SAN FRANCISCO—Twitter experienced a bevy of glitches for over an hour Monday as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and images were not loading for others. The company said “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now. We made an internal change that had some unintended consequences.”…
State-Funded ‘Anti-Disinformation’ Campaign Flagged Americans as Foreign Shills: Twitter File
A state-funded group got thousands of ordinary American users of Twitter flagged and banned as spreaders of “foreign” disinformation, according to the latest installment of “Twitter Files” released on Thursday by independent journalist Matt Taibbi. The flawed “anti-disinformation” blacklist campaign was led by the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a lesser-known unit within the State Department. Established…
State-Funded ‘Anti-Disinformation’ Campaign Flagged Americans as Foreign Shills: Twitter Files
A state-funded group got thousands of ordinary American users of Twitter flagged and banned as spreaders of “foreign” disinformation, according to the latest installment of “Twitter Files” released on Thursday by independent journalist Matt Taibbi. The flawed “anti-disinformation” blacklist campaign was led by the Global Engagement Center (GEC), a lesser-known unit within the State Department. Established…
LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 1): Twitter’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy for Violent Speech; Station Master Arrested for Greece Train Crash
Twitter is tackling threats of violence with a new ‘zero tolerance’ policy. The new guidelines explain what happens if accounts break the new rules. A Greek train station master has been arrested after a deadly train collision. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided with a freight train Tuesday night, killing dozens. At a…
Twitter Launches ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy on Threats of Violence With Exceptions for ‘Outrage’ and Satire
Twitter has rolled out a new policy aimed at tackling threats of violence on the platform, banning the incitement and glorification of violence or harm. The social media platform, headed by Elon Musk, announced the official launch of its “zero tolerance policy towards violent speech” on Feb. 28. “Twitter is a place where people can express…
Elon Musk Regains Title of World’s Richest Person as Tesla Shares Rebound
Elon Musk has reclaimed his position as the world’s richest man as the Tesla CEO’s net worth reached an estimated $187 billion this week, according to data tracked by Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In mid-December, Musk lost his top rank to French business magnate Bernard Arnault, chief executive of luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s parent company LVMH,…
How Many Zoom Jobs Were Actually Useless?
Commentary Twitter watchers were stunned yesterday when Elon Musk canned another 10 percent of the Twitter workforce. He has now fired 3 of 4 employees that worked there before he took over. Imagine a thriving business tossing out 75 percent of a staff of 7,500! That alone should indicate that something had gone very wrong…
Constitution Versus Big Tech: Florida’s Digital Bill of Rights
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed a Digital Bill of Rights to protect Florida residents from Big Tech overreach. The digital age has led to what many see as the infringement of Americans’ First Amendment rights. The Constitution’s founders viewed the right to speak freely as natural law. Fast forward to 2016, then 2020, and…
PREMIERING NOW: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: The Deadly Consequences of Censorship and the Need For COVID Commissions
I sit down with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of health policy at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and one of the co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration that argued for focused protection of the vulnerable—instead of large-scale lockdowns. “Many people that are dead today would be alive, had we been allowed to make that argument,”…
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: The Deadly Consequences of Censorship and the Need For COVID Commissions
I sit down with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of health policy at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and one of the co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration that argued for focused protection of the vulnerable—instead of large-scale lockdowns. “Many people that are dead today would be alive, had we been allowed to make that argument,”…
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