Right-Wing Friendly Parler Announces Re-Launch
The right-wing friendly social network Parler, which was forced offline following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, says it is re-launching.
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Latest Trendy Profile Point on Dating Apps? Vaccine Status
Dating apps offer a snapshot about a person’s life, but in the space of a few weeks, a surprising health issue has emerged as a dealmaker or heartbreaker: have you had the coronavirus vaccine?
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India’s Top Court Tackles Social Media in Free Speech Case
India’s top court on Friday sought the government and Twitter’s response to a petition seeking greater regulation of content on social media platforms amid a debate over free speech.
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Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who claims Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, filed a federal copyright lawsuit claiming social media users posted free copies of her book online and streamed a public reading of it without permission.
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A woman sufficiently argued that Frederick County Public Schools’ social media accounts were public forums and school system leadership “engaged in unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination” by blocking her and deleting her comments criticizing the system’s Covid-19 protocols and face mask policy, a federal court in Virginia ruled, declining to dismiss some of her claims against the school board.
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Mexico to Allow Appeals on Social Media Account Cancellation
The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented for public comment a proposed set of regulations on Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies.
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India Clamps Down on Free Speech to Fight Farmer Protests
As farmers camp out at the edges of India’s capital, protesting new agricultural laws they say will devastate their earnings, the mainstream and social media have come under unprecedented attacks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
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The Real Reason So Few People Trust the News Media
Forget Donald Trump. Here’s why the economics of journalism is to blame, and how the industry can regain the public’s faith.
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House Votes to Remove Greene From Her Committee Assignments
The House voted Thursday evening to strip Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments for comments she made before running for office that promoted conspiracies and advocated violence against lawmakers.
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CEO of Social Media App Parler Says Board Fired Him
John Matze says he has been fired as CEO of Parler, which was among social media services used to plan the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
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Panel Overturns 4 Facebook Content Takedowns in First Ruling
Facebook’s quasi-independent oversight board issued its first rulings on Thursday, overturning four out of five decisions by the social network to take down questionable content.
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YouTube Suspends Trump Indefinitely, Stops Giuliani Monetizing Clips
YouTube has suspended Donald Trump indefinitely from the platform and said it will also prevent the former president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani from being able to monetize his clips, U.S. media reported.
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In GameStop Saga Unfolding on Wall Street, 2 Goliaths Fall
A pair of professional investment firms that placed big bets that money-losing video game retailer GameStop’s stock will crash have largely abandoned their positions.
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Twitter Permanently Bans My Pillow CEO
Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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Judge Refuses to Order Amazon to Put Parler Back Online
Parler won’t be back online any time soon, after a federal judge shot down its preliminary bid to force Amazon Web Services to restore its account.
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In Farewell Speech, Trump Denounces Political Violence and Censorship
In a nearly 20-minute video released Tuesday afternoon, outgoing President Donald Trump touted the accomplishments of his administration and deflected responsibility for an insurrectionist attack at the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago.
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Turkey Slaps Advertising Ban on Twitter, Pinterest
Turkey on Tuesday slapped advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest over their noncompliance with a controversial new law that requires social media platforms to appoint legal representatives in the country.
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Twitter’s Trump Ban Sets Dangerous Precedent for Free Speech, Legal Scholar Warns
A law school dean says giving social media firms the power to permanently ban politicians could have serious ramifications for the future of free speech on the internet.
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Feds Lobby Ninth Circuit to Lift Barrier to Ban on China’s WeChat
An attorney for users of Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat told a Ninth Circuit panel Thursday the Trump administration sought to unlawfully ban the app and should be blocked from ever doing so because it never intended to address purported concerns about Beijing-directed espionage.
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Zimbabwe Court Denies Bail for Journalist Over False Story
A Zimbabwean court has denied bail to prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, who has been in detention for almost a week on accusations of publishing a falsehood.
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