A sophisticated social media operation believed to be linked to China’s communist regime played a key role in spreading disinformation, sowing discord, and amplifying calls for violence during and after the November election, a report from Cardiff University has found. The Crime and Security Research Institute (CSRI), an interdisciplinary unit at Cardiff University whose research…
Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Linked to China Sowed Discord Around US Election
Owner of Mets and Hedge Fund Leaves Twitter, Citing Threats
NEW YORK—The owner of the New York Mets says he has dropped off Twitter because his family received threats that he attributed to “misinformation” that was not tied to the baseball team. Steve Cohen’s hedge fund, Point72, has become entangled in market turmoil that has pitted a band of small investors against traders that made…
Trump Administration Official Navarro Suspended From Twitter
A former high-level Trump administration official was suspended from Twitter, in the latest move from the technology giant against conservatives. Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said he was restricted from accessing his account. “It wasn’t because of anything I said, it’s because of who I am and what I might say. The great…
FBI Says Pipe Bomb Suspect May Have Targeted Newsom, Facebook, Twitter
Justice Department officials said Wednesday that a California man charged with carrying pipe bombs may have been targeting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and the offices of Twitter and Facebook. Federal prosecutors said Ian Benjamin Rogers was charged on Tuesday after a search of his home and business uncovered five pipe bombs, 49 firearms, thousands of…
EU Urges US to Draft Joint Rule Book to Rein in Tech Giants
BRUSSELS—The European Union on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and combat the spread of fake news that is eating away at Western democracies. In a speech to the Davos World Economic Forum,…
Twitter Suspends Account of Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow
Twitter late Monday suspended the account of MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell on its platform. Users were faced with an error message, “You’re trying to follow user that doesn’t exist,” before the account page simply said that Lindell’s account has been suspended for having violated Twitter rules. Lindell’s personal Twitter account had nearly half…
Twitter Initiates ‘Community-Based Approach to Misinformation’
Twitter is introducing a pilot version of a “community-based approach to misinformation,” as it works to develop a system where the general user will be able to add a note and report on different posts, specifying their opinion if they find something wrong with what other people write. “We apply labels and add context to…
How to Reform Big Tech
Commentary Big Tech has become too powerful and needs to be reformed, Republicans and Democrats agree. Even Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg agrees. “At Facebook, we don’t think tech companies should be making so many decisions about these important issues alone,” he testified to Congress in October 2020. “We stand ready to work with Congress on what…
House Oversight Republicans Say FBI’s Capitol Riot Probe Into Parler Should Include Facebook and Twitter
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee criticized its chairwoman’s calls for an FBI investigation into the role the social media platform Parler may have played in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as “blatantly and overtly partisan,” arguing that for any such probe to be fair, it should also include Facebook and Twitter. Reps. James Comer…
House Oversight Republicans Say FBI’s Capitol Riot Probe Into Parler Should Include Facebook, Twitter
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee criticized calls by the panel’s chairwoman for an FBI investigation into the role the social media platform Parler may have played in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as “blatantly and overtly partisan,” arguing that for any such probe to be fair, it should also include Facebook and Twitter. Reps….
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