Tag: Twitter

Deep Dive (March 10): MyPillow CEO to Launch Own Media Website Post Twitter Ban

Concerns of “universal income” grow as President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package gets rid of work requirements for the Child Tax Credit. Experts raise concerns that this could actually hurt, not help, society. Under current law, families with no earnings can’t get the benefits, but as their work earnings increase, so too does the family’s…


An Open Letter to Twitter

Until today, I had been locked out of my Twitter account since March 3. Twitter locked me out over a tweet that criticized the Biden administration’s approach to the Southern Border—and raised concern over immigrants crossing the border illegally who may be infected with COVID-19. I was reacting to a recent story that federal officials have no way of testing people who are picked up by U.S. Customs and Border…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Mar. 9)

A buying surge creating port backup delays. Container ships are waiting days to unload. What’s causing the buildup? Do you want to work four days a week instead of five? There are job offers that allow you to do just that. And experts say it’s gaining traction. Central banks continue printing money to support the…


Twitter Sues Texas Attorney General, Alleges Abuse of Office

Twitter on Monday sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, alleging he is unlawfully abusing his authority as the highest law-enforcement officer of the State of Texas. Twitter claims in the lawsuit that Paxton has been intimidating, harassing, and targeting Twitter “in retaliation for Twitter’s exercise of its First Amendment rights.” “The rights of free speech and…


Video: James O’Keefe, Ryan Hartwig, and Zach Vorhies on Blowing the Whistle on Big Tech

“Even if we are removed from these platforms, we still have to be talked about on these platforms…The stories have to be strong enough [to] force them to talk about it,” says James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas. Project Veritas was recently permanently suspended by Twitter. At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sat…


So This Conservative Comic Goes on Social Media and …

It’s a situation so funny that a growing number of ostracized comics forgot to laugh: Conservative-leaning material, they say, is increasingly subject to arbitrary online censorship by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media giants—treatment that appears to have no other explanation except the targets’ bucking of leftist orthodoxy. Openly conservative stand-up Nick Di Paolo…


Twitter to Use Strike System to Take Down What They Consider COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation

Twitter announced on Monday it will put warnings on posts that contain what the platform considers to be misleading information about the CCP virus vaccines, as well as put into practice a strike system that would see users who repeatedly break their rules banned. The enforcement would be monitored by humans who define what misinformation…


Senators Introduce PROMISE Act Targeting Political Bias in Big Tech Companies

Senators. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Feb. 24 introduced new legislation targeting political bias in big tech.


Journalist Raheem Kassam Says He Was Locked Out of Twitter for 7 Days Without Explanation

The National Pulse editor and “War Room” host Raheem Kassam said he was locked out of his Twitter account without an explanation. “They’ve done it again. Of course they don’t give a reason,” he wrote on Parler and Gab. Later, Kassam asked “why did Twitter suspend me right as we published this story?” referring to…


India Unveils Tougher Rules for Social Media Such as Facebook, Twitter

NEW DELHI—India announced new rules on Thursday to regulate big social media firms, such as Facebook and Twitter, the latest effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to tighten control over Big Tech firms. The rules come after Twitter ignored orders to drop content on farmers’ protests, fuelling the government’s zeal, dating from 2018, to…