Searches on Twitter for the term ‘racist’ are surfacing President Donald Trump’s name as the top result under ‘accounts’ Searches for ‘racist’ on Twitter surface the account of President Donald Trump Twitter its algorithm links terms commonly associated with accounts The phenomenon comes as Trump and Twitter battle over how the president’s tweets should be handled By … Read more
Snapchat stopped promoting Donald Trump on its Discover page after he tweeted comments that some claim glorified violence amid nationwide racial justice riots. A spokesperson for the picture messaging social media app told Axios in a Wednesday report that the outlet doesn’t want to boost rhetoric that promotes ‘racial violence and injustice’ which it says … Read more
Snapchat stopped promoting Donald Trump on its Discover page after he tweeted comments that some claim glorified violence amid nationwide racial justice riots. A spokesperson for the picture messaging social media app told Axios in a Wednesday report that the outlet doesn’t want to boost rhetoric that promotes ‘racial violence and injustice’ which it says … Read more
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters Wednesday he was opposed to invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act to send the U.S. military to impose control of cities – even as the president talked tough on Twitter and ordered an infantry battalion to Washington, D.C. It was a statement that caught the White House off guard … Read more
US voters have given a scathing verdict on Donald Trump’s response to the George Floyd riots – but most would back deploying troops. Some 45 per cent of voters regard Trump’s handling of the crisis as ‘poor’ while only 32 per cent say it is good or excellent, a new poll shows. The president’s critics … Read more
Defense Secretary Mark Esper called a press conference Wednesday to defend his participation in President Trump’s photo-op at St. John’s church – saying he had no clue what the president was planning until it happened. ‘I did know that following the president’s remarks on Monday evening that many of us were going to join President … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg has revealed why Facebook chose to keep President Trump’s controversial ‘looting leads to shooting’ post up on its site despite Twitter hiding the same update because it ‘glorified violence’. In a status update shared Friday night, Zuckerberg said that the Commander-in-chief’s post included a reference to the National Guard and Facebook users therefore … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg has revealed why Facebook chose to keep President Trump’s controversial ‘looting leads to shooting’ post up on its site despite Twitter hiding the same update because it ‘glorified violence’. In a status update shared Friday night, Zuckerberg said that the Commander-in-chief’s post included a reference to the National Guard and Facebook users therefore … Read more
Billie Eilish has been exercising her free speech rights regarding the death of George Floyd, the unarmed African-American man who died after a white police officer pinned him to the ground with a knee into his neck on May 25. And now the pop star, 18, is calling out President Donald Trump for his tweets … Read more
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday to watch the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. They traveled to Florida with family members including Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and some of the grandkids. … Read more