Science, Technology, and Social Media

Twitter Users Vote For Elon Musk To Step Down As CEO

Twitter users voted for owner and CEO Elon Musk to step down from his leadership role by a 15-point margin…

4 years ago

Eight indicted for $114 million fraud scheme: How Social Media is Used for Misinformation

Morale of the story?  Be careful who you follow & listen to in social media HOUSTON - A federal grand jury…

4 years ago

Biden Regulator Fires Warning Shot At Musk’s Twitter, Tech Companies

Samuel Levine, director of the consumer protection bureau at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), warned companies such as Twitter that…

4 years ago

Books’ “Boiling Cauldron: Cybersecurity Trends, Threats, And Predictions For 2023” in Forbes reads more like a Cauldron of Propaganda

The Forbes piece Boiling Cauldron: Cybersecurity Trends, Threats, And Predictions For 2023 by Chuck Brooks is an interesting read, but reads more…

4 years ago

‘Slippery Slope’: Internal Docs Show Just One Twitter Employee Raising ‘Serious’ Free-Speech Concerns Over Trump Ban

In the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6, a junior staffer at Twitter was the only employee that appeared to express…

4 years ago

Twitter Censors Allowed Liberals To Spread Election Conspiracy Theories During 2020, Docs Show

Authorities at Twitter chose not suppress particular references some liberal figures made to 2020 election conspiracy theories, despite marking some…

4 years ago

Twitter’s Chief Censor Met Weekly With US Intelligence Officials While Trump Was In Office, Internal Comms Reveal

Twitter’s former Head of Trust and Safety, Yoel Roth, had weekly meetings with the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

4 years ago

Twitter Execs Who Claimed There’s No ‘Shadow-Banning’ Have Been Caught In A ‘Lie,’ Reporter Tells Tucker Carlson

Twitter executives who claimed that there was no “shadow-banning” on the platform have been caught in a “lie,” a New…

4 years ago

Twitter Had Secret ‘Blacklists’ That Suppressed Stanford Doctor, Top Conservatives, Docs Show

Twitter maintained secret “blacklists” that included several prominent conservative voices and a Stanford professor of health policy, limiting the spread of…

4 years ago

‘Secret’ Twitter Committee ‘Acknowledged’ Libs Of TikTok Didn’t Violate ‘Hateful Conduct Policy’ After Multiple Suspensions, Memo Shows

A “secret” Twitter committee moderating high-profile accounts “acknowledged” that Libs of TikTok did not violate the site’s “Hateful Conduct policy,”…

4 years ago