Donald Trump
Wired foes full Karen on Urban Dictionary in bizarre hitpiece
Everything is “problematic” these days.
Facebook is deleting journalism in real-time
This is unprecedented.
President Trump announces #MAGACHALLENGE, a social media rap challenge for his loyal supporters
The challenge gives his supporters on social media a chance to shine.
Gab Trends says it’s already sending over 200,000 clicks per week to publishers
The crowdsourced news aggregation site has become popular with former Drudge Report users who are frustrated by Drudge’s increasingly anti-Trump perspective.
Elizabeth Warren’s “Meme Team” highlight how much Democrats struggle to understand the art of memes
The Democrats don’t appear to understand the rebellious nature, spontaneity, and creativity that make memes work.
Twitter to prevent likes, retweets, and replies on some tweets from Trump and other world leaders
The change could throttle one of the main lines of communication between President Trump and the public.
Snowden defends encryption
He argues that all these countries, instead of strengthening encryption, seem to be looking for ways to degrade it.
Facebook deletes the largest Donald Trump fan page with over 3 million followers
Facebook says it removed the page for violating the company’s rules around “impersonation and pretending to be an individual or business” – something the owner denies.
Instagram now lets users report images that contain “white power hand signs”
Instagram allows its users to report those who use a gesture that is absolutely harmless.
New York sues 22 online vape sellers
New York says these companies aren’t doing enough to verify the age of customers.
The Trump Administration is invoking Section 230 protection clause for social platforms in trade deals
The goal of this seems to be to protect US tech companies’ business abroad from lawsuits.
Democrats call on Facebook to shut off Trump’s ad campaigns
The DNC is not missing a beat on its multi-year narrative, which prominently included building a case for “fake news” and “fact-checking” – as it now calls on Facebook not to allow Trump to argue his case.