• Watchdog mulls Facebook ad boycott over Zuckerberg’s inaction on Trump posts

    Watchdog mulls Facebook ad boycott over Zuckerberg’s inaction on Trump posts

    Mark Zuckerberg’s controversial decision to not censor offensive or inaccurate posts by President Trump could land him in hot water with advertisers, according to a new report. Liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America is drafting a letter urging advertisers to pull their ad spots from Facebook in protest of Zuckerberg’s handling of Trump’s …
  • Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gives $3 million to Colin Kaepernick’s charity

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gives $3 million to Colin Kaepernick’s charity

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey doesn’t appear to be interested in making up with President Trump any time soon. Just a week after flagging two of Trump’s tweets with fact-checking labels — prompting the president to call for regulation of social media companies — Dorsey announced that he was donating $3 million to the charity run …
  • Tech advocacy group sues Trump over social media executive order

    Tech advocacy group sues Trump over social media executive order

    A tech advocacy group backed by Twitter and Facebook sued President Trump over his executive order cracking down on social media companies. Trump’s order to curtail liability protections for social firms violates the First Amendment because it was a clear strike back at Twitter’s decision to fact-check his tweets, the Center for Democracy & Technology …
  • Gaetz Says Twitter ‘Enabling’ Antifa after Platform Flags His Tweet for ‘Glorifying Violence’

    Gaetz Says Twitter ‘Enabling’ Antifa after Platform Flags His Tweet for ‘Glorifying Violence’

    Representative Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) said he was carrying a “badge of honor” after Twitter labeled one of his tweets against Antifa, saying it violated the platform’s policies against glorifying violence. Gaetz, a prominent ally of President Trump who in 2018 was “shadow banned” by Twitter to limit his visibility, tweeted Monday calling members of …
  • Facebook workers stage ‘virtual walkout’ to protest policy on Trump posts

    Facebook workers stage ‘virtual walkout’ to protest policy on Trump posts

    Working from home didn’t stop dozens of Facebook employees from conducting a virtual walkout in protest of Mark Zuckerberg. Facebookers went on rival social network Twitter to announce that they were protesting the company’s policy of leaving Trump’s posts alone, arguing that they violate Facebook’s rule against “language that incites or facilitates serious violence.” The …
  • Twitter may need to boost fact-checking staff due to Trump feud, experts say

    Twitter may need to boost fact-checking staff due to Trump feud, experts say

    Twitter’s feud with President Trump may end up costing the social networking company, Wall Street analysts say. By moving to flag and fact check tweets from the president, the Jack Dorsey-run company is opening itself to intense scrutiny of its practices in ways that could force it to expand the 1,500-strong content moderation team policing …
  • Conservative-funded Twitter competitor reportedly in the works

    Conservative-funded Twitter competitor reportedly in the works

    In a civilization long ago, Trump married Twitter. And like many couplings in today’s pandemic world, they might be torn asunder. In the planning stage — already known to the president of the United States, commander in chief of the Armed Forces, leader of the free world — is another brand-new, so far not yet …
  • Twitter well positioned to fend off Trump challenge in court, experts say

    Twitter well positioned to fend off Trump challenge in court, experts say

    Twitter may be taking a public beating from President Trump, but experts tell The Post that the social network is in a strong position to weather the storm. Despite a Thursday executive order calling for more regulation on social media companies and a Friday tweet from the president that he wants to revoke Section 230 …
  • Damian Lillard rips ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky over Twitter jab: ‘Watch yo mouth’

    Damian Lillard rips ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky over Twitter jab: ‘Watch yo mouth’

    Dan Orlovsky looked better running out of the back of the end zone. The former longtime backup quarterback, who called Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard “a spoiled and entitled brat,” for threatening to sit out the rest of a potentially shortened NBA season if given no route to reaching the playoffs, quickly apologized for …
  • Ted Cruz Calls for Criminal Investigation into Twitter over Allegations of Iran Sanctions Violations

    Ted Cruz Calls for Criminal Investigation into Twitter over Allegations of Iran Sanctions Violations

    Senator Ted Cruz on Friday called for a criminal investigation into whether Twitter is violating U.S. sanctions against Iran by allowing Iranian officials to hold accounts on the platform. In a letter to the Justice and Treasury Departments, obtained by Axios, the Texas Republican said the social media giant is committing a “blatant and willful …