Category: Social Media

Dr. Robert Malone, After Twitter Ban, Has ‘No Choice but to Carry On’

Dr. Robert Malone, a virologist and immunologist who has worked on the development of mRNA vaccines, reacted to recent bans handed down by Twitter and LinkedIn. “I felt compelled by my own ethics, that I needed to speak about what I was observing,” Malone told EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program on Wednesday in reference to…


Sen. Rand Paul Leaves YouTube for Rumble

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday announced he’s leaving YouTube as part of a larger effort to break away from Big Tech. “Many in Congress, on the Left and the Right, want to break up or regulate Big Tech, but few of these loud voices have actually stepped up and quit using Big Tech,” Paul…


Facebook Reverses Course After Backlash for Permanently Locking Account of Conservative Children’s Book Publisher

Facebook on Monday allowed a children’s book publisher access to its account after claiming it was permanently blocked from the social media platform. Facebook told Heroes of Liberty, the publishing company, that because of the “disruptive content” they posted, the account was locked for good. But Andy Stone, a communications officer for Facebook parent company…


Nunes Formally Resigns From Congress to Lead Trump Media Group

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) officially put forward his long-anticipated resignation on Monday after he announced his intention in December to help lead former President Donald Trump’s new media platform. The next step in Nunes’s career will be as the CEO of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), an organization founded by Trump in February 2021 with…


Joe Rogan Leads Move to New Social Media App After Recent Twitter Bans

Podcaster Joe Rogan opened a GETTR account Sunday after Twitter suspended several high-profile individuals in recent days and called on others to join him. “Just in case [expletive] over at Twitter gets even dumber, I’m here now as well,” Rogan wrote on the platform. “Rejoice!” Rogan’s move to the upstart social media website, chaired by…


Twitter Permanently Suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Account

Twitter on Sunday suspended the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and claimed she was posting false information relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement to news outlets, repeating a boilerplate message that it has…


Twitter Permanently Suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account

Twitter permanently suspended the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Jan. 2, claiming that she was posting false information relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We permanently suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement to media outlets, repeating a boilerplate message…


Social Media Key Factor Behind Rise in UK Youth Violence, Experts Warn

Social media has been singled out as a key issue amid the rise in teenage violence in the capital. Experts say disagreements are exacerbated when played out online, and that the amount of violent content has helped normalise aggression. It comes as the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Croydon, south London, became the…


Twitter Suspends Key mRNA Vaccine Contributor Dr. Robert Malone

Dr. Robert Malone, a key contributor to mRNA vaccine technology and outspoken critic of COVID-19 mandates and rules, was suspended by Twitter. Writing on his Substack page, Malone, who had massed more than 500,000 followers, confirmed he was “permanently suspended from Twitter” and asserted that “we all knew it would happen eventually.” “Over a half million…


Australian Prime Minister Joins TikTok Despite Warnings Around App’s Beijing Ties

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has uploaded two Christmas videos on hugely popular, yet controversial, music app TikTok despite warnings about its connections to Beijing. “G’day, TikTok. Merry Christmas from me and Bud and all of our family here to you and all of yours,” Morrison said in his first video on the Chinese owned…