Tag: Twitter

Capitol Report (June 14): Which Policies Causing Economic Downturn? Bill Passed to Protect Supreme Court Justices’ Families

The House broke a month-long delay and passed a bill to ramp up security for Supreme Court justices, as protests continue in anticipation of the Roe v. Wade ruling. A heated exchange over who’s to blame for inflation—what is President Joe Biden saying about the economy, and how are Republicans firing back? Lawmakers react to…


Internal Twitter Chats Show Employees Bragging About Banning Trump, Discussing Ban on Libs of TikTok

Leaked conversations from Twitter’s internal messaging channel showed employees bragging about “successfully” deplatforming President Donald Trump and debating whether to permanently ban Libs of TikTok, an account dedicated to exposing far-left activism. Libs of TikTok, a Twitter account with more than 1.2 million followers, is known for reposting videos of educators discussing how they indoctrinate…


Elon Musks Slams Twitter’s ‘Bias against Half the Country’ and Inaction on Death Threats to Conservative User

The world’s richest person is slamming Twitter’s “bias against half the country” and demanding answers after Twitter allegedly did not remove accounts of users who made death threats against a conservative user. “A platform cannot be considered inclusive or fair if it is biased against half the country,” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote…


Elon Musks Slams Twitter’s ‘Bias Against Half the Country,’ Alleged Inaction on Death Threats to Conservative User

The world’s richest person is slamming Twitter’s “bias against half the country” and demanding answers after Twitter allegedly did not remove accounts of users who made death threats against a conservative user. “A platform cannot be considered inclusive or fair if it is biased against half the country,” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote…


Musk to Hold First Meeting With Twitter Employees Since Launching Takeover Bid

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to hold his first meeting with Twitter staff this week amid his bid to purchase the social media company. The virtual meeting, which is set to take place on June 16, was first reported by Business Insider after being announced by Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal in an email to staff…


Washington Post Fires Reporter Who Lashed Out at Colleagues, Management

The Washington Post has fired Felicia Sonmez, the reporter who spent a week criticizing colleagues and management on Twitter. Sonmez was fired for “misconduct that includes insubordination, maligning your co-workers online and violating The Post’s standards on workplace collegiality and inclusivity,” according to the paper. A Post spokesperson declined to comment. An email to Sonmez…


Twitter Quietly Removes Warning Added to a CDC Study

Twitter has removed a warning that it had added to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of its campaign to limit what it claims to be “potentially harmful and misleading content.” Twitter and other social networking giants are known to have worked closely with the CDC in controlling…


Will Elon Musk Work Out a Better Deal With Twitter or Walk Away?

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could be tossed without complete information about the actual number of fake and spam accounts on the social network, the billionaire has warned. This has forced investors to hit the sell button in the last couple of weeks. Twitter shares have erased all of their gains since Musk announced a…


Will Musk Work Out Better Deal With Twitter or Walk Away?

Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter could be terminated without complete information about the actual number of fake and spam accounts on the social network, the billionaire has warned. That’s forced investors to hit the sell button in the past couple of weeks. Twitter shares have erased all of their gains since the Tesla and SpaceX CEO…


Financier With Links to Russian-Israeli Billionaire Yuri Milner Backs Musk Bid for Twitter

Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter has attracted a string of billionaire backers, including one financier with links to a Russian-Israeli tycoon, according to filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Vy Capital, according to its website is, “a global technology investment firm with a focus on category-defining technology companies with the potential to meaningfully…