Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter in a deal worth more than $43 billion and take the social media company private. Musk’s best and final offer was to pay $54.20 per share for 100% of Twitter, and said that if his offer was not accepted he’d have to reconsider his position as a […]
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Elon Musk purchases stake in Twitter after slamming its ‘woke’ approach
Tesla CEO Elon Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. according to a Monday filing from the SEC. Twitter’s shares jumped more than 25% in price following Monday’s news. Musk now controls nearly 73.5 million shares of the company, making him the largest shareholder, and individual stocks were priced at $49.81 on Monday morning. […]
Free “Lady Al Qaeda” Twitter Campaign Preceded Synagogue Attack
Researchers say they’ve uncovered a coordinated spike in Twitter activity sympathetic to the convicted terrorist “Lady Al Qaeda” Aafia Siddiqui leading up to the hostage crisis at Texas’ Congregation Beth Israel, where an Islamic extremist demanded her release from a U.S. prison. Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, flew to New York and made […]
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Steps Down
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will step down as head of the social media platform he co-founded a decade and a half ago, the company announced Monday. Parag Agrawal, a board member and former chief technology officer, was appointed CEO effective immediately, and Dorsey will remain a member of the board until his term expires at next year’s stockholders’ […]
ISIS Using Trump’s New Social Media App To Spread Propaganda
The pro-Trump social network Gettr has been flooded with terrorist propaganda just weeks after its launch, marking an early speed bump for the nascent platform. Gettr, which was started last month by former President Trump’s campaign aide and spokesman Jason Miller, has seen a jump in posts from supporters of ISIS, including graphic content, videos […]
Michelle Obama Behind Trump Being Blocked On Social Media?
Former President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats, including former first lady Michelle Obama, for pressuring Facebook to ban him from the platform, thereby making it harder for him to run for president in 2024. Trump filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook on Wednesday, alleging that the platform violated his and other users’ First Amendment rights […]
Trump Suing Facebook, Twitter, Google For Censoring Him
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he will lead a lawsuit over alleged censorship against Twitter, Facebook and Google – three tech companies that removed him from their platforms after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. The lawsuit will be a class-action, with Trump as the […]
Conservative Social Media Site Parler Taken Down Due To Violent Messages
Parler will likely go offline for “a while” Sunday evening given Amazon Web Services’ decision to suspend the upstart social media platform after Wednesday’s U.S. Capitol riot, executives said Sunday. “We are clearly being singled out,” Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff told “Fox & Friends Weekend” one day after Apple suspended Parler from its App […]
Steve Bannon Permanently Blocked From Twitter
Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, has had his show permanently suspended from Twitter and an episode removed from Google-owned YouTube after the political pundit suggested violent actions be taken against FBI Director Christopher Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci. The move underscores the role social media companies play in policing controversial and political […]
Twitter Locks Official Trump Campaign Account
Twitter suspended the official account of the Trump campaign on Thursday, saying Team Trump’s tweet calling Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden a “liar” and posting a video about Hunter Biden’s business dealings is a violation of its policy. The action comes just 19 days before Election Day. “Your account has been locked,” the standard Twitter […]
Twitter Bans 7,000 Pro-Trump Accounts, Limits 150K More
Twitter announced Tuesday that it has begun taking sweeping actions to limit the reach of QAnon content, banning many of the conspiracy theory’s followers because of problems with harassment and misinformation. Twitter will stop recommending accounts and content related to QAnon, including material in email and follow recommendations, and it will take steps to limit […]
Trump Accuses Obama Of Colluding With Russia Despite Zero Evidence
President Donald Trump said this morning that his predecessor Barack Obama “colluded or obstructed” in regards to Russian interference in the U.S. election. “The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win and did not want to ‘rock the boat.’ […]