 11 months ago

Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta said on Wednesday it will restore former President Donald Trump 's personal account in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the January 6 insurrection. Facebook is not only the world's largest social media site, but had been a crucial source of fundraising revenue for Trump’s campaigns, which spent millions of …

New research shows that Donald Trump's fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired
2 years ago

New research shows that Donald Trump's fascist attacks on democracy may have backfired

Raw Story  

The internet and social media are a type of experience machine. As many democracy experts and other observers have concluded, Trump's rise to power was empowered by the internet, social media, and how the American right wing has spent several decades creating a parallel media machine and other institutions that together function as a type of alternate universe for its …

Is Trump returning to Twitter? Here’s what he has to say
2 years ago

Is Trump returning to Twitter? Here’s what he has to say

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump said Twitter can never survive unless he makes …

Analysis: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, 2 disrupters face reckoning
2 years ago

Analysis: Elon Musk and Donald Trump, 2 disrupters face reckoning

India TV News  

Elon Musk and Donald Trump share bestride-the-colossus egos, an incessant desire to be the centre of attention and a platform to showcase their eccentricities and erraticism. "Given their life experiences, how could these guys not feel invincible?” Kindred spirits at least in part, Musk invited Trump back on Twitter shortly after he bought it. Musk's invitation was a selective exercise …

The Trumpification of Elon Musk
2 years ago

The Trumpification of Elon Musk

Wired  

Around the time Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, I said to colleagues in the newsroom where I worked at the time that we shouldn’t cover everything he said or tweeted. Eventually, many news outlets kicked the habit of amplifying every wild tweet and got back to doing their real job, which was to report on what Trump’s administration was …

Twitter Files Part 5 reveals not all staffers believed Trump violated 'incitement' policy
2 years ago

Twitter Files Part 5 reveals not all staffers believed Trump violated 'incitement' policy

Firstpost  

The fifth installment of Elon Musk’s Twitter Files revealed that staffers believed that tweets written by Trump around the events of 6 January, 2021, had were not really in violation of policies despite the company saying it was at that time New York: The fifth installment of Elon Musk’s Twitter Files revealed that staffers believed that tweets written by former …

Elon Musk says Trump didn’t violate Twitter’s rules. The truth is more complicated
2 years ago

Elon Musk says Trump didn’t violate Twitter’s rules. The truth is more complicated

CNN  

New York CNN — A series of internal Twitter documents shared on the social media platform Monday offer a glimpse into internal debates among some of the company’s employees ahead of its decision to ban then-President Donald Trump following the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. A screenshot from an internal Twitter slack conversation, where employees’ names have …

Twitter Files reveal internal conversations after Trump was banned
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter Files reveal internal conversations after Trump was banned

Live Mint  

Internal communications between Twitter executives have leaked revealing how the staffers interfered with the US election before ‘deplatforming’ Donald President. Independent journalist Matt Tabibi in a series of tweets has revealed “the story of what happened between riots at the Capitol on January 6th, and the removal of President Donald Trump from Twitter on January 8th". “Before J6, Twitter was …

Trump doubles down on calls to 'terminate' Constitution in furious all-caps Truth Social post
2 years, 1 month ago

Trump doubles down on calls to 'terminate' Constitution in furious all-caps Truth Social post

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening doubled down on his calls to "terminate" the United States Constitution and restore him to power. Writing on his Truth Social website, Trump again expressed rage at his loss in the 2020 election, which he still falsely maintains was "stolen" from him, "The world is laughing at the United States of America and …

Why Twitter is ditching its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy now and shirking a “huge responsibility”
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Twitter is ditching its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy now and shirking a “huge responsibility”

Firstpost  

Twitter’s campaign to tackle COVID misinformation has been vital to suppress fake news. Much to the dismay of health experts and Twitter users, Elon Musk-led Twitter has announced that the platform will no longer be enforcing its Prevention of COVID Misinformation policy. “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,” the social media platform …

Twitter rolls back COVID-19 misinformation policy as former safety head raises concerns
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter rolls back COVID-19 misinformation policy as former safety head raises concerns

ABC  

Twitter has rolled back a policy designed to tackle COVID-19 misinformation on the platform, and its former head of trust and safety has warned the company no longer has enough staff for safety work. Key points: Elon Musk took over Twitter on October 27 and moved quickly to initiate a number of changes to the platform and staffing Twitter's former …

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