Science, Technology, and Social Media

White House Pressed Facebook To Censor Tucker Carlson, Document Reveals

The White House pressed Facebook to censor Fox News host Tucker Carlson for saying “vaccines” “don’t work,” according to a…

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Regulator Fines Tech Giant Millions For Showing Targeted Ads Based On User Activity

An Irish data privacy regulator has issued fines totaling €390 million — roughly $410 million — against Facebook and Instagram…

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Musk’s Twitter Will Lift Ban On Political Ads In The ‘Coming Weeks’

Elon Musk’s Twitter announced Tuesday that it will remove its previous ban on political advertisements “in the coming weeks.” Twitter’s…

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Twitter Suspended A Medical Doctor For Citing COVID Data. He Says There’s More To The Story

Twitter’s Site Integrity team determined that Dr. Andrew Bostom, a medical doctor and former academic at Brown University, was inappropriately…

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After Two Years Of Shortage, Tech Companies Grapple With Chip Surplus

After two years of global chip shortages sent prices for electronics skyrocketing, companies are grappling with the consequences of an…

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Democratic Lawmaker Deletes Tweet About COVID-19 After Elon Musk Fact-Check

Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu of California deleted a tweet falsely claiming that COVID-19 was a leading cause of death for…

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FBI Assigned Personnel To ‘Look’ For ‘Violations’ Of Twitter’s Own Policies, Docs Reveal

FBI personnel reportedly received assignments to “look” for “violations” of Twitter policy, which one former executive at the social media…

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One Month Before Hunter Biden Laptop Story, Twitter Execs And Journalists War-Gamed An Eerily Similar Scenario

Twitter and Meta executives, as well as journalists from a variety of mainstream media outlets, participated in a training excercise…

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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…

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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…

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