Category: Social Media

Rep. Nunes Calls for Racketeering Investigation Into Big Tech Companies Following Parler Ban

A top Republican in the House of Representatives on Sunday called for a racketeering probe into large technology companies who over the weekend took action against Parler, a social media website. “This is clearly a violation of antitrust, civil rights, the RICO statute. There should be a racketeering investigation on all the people that coordinated…


Free Speech Platform Gab Reports 753 Percent Increase in Traffic in 24 Hours

Social media platform Gab reported on Saturday a huge increase in traffic as users migrate from Twitter amid widespread bans. “Our traffic is up 753% in the past 24 hours. Tens of millions of visits,” Gab said in a social media statement, responding to a user who said he wasn’t able to make an account….


Parler CEO Says ‘Prepared to Take Full Legal Action’ After Big Tech Companies Target Platform

Parler founder and CEO John Matze said his company is “prepared to take full legal action” after several big tech companies suspended the social media network from their services, according to an email. John Matze, Parler’s founder, told The Epoch Times in an email that he believes Apple, Google, and Amazon had acted in bad…


Parler CEO ‘Prepared to Take Full Legal Action’ After Big Tech Companies Target Platform

Parler founder and CEO John Matze said his company is “prepared to take full legal action” after several big tech companies suspended the social media network from their services, according to an email. John Matze, Parler’s founder, told The Epoch Times in an email that he believes Apple, Google, and Amazon had acted in bad…


Apple Suspends Parler From App Store for Not Taking ‘Adequate Measures’ to Address Threats of Violence

Apple has suspended social media platform Parler from its App Store for not take “adequate measures” to address alleged “threats of violence and illegal activity” by its users. “We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our platform for threats of violence and…


Rush Limbaugh Leaves Twitter After Platform Bans President Trump

Popular radio host Rush Limbaugh deactivated his Twitter account on Friday after the technology giant permanently banned President Donald Trump. A Twitter spokesperson told news outlets that Limbaugh deactivated his account, after initially stating that it permanently suspended the account. Limbaugh was followed by over 88 million people on Twitter. The radio host’s Facebook account…


Nikki Haley Likens Trump Twitter Ban to Act of Chinese Communist Party

Social media companies banning President Donald Trump is something the Chinese Communist Party would do, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Friday. “Silencing people, not to mention the President of the U.S., is what happens in China not our country,” Haley wrote in a tweet. Twitter announced earlier in the day that it was…


Parler Removed From Google Play Store, Apple Threatens Ban

Google removed the Parler social networking service from its app store, saying that the app will remain suspended until the developers commit to a moderation policy that could handle objectionable content on the platform. “In order to protect user safety on Google Play, our longstanding policies require that apps displaying user-generated content have moderation policies and…


Twitter Permanently Removes Trump’s Account From Its Platform

Twitter has permanently removed President Donald Trump’s account from its social media platform, saying that his recent Twitter posts were “in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy.” “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…


Twitter Suspends Accounts of Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn

Twitter appeared to suspend the accounts of former national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and lawyer Sidney Powell. Both accounts display the text: “Account suspended … Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules.” It’s not exactly clear why the San Francisco, California-based social media company suspended their accounts, although it suggests tech firms are…