Tag: Twitter

New York Times Contributor Loses Think Tank Job After Suggesting Biden Should ‘Lynch Mike Pence’

A New York Times contributor was let go from another job after he suggested President Joe Biden lynch former Vice President Mike Pence. Will Wilkinson wrote on Jan. 20 on Twitter, “If Biden really wanted unity, he’d lynch Mike Pence.” One of Wilkinson’s employers, the Niskanen Center, a think tank, announced that they were firing Wilkinson….


Andy Ngo: Twitter Did Nothing to Stop Antifa Planning, Promoting Riots in Portland, Seattle

Twitter did nothing to stop Antifa planning and promoting riots in Portland and Seattle weeks in advance, according to Journalist Andy Ngo.


Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Reverse Trump Twitter Decision

The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling that found former President Donald Trump’s blocking of critics on the microblogging website Twitter violated the First Amendment, saying the ruling was “deeply problematic.” President Joe Biden, as well as future presidents and government officials, should not be bound by the decision the…


Twitter Locks Account of Chinese Embassy in US Over Its Tweet About Uyghur Women

Twitter has locked the official account of the Chinese embassy in the United States, over a tweet that activists say dehumanizes Uyghur women and promotes Beijing’s propaganda to justify its persecution of Uyghur Muslims. The tweet, which cited an article published by Chinese state-run media China Daily, said that Uyghur women had been “emancipated” by…


Twitter Locks Account of Chinese Embassy in US Over Controversial Tweet About Uyghur Women

Twitter has locked the official account of the Chinese embassy in the United States, over a tweet that activists say dehumanizes Uyghur women and promotes Beijing’s propaganda to justify its persecution of Uyghur Muslims. The tweet, which cited an article published by Chinese state-run media China Daily, said that Uyghur women had been “emancipated” by…


UK MP Grills Twitter Executive Over Chinese Embassy Posts Justifying ‘Genocide’

A UK Member of Parliament grilled a top Twitter executive over why the company allows posts from the Chinese Embassy that she said justify an alleged genocide but permanently kicked then-president Donald Trump off the platform. Twitter’s global head of public policy strategy and development, Nick Pickles, on Wednesday answered questions from members of the…


Twitter Shares Fall Even More Following Trump Ban

Twitter shares—since President Donald Trump’s permanent ban—slid even more on Monday. As of Monday at around 11:20 a.m. ET, the San Francisco-based company’s stock was trading at $44.96—dropping about 0.50 percent. Earlier in the day, shares were trading below $44.60. On Jan. 6, during the Joint Session of Congress, the company’s shares were trading at…


Twitter Shares Fall Following Trump Ban

Twitter shares—since President Donald Trump’s permanent ban—slid even more on Monday before a slight rebound. As of Monday at around 11:20 a.m. ET, the San Francisco-based company’s stock was trading at $44.96—dropping about 0.50 percent. Earlier in the day, shares were trading below $44.60. But by 3:30 p.m., Twitter’s shares were up to $45.81. On…


‘Hell, No, We Won’t Go!’—to the Inauguration

Commentary Sorry to recapitulate my column of the other day—“Suppose They Held an Inauguration and Nobody Came?”—but recent events have made it even more necessary. On the level of opéra bouffe farce, leading those events was a panic set off in the Capitol Jan. 18 that turned out to have been caused by a small…


Undercover Video Shows Twitter Senior Executive Outlining Censorship Push

An undercover video released Monday shows a senior executive at Twitter promising the company will step up its efforts to ban or curtail users of the platform. “One of the interesting things is a lot of the work that we’ve been doing over the last week is work that we’ve built on in other places…