Tag: Social Media

Gettr CEO Says Company Is Both Competing and Cooperating With Trump’s Truth Social

CEO of social media site Gettr, Jason Miller, said the launch of former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social actually increased Gettr’s user amount significantly, and is both a competitor and a platform to cooperate with. Miller was the chief spokesman for Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a senior adviser to his 2020 reelection campaign. On…


Competition With Trump’s Truth Social Is Healthy for Gettr, Says CEO Miller

CEO of social media site Gettr, Jason Miller, said the launch of former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social actually increased Gettr’s user amount significantly, and is both a competitor and a platform to cooperate with. Miller was the chief spokesman for Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a senior adviser to his 2020 reelection campaign. On…


Has Big Tech Been Censoring China Sensitive Topics?

Alleged big tech censorship of faith-based groups and critics of the Chinese Communist Party could be hindering the ability of e-commerce enterprises to function after two Australian women found their Facebook and Instagram business pages temporarily blocked. Ariel Tian, a young jewellery designer with a growing celebrity clientele, who is also a religious refugee from…


Twitter’s Lawsuit Against Texas AG Over Trump Ban Gets Rejected Again by Court

A federal appeals court has dismissed microblogging site Twitter’s lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, which accused him of retaliating against the platform for the ban on former President Donald Trump. Twitter had instituted a lifetime ban on Trump due to his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Subsequently, the Texas…


Twitter Will Label, Reduce Visibility of Tweets Linking to Russian State Media

Twitter is adding labels and reducing the visibility for tweets containing content from Russian state-affiliated media websites like RT and Sputnik, the social media company said on Monday. It said that since Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday, it had seen more than 45,000 tweets a day from people sharing these links. Twitter said this meant…


Meta Says Restricts Some Russian State Media Accounts at Ukraine Request

Meta Platforms Inc has restricted some accounts in Ukraine, including some accounts belonging to Russian state media organizations, at the request of the Ukrainian government, the company’s head of global affairs Nick Clegg said in a tweet on Sunday. “The Ukrainians have also suggested that we remove access to Facebook and Instagram in Russia. However,…


Digital World Shares Surge After Launch of Donald Trump’s Truth Social

Shares of the Digital World Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company funding a controversial social media venture, have skyrocketed following the release of the company’s flagship app. The new social media app is a project affiliated with Donald Trump, and its name, Truth Social, bears a striking resemblance to the former president’s surname, consistent with his…


Trump’s TRUTH Social Tops Download List, Creating ‘Massive’ Waitlist

President Donald Trump’s social media app, TRUTH Social, reached No. 1 on Apple’s App Store a day after it launched on Monday, iPhone chart data shows. As of Tuesday morning, more than 1.5 billion people had viewed the app in the App Store. More than 401,000 were receiving notices that they were placed on a waitlist…


Dutch Consumer Watchdog Gives Apple Fifth $5.7 Million Fine in App Store Dispute

AMSTERDAM—The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.7 million) on Monday, the fifth such penalty in successive weeks in a row over access to non-Apple payment methods for subscriptions to dating apps. The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) says the iPhone maker is abusing a dominant market position by failing to allow…


Trump’s Social Media Platform Launches; Bill Gates: Omicron Is a ‘Type of Vaccine’ | NTD Business

Microsoft founder and Billionaire Bill Gates says that the omicron variant is like a vaccine, and that many people are now protected from severe illness and death. England ending the rest of its COVID-19 restrictions this week. We have the details, and what the UK’s prime minister has to say. Former President Trump’s new social…