by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2021 | Headlines
Dave Portnoy, the founder of media company Barstool Sports, has been suspended from Twitter for 12 hours after he posted a screengrab of an email exchange he had with the editor of Business Insider. Over the past eight months, the business magazine has published a...
by Jim Heath | Oct 12, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is calling for civil war with her latest provocative tweet. The conspiracy-peddling lawmaker polled her 448,300 Twitter followers Monday on whether they thought America should “have a national divorce.” She offered them three...
by Jim Heath | Jun 9, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Former one-term President Trump backs the Nigerian government’s decision to block access to Twitter in the West African country — and called on more nations to follow suit. “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their...
by Jim Heath | Feb 23, 2021 | Entertainment, Joe Biden
Model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen humorously requested that the @POTUS Twitter account unfollow her on Tuesday, saying it was necessary for her to “flourish.” “I have tweeted a handful of times since my treasured @POTUS following. In order for me to flourish as...
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...