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Mar 13 2022
News
President Biden Brings In TikTok Stars To Help Sway Public Opinion Over Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
During the height of the virus outbreak, President Joe Biden’s administration authorized thousand dollar cash payments to create a TikTok “Influencer Army '' as part of the campaign to get people vaccinated. High school student Ellie Zeiler, a 17-year-old TikToker with over ten million followers, was approached by the White House with an interesting offer. Zeiler was requested to partake in a
ForbesAug 27 2021
News
Jan. 6 investigators demand records from social media companies
The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is seeking a massive tranche of records from social media companies, on whose platforms many defendants charged in the Capitol attack planned and coordinated their actions.
In a series of letters dated Aug. 26, the Democratic-controlled panel asked the companies, which include Facebook, Google, Twitter, Parler, 4chan, Twitch and
PoliticoSep 02 2020
Analysis
The thin blue line between violent, pro-Trump militias and police
THE VIDEOS that preceded Anthony Huber’s killing on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, are jarring. Among the most chilling is one from the parking lot of an auto repair shop. Several shots ring out. In the distance, you see the gunman in jeans and a green T-shirt. A man rushes up behind him. The gunman turns. More shots ring out and the man collapses to the ground. The gunman circles a parked
The InterceptApr 30 2014
Opinion
Opinion: State-Sponsored Horror in Oklahoma
At 6:36 p.m. on Tuesday in McAlester, Okla., Clayton Lockett started kicking his leg, then twitching, then writhing and moaning in agony, and everyone watching knew something had gone terribly wrong. Mr. Lockett, a convicted murderer, was strapped to a gurney in the death chamber of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, about to be executed by lethal injection, but the untested combination of a New York Times (News)Jan 09 2017
Opinion
So did Trump REALLY mock reporter's disability? Videos suggest that The Donald has a default impression for EVERYONE he mimics
Donald Trump was accused in November last year of mocking a disabled reporter - but videos of his other speeches suggest that he performs the same impression for whoever he mocks. Trump mocked New York Times journalist Serge F Kovaleskiat a South Carolina rally by making twitching arm and face movements - which the disabled reporter took as a personal slight. But pro-Trump website Catholics 4
Daily MailFeb 26 2024
Headline Roundup
US Airman Dies After Self-Immolation in Front of Israeli Embassy
A U.S. Air Force member died after setting himself on fire and shouting “Free Palestine” in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on Sunday afternoon.
The Details: The man, identified by police as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, reportedly live-streamed himself on Twitch, saying, “I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but
Al Jazeera The Jerusalem Post New York Post (News)Oct 29 2015
News
Peace Breaks Out Among the Republican Candidates
The unexpected rise of Donald Trump exposed divisions within the GOP, but their third presidential debate displayed a Republican party that is closing ranks. The dynamic was not immediately apparent; indeed, at first, the opposite appeared to be the case, when Ohio governor John Kasich launched a Huntsman-esque tirade against the fantasy plans circulated by Donald Trump and Ben Carson. But
New York MagazineJun 30 2020
News
Tech finally begins a crackdown on Trump
Social media giants are no longer giving Donald Trump, his supporters and the alt-right a free pass for inflammatory or misleading speech online.
Why it matters: For years, President Trump and far-right extremists have relied on the loose content policies of tech platforms to reach millions of Americans unfiltered. Ahead of the 2020 election, social media may be turning down the volume
AxiosJun 08 2021
News
Major websites experience outages, including the New York Times, CNN and Amazon Web Services
A massive outage struck large swaths of the Internet early Tuesday, causing the New York Times, CNN, BBC, Amazon, Hulu and other high-traffic websites and platforms to temporarily shut down.
The problems appear related to San Francisco-based cloud computing services provider Fastly, which said in a status update just before 7 a.m. Eastern time, that the “issue has been identified and a
Washington PostJan 07 2021
Headline Roundup
Trump Social Media Accounts Banned 'Indefinitely'
Facebook said Thursday that President Donald Trump's accounts will be banned from the platform and from Instagram "indefinitely," or at least until the end of his term. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement, "we believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great." This comes after Twitter, Facebook and Youtube enacted a
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