NEW YORK—CNBC is canceling Shepard Smith’s nightly newscast after two years, with its new president saying he wanted to focus on the network’s core strength of business news. Smith, who is leaving the network, will have his last telecast sometime later this month. He did not have any immediate comment. Smith landed at CNBC after…
Elon Musk to Begin Twitter Layoffs Friday Morning: Reports
Twitter has reportedly informed its global workforce of 7,500 employees that layoffs will be announced on Friday morning, according to reports citing a company message. “Team, In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global workforce on Friday,” the message, published in full…
China’s TikTok Admits Its Staff Can Spy on User Data in Other Countries
November 3, 2022
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The Chinese media platform TikTok admitted that its staff in China has the ability to access the private accounts data in the United Kingdom and the European Union. This comes after years of criticism from around the world, particularly in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States over concerns that personal information could be…
Elon Musk Responds to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on the Cost of a Twitter Subscription: ‘Now, Pay $8’
The new Twitter CEO has hit back at criticism from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY.) over his plan to charge Twitter users a monthly fee to keep their accounts verified. “Lmao at a billionaire earnestly trying to sell people on the idea that ‘free speech’ is actually a $8/month subscription plan,” the lawmaker from New York wrote…
Black Lives Matter Riots Fuelled by Twitter: Study
November 2, 2022
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Social media platform Twitter played a critical role in helping Black Lives Matter with organising and spreading information during the peak of the movement, according to a new study. The analysis by the Australian National University looked at 118 million tweets over a two-year period from 2020 to 2021. “For activists, we can see protests…
Judge Rejects Biden Administration’s Attempt to Block Depositions in Big Tech-Government Censorship Case
November 2, 2022
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The Biden administration’s attempt to block depositions of several key officials was turned down Nov. 2 by a U.S. judge. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, rejected a request for a partial stay of his Oct. 21 order authorizing the depositions of eight officials, including President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony…
White House Deletes Post After Getting Fact-Checked on Twitter
November 2, 2022
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The White House on Wednesday deleted a Twitter post after it was fact-checked for making an inaccurate claim about the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that was recently announced. “Seniors are getting the biggest increase in their Social Security checks in 10 years through President Biden’s leadership,” the now-deleted White House Twitter post said. However,…
Elon Musk Reveals When ‘De-Platformed’ Users Will Return to Twitter
Elon Musk on Wednesday stated that suspended Twitter users won’t be able to return for several weeks, coming months after he expressed a desire to allow former President Donald Trump back on the platform. “Twitter will not allow anyone who was de-platformed for violating Twitter rules back on platform until we have a clear process…
Elon Musk Reveals Cost of ‘Twitter Blue’
Elon Musk highlighted on Tuesday that Twitter will charge $8 per month for its “Blue” subscription service in the United States as he seeks to boost the numbers of the sought-after “verified” badge and remove spam bots. “Twitter’s current lords [and] peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is [expletive],” the Tesla CEO…
House Republican Asks Elon Musk for Records on Twitter Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story
November 1, 2022
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A Republican congressman is urging Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, to hand over all records related to the social media company’s suppression of a story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in the weeks leading to the 2020 presidential election. Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said in a letter that…
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