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Secret Service Says It’s ‘Aware’ of Death Threats Made Against Pence

January 11, 2021
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The U.S. Secret Service said it is aware of death threats directed at Vice President Mike Pence. “We are aware of the comments and take all threats against our protectees seriously,” a Secret Service spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on Monday. After President Donald Trump was banned from Twitter on Jan. 8,…

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NTD Business Full Broadcast (Jan. 11)

January 11, 2021
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Twitter shares plummet after banning President Trump from its platform. Twitter alternative Parler sues Amazon for taking down its website. It says Amazon’s hosting service violated their contract. U-S Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer tells Biden’s team to keep pressure on China — by keeping President Trump’s tariffs in place. And Britain’s financial watchdog warns about…

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Twitter Shares Drop by 12 Percent After Company Banned Trump

January 11, 2021
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Shares of Twitter on Monday dropped 12 percent, after the company banned President Donald Trump and a slew of other conservatives. Shares dropped after the market opened on Monday, reaching a low of $45.17. Twitter shares closed at $51.48 on Jan. 8. Twitter said it removed Trump’s account on Friday because some of his recent…

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Tech Giants ‘Willing to Burn’ First Amendment Rights: Shark Tank Entrepreneur

January 11, 2021
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Prominent tech investor and star on Australia’s “Shark Tank” TV series Steve Baxter has lambasted U.S. tech giants’ for targeting and suspending social media app Parler as well as the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump. “This is pretty bleak stuff when this platform–Parler–is being held to account (by the tech giants) for the actions…

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Acting Australian Prime Minister Critical of Big Tech Trump Ban

January 11, 2021
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Australia’s Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has criticised social media giant Twitter for banning U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform. McCormack told ABC radio on Monday that it was not up to Big Tech to decide whose voices were heard. “I don’t believe in that sort of censorship,” the National Party leader said. “There’s…

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Parler Is Silenced

January 10, 2021
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The social media company Parler—which is a French word meaning “to speak”—was mugged and left for dead by Big Tech last week in what appears to be the start of a cultural offensive aimed at stifling conservative advocacy in our country’s public discourse. I am shocked but not surprised. In my last column in these…

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Prominent Conservatives Abandon Twitter Citing Censorship

January 10, 2021
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A number of conservatives have left Twitter in recent days following the suspension of President Donald Trump’s account. Greg Gutfeld, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs, and Mark Levin have all left for different platforms. “Okay, this IS my last tweet: CNN tries to get FNC banned. Apple targets Parler. Publishers dump writers. music labels drop artists….

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Amazon to Remove Parler From Its Web Hosting Service

January 9, 2021
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Parler is fending off another attempt to shut down the social media network after Amazon said it is suspending the company from its web hosting service. Parler founder and CEO John Matze said in a statement that the multinational technology company will be shutting Parler’s servers at midnight Sunday, Jan. 10. Matze has characterized the…

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Pompeo Calls Twitter’s Ban on Trump ‘Un-American,’ Compares It to Chinese Communist Censorship

January 9, 2021
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Twitter’s decision to permanently ban President Donald Trump is “un-American” and parallels censorship under communist China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Jan. 9. “Silencing speech is dangerous. It’s un-American. Sadly, this isn’t a new tactic of the Left. They’ve worked to silence opposing voices for years,” he wrote in a tweet. “We cannot…

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Pompeo Says Twitter’s Ban on Trump ‘Un-American,’ Compares It to CCP Censorship

January 9, 2021
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Twitter’s decision to permanently ban President Donald Trump is “un-American” and parallels censorship under communist China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Jan. 9. “Silencing speech is dangerous. It’s un-American. Sadly, this isn’t a new tactic of the Left. They’ve worked to silence opposing voices for years,” he wrote in a tweet. “We cannot…

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