President Joe Biden called “MAGA Republicans” a threat to democracy. What is the president now saying about Trump supporters, and how is the White House explaining the backdrop of Thursday’s speech? Reacting to the president’s speech from Thursday night, we have Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert and president of the Convention of States Mark Meckler. Hiring…
Capitol Report (Sept. 2): Political Fallout After Biden Speech; Full List of Items From Mar-a-Lago Raid
September 2, 2022
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Twitter Will Roll out Long-Awaited Edit Button to Paid Subscribers
September 2, 2022
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Twitter Inc. will launch a widely requested edit button for its paid subscribers in the coming weeks, the social media company said Thursday. For years, Twitter users have demanded the ability to edit their tweets after publishing in order to fix errors like typos. Those requests have led to jokes online that Twitter would rather…
Republicans Push Bill to Prevent Government of Persuading Big Tech to Censorship
House Republicans are pushing for new legislation that would punish federal employees and bureaucrats who use their authority to promote censorship of speech or pressure tech companies to censor speech. The bill (pdf) named “Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act,” authored by three top Republicans, aims at preventing federal employees’ ability to violate free speech…
Middletown District Bans Cellphone Use in New School Year
As the new school year starts next week, students at the Middletown City School District in Orange County, New York, cannot use their cellphones anytime during the school day. The new policy applies to all district students, about 7,000 in total, ranging from kindergarteners to high schoolers. Before the school day starts and after it…
Social Media Platforms Update ‘Misinformation’ Policies Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections
Social media platforms are rolling out new policies to address the issue of “misinformation” as they anticipate the 2022 midterm elections but these policies are not without controversy, as some critics argue that their policies overwhelmingly favor the Democratic party and its affiliated causes. In a press release titled “How Meta Is Planning for the…
Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Data Privacy Suit
August 28, 2022
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Meta’s Facebook has agreed in principle to settle a four-year-old lawsuit that alleges the platform inappropriately shared user data with third parties including Cambridge Analytica. A joint stipulation (pdf) filed in San Francisco District Court Friday disclosed the preliminary settlement while giving no financial terms or details of the agreement. Lawyers for the plaintiffs and…
Banning Phones in School Helps Classroom Become ‘Focused, Positive’: Psychologist
One of Australia’s highest profile psychologists has backed the move to restrict the use of mobile phones in school, saying it can restore students’ focus and foster a better classroom environment. Michael Carr-Gregg, who is an adolescent and children psychologist and author of 14 books, said in an email sent to The Epoch Times that…
Jack Dorsey Says His Biggest Regret Is Twitter Became a Company
Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey wrote on Twitter Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company. “The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a company,” Dorsey said in a Tweet in response to a question about whether Twitter turned out the way he had envisioned….
TikTok Is Essentially ‘Digital Crack,’ Wall Street Analysts Warn It Could ‘Ruin’ the Internet
Analysts at Bernstein Research are equating social media video app TikTok with drug addiction, warning about a “digital crack epidemic” as competition heats up in the sector. TikTok has replaced “the friction of deciding what to watch and ‘boring’ status update images” with a “sensory rush of bite-sized videos powered by a Chinese-owned, black-box algorithm,”…
Anti-American Blogger Banned on Chinese Social Media After Admitting to Buying Property in the US
August 25, 2022
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A Chinese blogger known for his pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and anti-America rhetoric was banned on Chinese social media on Aug. 20. Sima Nan, whose real name is Yu Li, rose to fame for criticizing the United States. His outrageous rhetoric has won him the online title “anti-American warrior” and over 30 million followers on…
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