A reporter at Wired magazine has been banned from Twitter after he wrote about the fact that anti-trans activist Matt Walsh had his Twitter account hacked. Walsh’s account was hacked on Tuesday and started posting offensive tweets about other popular right-wing figures like Andrew Tate and Ben Shapiro.
MoreDonald Trump loves Twitter.
"Twitter is a wonderful thing for me, because I get the word out… I might not be here talking to you right now as president if I didn't have an honest way of getting the word out," he said.
Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid to acquire Twitter has focused new attention on the high-profile social media platform, which was founded in 2006
MoreWhen Elon Musk started a poll on Twitter on March 25, asking his followers whether Twitter rigorously adhered to the principles of free speech, he added a disclaimer saying that “the consequences of this poll will be important.”
MoreChrissy Teigen has deleted her Twitter account, saying that the social media platform has started to serve her "negatively."
MoreCardano founder Charles Hoskinson has threatened to file a class-action lawsuit against social media platforms, Twitter and Youtube, owing to the spate of crypto scams on these platforms.
MoreYouTube has pulled 30,000 videos for sharing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines, Axios reports.
MoreGameStop, AMC Entertainment, and other so-called meme stocks gained on Monday as retail investors looked to fuel new rallies.
MoreUkraine is calling on Twitter to remove a "blue check" verified account of the Russian Foreign Ministry's office in Crimea, accusing the social-media giant of promoting Kremlin propaganda.
MoreFacebook and Twitter have banned Donald Trump from their platforms. Fleeing to the right-wing alternative Parler has been effectively shut down by Amazon’s decision to cease hosting it on Amazon Web Services while both Android and Apple have removed it from their app stores.
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