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Beijing Hired Prominent American Influencers to Boost Winter Olympics in US

A “Real Housewives” star, a Paralympian, and a top TikTok celebrity are among social media influencers the Chinese regime financed to help boost the image of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the minds of millions in the United States and elsewhere, new Justice Department records show. The social media posts promoting Beijing’s narrative on the…


Twitter to Hold ‘Ask Me Anything’ Session to Address Concerns About Elon Musk

Twitter announced on Friday that it would be holding an “Ask Me Anything” session of questions concerning the role of Elon Musk, whose recent acquisition of a major stake in the company has raised both hopes and alarms that the Tesla CEO may radically overhaul the company’s content moderation policy. In an internal email first…


UBS Remains Bullish on This Social Media Giant: Read Why

UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley raised the price target on Meta Platforms Inc. to $300 from $280 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. The price target implies an upside of 29.4 percent. The impact of the Russia–Ukraine war is more than offset by the company’s lower operating expense estimates. While consensus earnings will move down in the “preview season,” this is…


Vaccine Passports Pave Way for Digital ID and Globalist Control: Journalist

The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be waning across the world, with restrictions being lifted and life, more or less, returning to normal. But journalist Nick Corbishley, who writes about economic and political trends in Europe and Latin America, is warning that the World Health Organization still plans to implement a global digital ID and vaccine…


Russia Takes Steps to Punish Google Over YouTube Fakes

Russia’s communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google, including a ban on advertising the platform and its information resources, for violating Russian law. Roskomnadzor accused Google’s YouTube video-sharing platform, which has shut out Russian state-funded media globally, of becoming “one of the key platforms spreading fakes (fake images) about the…


Elon Musk’s Twitter Investment Is a Win for Free Speech: Conservative Fund Manager

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk this week made headlines by becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder and joining its board of directors. Conservatives hope Musk will use significant influence to restore free expression on Twitter and possibly reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account. Lifting the ban on Trump’s Twitter page will be “a litmus test for change”…


Twitter Restricts Russian State Media Accounts, Prisoner of War Content

Twitter Inc. will stop amplifying Russian government accounts, asking other government-affiliated media to remove posts featuring prisoners of war, citing international humanitarian law. Twitter would add warnings to state-backed accounts’ posts about prisoners when they have a “compelling public interest,” quoting Article 13 of the Geneva Convention III. Twitter would also mandate the removal of posts from any…


Conservatives Urge Elon Musk to Reinstate Donald Trump’s Twitter Account

Conservatives are calling on Elon Musk to restore former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account after the Tesla CEO acquired a 9.2 percent passive stake in the company. Taking to Twitter, a number of individuals who support Trump asked for his account to be reinstated after it was permanently removed from the social networking site in January 2021, with…


Twitter Reveals Whether Trump Will Be Reinstated After Elon Musk Joins Board

Twitter said it has no plans to reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account after billionaire Elon Musk purchased a significant number of Twitter shares and will be joining the firm’s board of directors. After Musk was tapped to join Twitter’s board, there was rampant speculation that Musk—who previously criticized the company for failing to adhere…


As AirPods 3 Demand Stutters, Could Apple Discontinue AirPods Pro?

Apple, Inc.’s experiential learning with the AirPods 3 has made the company cautious regarding the launch of the upcoming AirPods Pro 2 What Happened Apple may discontinue the AirPods Pro after it launches the AirPods Pro 2 in the second half of 2022, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said on Twitter. Such a step could be…