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The head of Twitter’s fact-checking team has previously tweeted that the Trump administration are Nazis, compared adviser Kellyanne Conway to Joseph Goebbels and said fly over states are racist. The previous tweets from Yoel Roth, whose official title at Twitter is head of Site Integrity, emerged after the social media giant put a fact-checking warning on two … Read more
President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of interfering in the 2020 Presidential election after the social media site began to fact-check his tweets. The president took to Twitter on Tuesday night to blast the site’s decision to label some of his tweets as ‘misleading’ and accused them of ‘stifling free speech’. He also added a … Read more
No10 tweets reminder that Britons should ‘keep 6ft apart from people you don’t live with’… sparking explosion of memes, ridicule and fury online Government facing backlash after PM backed top aide for travelling in lockdown Today No10 reminded people to keep distance following last night’s briefing People responded by suggesting the rules do not apply … Read more
Twitter expands test of tweets that vanish after 24 hours following evidence that they help reduce harassment A test of ‘Fleets’ are being expanded from Brazil to Italy Twitter says the ephemeral tweets have helped reduce bullying reports The platform hopes ‘Fleets’ will offer an alternative to more permanent posts By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 17:09 … Read more
William Shatner once played Captain James T. Kirk, who led the voyages of the starship Enterprise so that he and the rest of the Star Trek crew could ‘boldly go where no man has gone before.’ Now Shatner is once again itching to return to the final frontier – only this time on board the … Read more
Reopening America has been a hot topic on Twitter, as millions are calling for the US government to end the lockdown – but a new study suggests the trend is being fueled by bots. Using a ‘bot-hunter tool, researchers discovered that there are twice as many web crawlers starting conversations about the coronavirus pandemic and … Read more
Twitter is testing a feature that lets users limit the types of people allowed to reply to their tweets The feature will let users limited replies to their tweets It is capable of limiting to specific groups of people The feature will be tested to limited people across the globe Twitter hopes it will help … Read more
Elon Musk, who is fast becoming famous for his cryptic and often frenetic tweets added another on Sunday night after tweeting: ‘Take the red pill’ to his 34 million followers. The line is from the 1999 movie The Matrix: ‘You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe … Read more
Former England star Eni Aluko reveals she has suffered racist abuse online after controversial comments on the government’s furlough scheme – claiming it perpetuated ‘culture of do-nothing entitlement’ – and her FAMILY have also been targeted The ex-England and Chelsea star apologised for her divisive opinion this week Aluko had claimed the scheme promoted a culture … Read more
Sam Quek, 31, an Olympic hockey gold medallist who hosts football phone in 606, continued to post tweets about Footie 5 to her 175,000 followers even after being told she was breaking ad rules.