by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2020 | 2020, Headlines
Twitter permanently suspended an account associated with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon after he suggested in a video posted online that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. Bannon made the comments calling for...
by Jim Heath | Oct 14, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Joe Biden, Trump
Following heavy criticism over the way they let misinformation run wild on their platforms in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, social media companies gradually have been adopting stronger policies to stem the spread of misinformation. For the first time,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 6, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Facebook and Twitter took measures to screen against misinformation after President Trump put posts on both sites that falsely claimed COVID-19 is less deadly than the flu in “most populations.” Facebook took down Trump’s post, saying that users are...
by Jim Heath | Sep 16, 2020 | Entertainment, Lucifer
When Fox canceled Lucifer in 2018, diehard fans took to social media to wage an overnight campaign to save the series. Within hours of the news, Lucifer himself, Tom Ellis took to Twitter, asking the fans of the show to rally together and tweet #SaveLucifer to get the...
by Jim Heath | Sep 1, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Social Media
Twitter and Facebook announced today they had suspended accounts linked to a Russian influence operation which posed as an independent news outlet to target left-wing voters in the United States and Britain. The accounts were linked to a website named Peace Data,...
