Tag: Media & Big Tech

Parler Available Again on Google Play Store, Truth Social Continues to Be Blocked

Google has made social media platform Parler available for download through its Play Store, more than a year and half after it had removed the app. Launched in 2018, Parler quickly became a sought-after social media platform for conservatives as it promised to protect free speech rights and not engage in unwanted censorship. However, following…


Twitter’s Edit Button Feature Could Add $150 Million to Company’s Revenue, Says Munster

Twitter Inc.’s plan to roll out an edit feature initially to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming weeks has caught the attention of noted analyst and Loup Ventures Managing Partner Gene Munster. What Happened To use the edit feature, at least in the near term, a user may have to have a Twitter Blue subscription, which currently costs about $4.99…


Apple Surpasses Android in US, iPhone Now Accounts for 50 Percent of Smartphone Market Share: Analysis Firm

As Apple gears up to launch the next iteration of its iPhone, new data suggests the flagship product is dominating the smartphone market in the United States, surpassing Android devices. What Happened iPhone’s share of the U.S. smartphone market touched the 50 percent-mark for the first time since the product was launched in 2007, the Financial…


New Documents Show Clear Big Tech-Government Collusion: Lawyer

Newly disclosed documents showing Big Tech companies repeatedly took action after being pressured by White House and other Biden administration officials prove the U.S. government colluded with the companies, according to a lawyer with the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA). “It’s clear that the government was telling Facebook and Twitter and other social media companies…


Twitter Will Roll out Long-Awaited Edit Button to Paid Subscribers

Twitter Inc. will launch a widely requested edit button for its paid subscribers in the coming weeks, the social media company said Thursday. For years, Twitter users have demanded the ability to edit their tweets after publishing in order to fix errors like typos. Those requests have led to jokes online that Twitter would rather…


Mainstream Media Reporters Target Biden for Giving Polarizing Speech Flanked by US Marines

President Joe Biden received backlash from corporate news reporters on Thursday night after he delivered a polarizing campaign-style speech flanked by two U.S. Marines. During the speech, the president attacked tens of millions of people who voted for former President Donald Trump, describing them as extremists. “Whatever you think of this speech the military is…


Trump Team Accuses DOJ of Leaking Details of Investigation

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers accused the Department of Justice of leaking information to the media following last month’s FBI raid targeting Mar-a-Lago, according to a recent court filing. “Even yesterday, the Government’s Response gratuitously included a photograph of allegedly classified materials, pulled from a container and spread across the floor for dramatic effect,” Trump’s…


Facebook Should Preserve Any FBI, Hunter Biden Communications: House GOP

House GOP lawmakers on Thursday issued a demand to obtain communications between Facebook and the FBI after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last weekend that he received messages from the bureau about possible Russian propaganda and decided to suppress the reach of late 2020 reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Both Facebook and Twitter reduced the…


Musk Subpoenas Stanford University in Legal Spat With Twitter

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk subpoenaed Stanford University on Aug. 31 as part of a legal dispute regarding his abandoned takeover bid of Twitter. The subpoena asked for documents of all “conversations, conferences, discussions, interviews, meetings, negotiations, and agreements” between Twitter and Stanford, as well as anyone linked to the university regarding the $44 billion scrapped…


Over 50 Biden Administration Employees, 12 US Agencies Involved in Social Media Censorship Push: Documents

Over 50 officials in President Joe Biden’s administration across a dozen agencies have been involved with efforts to pressure Big Tech companies to crack down on alleged misinformation, according to documents released on Sept. 1. Senior officials in the U.S. government, including White House lawyer Dana Remus, deputy assistant to the president Rob Flaherty, and…