Twitter executives last month rejected a request by the Israeli government to remove tweets from Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for the genocide of the Israeli people, claiming in a dazzling letter obtained by The Post that Jewish hatred qualified as “current comments issues.” The decision comes after …
Read More »Twitter defends blocking Trump’s tweets, but not Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran
A Twitter spokeswoman defended the company’s decision to block and restrict President Trump’s tweets, but not those of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for the genocide of the Israeli people. The reason? Because the Iranian dictator’s tweets pass as “comments on the political issues of the day,” while …
Read More »Turkey passes new law that extends broad powers over social media
Istanbul – Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday passed controversial new legislation requiring platforms like Twitter and Facebook to comply with government requests to remove content and store data in the country. Critics say the move is an attempt to control social media and silence the opposition. Under the new law, social …
Read More »Lawmaker confuses Facebook with Twitter in antitrust hearing
WASHINGTON – Retired Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner had some harsh words Thursday for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg about why Donald Trump Jr.’s account was temporarily suspended for sharing a hydroxychloroquine video. The only problem is that it happened on Twitter. The awkward exchange came during an antitrust hearing in which …
Read More »Kim Kardashian arrives at the Los Angeles studio when it is revealed that she feels “trapped in marriage” with Kanye West
Kim Kardashian West arrived at the studio in Los Angeles on Tuesday, after flying back from Wyoming earlier this week, where she had marital crisis conversations with her troubled husband Kanye West. The 39-year-old reality star was dressed in white sweatpants with her back tied in a bow tie as …
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