Tag: Media & Big Tech

Taiwan Mulls Nationwide Ban on TikTok After Banning It From Government Devices

Taiwan is mulling a nationwide ban on the Chinese-owned video app TikTok after banning it from devices used in the public sector over national security concerns, according to a government official. Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Audrey Tang, said on Dec. 9 that an inter-ministerial committee meeting will be held this month to discuss the…


Musk Auctioning Off Wares at Twitter Headquarters

While you can’t get the office gossip that no doubt took place around Twitter’s coffee maker, you can now get the actual machine; that is, if you are the highest bidder. The social media giant’s new owner Elon Musk is auctioning off everything including the kitchen sink from Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco. Besides a…


‘Russian Disinformation’ Narrative on Hunter Biden Laptop Story Proved False by Twitter Files, Trump DNI Says

The recently publicized internal Twitter communications have proven false the claim that the story around Hunter Biden’s laptop was a part of Russia’s disinformation campaign, former director of national intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe said Friday. “What I said as the DNI in October 2020 was proven true,” Ratcliffe wrote on Twitter. “The IC had zero…


Twitter to Relaunch Twitter Blue at Higher Price for Apple Users

Twitter Inc. will relaunch a revamped version of its subscription service Twitter Blue on Monday at a higher price for Apple users, the company said in a tweet on Saturday. The company said users could subscribe to the revamped service that will allow subscribers to edit tweets, upload 1080p videos, and get a blue checkmark…


Twitter Deviated From Longstanding Policy to Justify Trump Ban, Part 4 of ‘Twitter Files’ Reveals

Internal Twitter documents released by journalists Michael Shellenberger and Leighton Woodhouse late Saturday showed how executives of the social media platform decided to deviate from a longstanding company policy to permanently ban former President Donald Trump. Yoel Roth, then-Twitter’s head of trust and safety, told a sales executive in a message on Jan. 7, 2021—one day…


Twitter Files Part 4 Released

Independent author Michael Shellenberger published Part 4 of the “Twitter Files” on Saturday night, following a week of significant revelations about the political activities that transpired under the former leadership of the influential social media company. Shellenberger, an ecomodernist who publishes his writings on Substack, has had access to internal company communications outlining Twitter’s approach…


Twitter Files Part 4 Details Trump’s Permanent Ban From Platform

Independent author Michael Shellenberger published Part 4 of the “Twitter Files” on Saturday night, following a week of significant revelations about the political activities that transpired under the former leadership of the influential social media company. Shellenberger, an ecomodernist who publishes his writings on Substack, outlined in Part 4 of the Twitter files how company…


New Set of Twitter Files Detail Trump’s Permanent Ban From Platform

Independent author Michael Shellenberger published Part 4 of the “Twitter Files” on Saturday night, following a week of significant revelations about the political activities that transpired under the former leadership of the influential social media company. Shellenberger, an ecomodernist who publishes his writings on Substack, outlined in Part 4 of the Twitter files how company…


New Set of Twitter Files Detail Events Surrounding Trump’s Permanent Ban From Platform

Independent author Michael Shellenberger published Part 4 of the “Twitter Files” on Saturday night, following a week of significant revelations about the political activities that transpired under the former leadership of the influential social media company. Shellenberger, an ecomodernist who publishes his writings on Substack, outlined in Part 4 of the Twitter files how company…


Internal Files Point to Twitter Meddling in 2020 Elections

The latest episode of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter Files,” internal communications about the social media giant’s “free speech suppression” on the platform, reveals a soft-on-Biden tough-on-Trump bias in content enforcement, raising questions about how heavily the social media platform put its finger on the scales in the 2020 election. The latest set of internal Twitter…