Tag: Twitter

New York Transit Authority Drops Twitter for Real-Time Alerts, Says It’s ‘No Longer Reliable’

New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA) has announced that it’s “saying goodbye” to Twitter as a platform for delivering service alerts and information, citing reliability problems. For over a decade, MTA has provided real-time information on service outages, delays, and other important transit updates for its 1.3 million Twitter followers. This is now coming…


Tucker Carlson Video Nets 60 Million Impressions in Under 24 Hours

A video message posted on Twitter by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson after his departure has netted some 19 million views and 60 million impressions, highlighting Carlson’s influence and popularity. He posted the clip at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, the same time as his former Fox News show, and did not address…


IN-DEPTH: Trump, DeSantis and Their Surrogates Already at War on Social Media

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are fighting a war of words, and the battlefield is social media. Hardly a day goes by without sniping. Trump, the former president and declared presidential candidate for 2024, lashes out relentlessly at DeSantis. The Florida governor, a likely-but-undeclared candidate, takes subtler swings at the former political ally. And various…


IN-DEPTH: Trump, DeSantis and Their Surrogates at War on Social Media

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are fighting a war of words, and the battlefield is social media. Hardly a day goes by without sniping. Trump, the former president and declared presidential candidate for 2024, lashes out relentlessly at DeSantis. The Florida governor, a likely-but-undeclared candidate, takes subtler swings at the former political ally. And various…


‘Not Tolerated’: Elon Musk Suspends Creator of Pedophile ‘Pride Flag’ From Twitter

Twitter has suspended an account belonging to a user who created a “youth-attracted person” flag to celebrate and support pedophiles, as Elon Musk declared that such behavior would not be tolerated on the platform. Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis, a medical professional based in Copenhagen, Denmark, took to Twitter on April 26 to share a screenshot…


Elon Musk Takes Aim at DNC’s ‘Backroom Dealing’ as Committee Remains Silent on Primary Debates

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has accused the Democratic National Committee (DNC) of doing “far too much backroom dealing” amid reports that it won’t be holding any Democratic Party primary debates this year after President Joe Biden announced he is running for re-election. Musk’s comment came in response to an April 25 post on Twitter by the “Young Turks” host…


Elon Musk Suggests Twitter as New Platform for Tucker Carlson After Fox News Departure

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk suggested Twitter could be a platform where Tucker Carlson could prosper after the Fox News primetime host departed the network on Monday. Carlson had been a fixture at Fox News since 2009, and had hosted his own primetime “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show from November 2016 until his final installment last Friday….


CBC Holding Off On Returning to Twitter Despite Platform Removing ‘Government-Funded’ Label

The CBC says it will hold off on returning to Twitter for the time being despite the social media platform removing a “government-funded” label from the network’s account that caused CBC to stop posting on Twitter earlier this week. “We are reviewing this latest development and will leave our Twitter accounts on pause before taking…


New Twitter File Indicates Fauci Lied During Deposition

A newly disclosed file from Twitter indicates Dr. Anthony Fauci lied under oath when he said he didn’t use social media. The newly released internal Twitter report said Fauci, the then-head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, “did an account takeover” in February 2021 for the White House COVID-19 response team’s account….


Twitter Drops ‘Government-Funded’ Label on News Organizations’ Profiles

Twitter stopped using the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels for news organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the “Government-funded Media” label from the accounts of U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It also dropped the “China state-affiliated media” tag on the accounts of Xinhua…