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Despite 400,000 Fatalities, Trump Downplayed The Deadliness Of Covid Through His Final Days In Office
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Despite 400,000 Fatalities, Trump Downplayed The Deadliness Of Covid Through

admin January 20, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline In the final remarks of his presidency Wednesday, former President Donald Trump only briefly mentioned what is perhaps the most defining issue of his term — the Covid-19 pandemic— referring to it as the "China virus" once again in a move indicative of his approach toward the deadly disease throughout the final months of his presidency, even as the U.S. marked over 400,000 dead from the virus. President Donald Trump shushes journalists before signing the Paycheck Protection Program ... [+] Flexibility Act in the Rose Garden at the White House June 05, 2020 Read More

Parler seems to be sliding back onto the Internet, but not onto mobile
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Parler seems to be sliding back onto the Internet, but

admin January 18, 2021

Enlarge / A person browsing Parler in early January, back when it had content up other than vague promises to overcome being thrown off the whole Internet and return louder than ever.Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Right-wing social media platform Parler, which has been offline since Amazon Web Services dropped it like a hot potato last week, has reappeared on the Web with a promise to return as a fully functional service "soon." Although the platform's Android and iOS apps are still defunct, this weekend its URL once again began to resolve to an actual website instead Read More

Despite Facebook’s attempts, pro-Trump events, groups still flourish
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Despite Facebook’s attempts, pro-Trump events, groups still flourish

admin January 12, 2021

Enlarge / Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks during a Facebook Community Boost event at the Knight Center on December 18, 2018, in Miami, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty Images Facebook executive leaders promise they are doing everything they can to prevent the platform from being a tool for an anticipated new wave of violence in the nation's capital in the upcoming days. At the same time, however, content threatening violence is still up on Facebook, and those same executives are downplaying how big a role the platform had in last week's events at the US Capitol. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Read More

A tale of two Jason Kenneys: Virginia man often mistaken for Alberta premier on Twitter
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A tale of two Jason Kenneys: Virginia man often mistaken

admin January 9, 2021

On Twitter, Jason Kenney is often confused with Alberta’s premier.You see, the man from Richmond, Virginia has the same name as the prominent Alberta politician. Premier Jason Kenney holds the Twitter handle @jkenney, while the other Jason Kenney from America is @jasonkenney. It’s led to numerous occasions where Albertans seeking out a conversation with the premier — instead end up getting a response from the American. Story continues below advertisement “It’s interesting,” Kenney said about receiving tweets meant for the premier. “My friends sometimes text me and say ‘Hey, you have a press conference at 3 p.m. Read More

Donald Trump has finally earned a permaban from Twitter
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Donald Trump has finally earned a permaban from Twitter

admin January 8, 2021

EnlargeAurich Lawson / Getty Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump's personal Twitter account due to repeated incitement of violence, the company announced Friday night. "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them—specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter—we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," Twitter said in a company blog post this evening. On Wednesday, in the wake of the insurrectionist violence at the US Capitol, Twitter gave Trump a 12-hour suspension and required him Read More

Twitter temporarily suspends Trump after insurrectionists storm Capitol [Updated]
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Twitter temporarily suspends Trump after insurrectionists storm Capitol [Updated]

admin January 6, 2021

Enlarge / Supporters of US President Donald Trump breach the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Update, 6:34pm EST: Twitter has now also removed two of President Trump's tweets, including the video statement. Enlarge / A screenshot of Trump's account with the two offending tweets removed. Update, 6:00pm EST: Facebook removed from its platform a short video statement made by President Donald Trump about the violence in the District of Columbia today. In the video, the president told his supporters to "go home now," while also continuing to offer sympathy to the Read More

McConnell introduces bill tying $2K stimulus checks to Section 230 repeal
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McConnell introduces bill tying $2K stimulus checks to Section 230

admin December 30, 2020

Enlarge / Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), has thrown a wrench into the expected Congressional over-ride of President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act.Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has thrown a wrench into Congressional approval of an increase in government stimulus relief checks from $600 to $2,000. The House voted overwhelmingly on Monday to increase the payments, as President Trump had advocated for. Instead of voting on the House bill, however, McConnell blocked it and instead introduced a new bill tying higher stimulus payments to Section 230's full repeal, according to Read More

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