Parler, seen as safe haven by Trump fans, becomes free speech case study
So many new users signed up as other networks clamped down on false claims that the 2020 election had been rigged, they overloaded Parler’s systems.
Short on alternatives, fans trash Twitter's Trump ban — on Twitter
Friends, family and advisers to Donald Trump have been bitterly complaining that Twitter's ban of the president after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol amounts to an assault on free speech by radical leftists. Ironically, given the enormous influence of the platform, they have aired ...
Apple and Amazon remove Parler after use in U.S. Capitol riots
Parler, which is popular with extremist groups seeking an alternative to more mainstream social media sites, has come under fire since the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
The search for positive takeaways from a year of COVID-19 on social media
Some users discovered they quite like the solitude they faced in 2020.
Facebook and Twitter crackdown around U.S. Capitol siege is too little, too late
For weeks, content on big tech platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well as upstart fringe social networks foretold the storming of the U.S Capitol.
Facebook and Twitter suspended him. Cabinet officers have abandoned him. And members of Congress want to impeach him — again. But even as Silicon Valley and Washington drew the line with U.S. President Donald Trump after he encouraged supporters to descend on the U.S. Capitol ...
Facebook’s Trump ban is necessary triage
Both Facebook and Twitter have struggled in recent months to take a harder stance over Trump’s often inflammatory posts.
Twitter and Facebook reach Trump breaking point after siege of Capitol
Twitter Inc. — the social media giant that for years gave Donald Trump wide latitude to rally supporters, spread misinformation and foment unrest — was on the brink of imposing a ban on the U.S. president after he used the platform to egg on ...
Adults seek solace in the wisdom of children online amid pandemic
Parents have spent more time with their children over the past 12 months than perhaps any time in the country's history.
QAnon and Japan: Hundreds still contesting Trump's election defeat
A man in his 40s said he believes Trump will eventually prevail. "It's possible that key information, which could overthrow (the election outcome), will come out," he said.
She chronicled China’s crisis. Now she is accused of spreading lies.
Woman who became a symbol of Beijing's efforts to deny its early failings in the pandemic set for first known trial of a chronicler of China’s coronavirus crisis.
