by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media
Discredited right-wing attack organization Project Veritas was suspended from Twitter today for violating platform rules. The account was “permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter’s private information policy,” a Twitter spokesperson said. The group’s...
by Jim Heath | Jan 21, 2021 | Bernie Sanders, Entertainment, Social Media
A meme was born yesterday when Sen. Bernie Sanders took his mittens to Washington, DC. The 79-year-old Vermont senator became the toast of social media after being pictured in a low-key parka and multicolored hand-knit mittens during President Biden’s inauguration. A...
by Jim Heath | Jan 14, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media, Trump
Snapchat will permanently ban President Trump’s account on Jan. 20 after locking it indefinitely last week following the Capitol siege. The Trump campaign and digital team had relied on Snapchat as a key platform to reach younger audiences before the company...
by Jim Heath | Jan 11, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media
Following news of Parler being removed from Google Play and Apple’s App Store, Amazon announced that it would follow suit by dropping the social networking app from its web hosting services in wake of the riot at the Capitol. Parler’s CEO and founder John...
by Jim Heath | Jan 11, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media, Trump
A disgruntled employee at the State Department changed the biographies of President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to say their term was coming to an end today – setting social media on fire. The resignations would have been big news, if true. Two...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2021 | Headlines, QAnon, Social Media
Parler, a social network that pitches itself as a “free speech” alternative to Twitter and Facebook, is suffering from whiplash. NYT: Over the past several months, Parler has become one of the fastest-growing apps in the United States. Millions of President Trump’s...
