Let a member of Congress make Mark Zuckerberg look identifiable. Opening remarks at Wednesday’s House antitrust hearing had barely cooled down when Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin accused Facebook of temporarily suspending the Donald Trump, Jr. account. There was just one problem, which the Facebook CEO did not He …
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Turkey’s parliament passed a controversial bill that gives the government more control over social media, raising concerns about freedom of expression in the country. Under the new law passed on Wednesday, social media giants like Facebook and Twitter must ensure they have local representatives in Turkey and comply with court …
Read More »United States Expands Charges Against Former Twitter Employees Accused Of Spying For Saudi Arabia
This story originally appeared on CBSNews.com’s sister site ZDNet.com. Newly dropped Tuesday on espionage charges against two former Twitter employees and one other person, the US government has dropped a new replacement indictment charging the three people with even more crimes. The two former Twitter employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali …
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The video, published by the right-wing media outlet Breitbart News, featured a group of people wearing white lab coats calling themselves “United States Frontline Doctors” organizing a press conference in front of the US Supreme Court. United States in Washington, DC. President Trump shared multiple versions of the video with …
Read More »Donald Trump goes binge on Twitter and retweets posts praising hydroxychloroquine
President Donald Trump went into a Twitter frenzy Monday night, retweeting posts claiming that Dr. Anthony Fauci tricked the country with hydroxychloroquine and videos of a doctor who claimed the drug is a ‘cure’ for the virus. In his Twitter spree, Trump retweeted a post claiming that Dr. Anthony Fauci, …
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