Tag: Media & Big Tech

WSJ Reporter’s Parents Speak Out for First Time Since Son’s Arrest in Russia

April 14, 2023
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The parents of Wall Street Journal reporter (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich have spoken out for the first time since their son’s arrest in Russia. Russia detained Gershkovich on March 29 on espionage charges, which The Wall Street Journal denied. The detainment was “a shock,” his mother Ella Gershkovich told WSJ in a video interview published on…

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Twitter to Let Users Offer Content Subscriptions in Monetization Push

April 13, 2023
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Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Thursday users of the social media platform will be able to offer their followers subscriptions to content, including long-form text and hours-long video. Users offering the subscription, a feature they can access through the “Monetization” tab in settings, will get all the money subscribers pay apart from the charges platforms…

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Conservative Shareholders Charge Discrimination at PayPal

April 13, 2023
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sided with conservative investors this week in their request to investigate what they say is PayPal’s systematic political and religious discrimination against customers. Over the objections of PayPal’s management, the SEC allowed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to go to a shareholder vote…

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Shareholders Charge Political Bias at PayPal

April 13, 2023
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sided with conservative investors this week in their request to investigate what they say is PayPal’s systematic political and religious discrimination against customers. Over the objections of PayPal’s management, the SEC allowed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to go to a shareholder vote…

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SEC Sides With Conservative Investors Charging Discrimination at PayPal

April 13, 2023
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sided with conservative investors this week in their request to investigate what they say is PayPal’s systematic political and religious discrimination against customers. Over the objections of PayPal’s management, the SEC allowed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to go to a shareholder vote…

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Twitter Taps EToro to Let Users Trade in Stocks, Crypto

April 13, 2023
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Trading and investing platform eToro said on Thursday it has partnered with Elon Musk-led Twitter to let users access real-time prices of cryptocurrencies, stocks, and other assets, and to enable the trading of those instruments. The trading data will be available through Twitter’s Cashtags feature, which was launched in 2012 and allows users to interact…

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Rep. Jordan Subpoenas FTC Over Twitter, Musk Investigation

April 12, 2023
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 12 subpoenaed Chair Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, stepping up the conflict between that agency and House Republicans regarding its approach to Twitter in the Elon Musk era. The Epoch Times has reviewed the subpoena. The subpoena comes after a March 10 letter to Khan from Jordan,…

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Mainstream Media Outlets File Lawsuit Over Jan. 6 Footage Released to Tucker Carlson

April 12, 2023
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A group of news organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday demanding access to surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach that was released to Tucker Carlson earlier this year. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) handed over more than 40,000 hours of surveillance footage to the Fox News host, who aired clips from the surveillance….

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Alex Berenson Sues Biden, Pfizer Board Member Over Twitter Ban

April 12, 2023
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Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson on April 12 sued President Joe Biden and a Pfizer board member over the pressure placed on Twitter to ban him. Berenson, now an independent journalist, was suspended from Twitter in 2021 after top Biden administration officials and Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former commissioner of…

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Twitter to Relabel BBC as ‘Publicly-Funded’

April 12, 2023
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The BBC’s “government-funded media” Twitter tag will be relabeled after the broadcaster objected to it, according to platform owner Elon Musk. On Monday, the BBC protested Twitter’s decision to label its main account as “government-funded media.” The BBC contacted Twitter last week after the designation was attached to the main @BBC account. In an interview…

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