Category: Social Media

Pelosi Rejects Resolution by Democrats to Expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday said she rejected a move by some Democrats led by Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) to expel Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from Congress. About 70 House Democrats joined Gomez in signing the resolution. However, to expel a member of Congress, the bid requires a two-thirds supermajority, meaning that…


Facebook to Add Warnings, Limit Visibility of Groups That Violate Platform Rules

Facebook announced Wednesday that it has implemented a number of changes on the social media platform that violate its standards.


Japan to Probe Line After Reports It Let Chinese Engineers Access User Data

TOKYO—Japan’s government said on Wednesday it would investigate messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp’s Z Holdings Corp, after Japanese media reports that it let Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate access Japanese users’ data without informing them. Under Japanese privacy regulations, companies have to let users know when their personal data is sent overseas,…


Facebook Voter Drive Swayed Election to Biden: Executive Caught on Camera

Facebook’s drive to register 4.5 million voters swayed the November election to President Joe Biden, opined a Facebook executive in hidden camera footage. The executive, Benny Thomas, expressed grim views of the giant tech company, but counted the voter drive among the positives of Facebook while secretly being recorded earlier this year by reporters with…


Teen Who Hacked Celebrity Twitter Accounts to Run Bitcoin Scam Gets Jail Time

An 18-year-old Florida teenager who ran a scam that used hacked celebrity Twitter accounts to dupe ordinary people out of their money has been sentenced to three years behind bars, the Office of the State Attorney 13th Judicial Circuit in Tampa announced. Graham Clark, who was 17 when he committed the crimes, reached a deal with…


Russia Gives Twitter a Month to Delete Banned Content or Get Blocked

The Russian government is threatening to block Twitter in the country unless the social media platform removes banned content within a month. The ultimatum comes after Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal executive authority overseeing online and media content, began slowing down the speed of Twitter last week in retaliation for an alleged failure to remove content related…


YouTube Retroactively Censors Scott Adams Over ‘False Election Claims’

Famed cartoonist and political commentator Scott Adams told his audience that YouTube removed two of his videos because they contained comments regarding the November election. He said it feels like YouTube is setting him up for a penalty that could lead to his channel being purged from the Google-owned online video platform. In his March…


Marine Corps Account Deletes Critical Tweets to Tucker Carlson, Another Civilian as Sen. Cruz Sends Letter

A Marine Corps Twitter account at the center of controversy for lashing out at civilians deleted several tweets after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to the Pentagon secretary requesting a meeting with the commandant of the Marines following unusual and bellicose comments from the account against Fox host Tucker Carlson. The Marines’ II Marine…


Marines Corp Account Deletes Critical Tweets to Tucker Carlson, Another Civilian as Sen. Cruz Sends Letter

A Marine Corps Twitter account at the center of controversy for lashing out at civilians deleted several tweets after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to the Pentagon secretary requesting a meeting with the commandant of the Marines following unusual and bellicose comments from the account against Fox host Tucker Carlson. The Marines’ II Marine…


MyPillow CEO Says New App Will Be ‘Safe Place’ for Those Canceled by YouTube, Twitter

MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell said Sunday that the social media platform he’s launching in the coming weeks will be a “safe place” for those who have been “canceled” by big tech platforms such as YouTube and Twitter. “You won’t have to walk on eggshells anymore,” said Lindell, whose personal and MyPillow accounts were…