It was a perfect match, and Mr. Trump soon began honing the freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness style that would become his signature. For years, he used the platform to weigh in on […]
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Back to news homeTrump Is Banned on Facebook ‘at Least’ Until His Term is Over
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday said it will block President Trump on its platforms at least until the end of his term on Jan. 20, as much of the […]
How Trump is Losing his Social Media Platforms
Mr. Trump would still find ways to reach his followers without Facebook and Twitter, of course. There would still be Fox News, Newsmax, OANN and legions of pro-Trump partisans willing […]
Twitter and Facebook Lock Trump’s Accounts After Violence on Capitol Hill
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday locked the accounts of President Trump, which prevents him from posting messages to his more than 88 million followers on Twitter and […]
The Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2021
Here’s what that means. Let’s say your family owns smartphones, several computers and a game console. If all of them are being used to consume heavy amounts of data — […]
How Heather Cox Richardson Became a Breakout Star on Substack
Dr. Richardson confounds many of the media’s assumptions about this moment. She built a huge and devoted following on Facebook, which is widely and often accurately viewed in media circles […]
The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech, Shaped by Tech Industry Exiles
“Who the heck consents to having a company track them across the internet,” she remembered thinking. “They could only do it because they had monopoly power to do something that […]
Google’s Legal Peril Grows in Face of Third Antitrust Suit
More than 30 states added to Google’s mushrooming legal woes on Thursday, accusing the Silicon Valley titan of illegally arranging its search results to push out smaller rivals.One day after […]
From Voter Fraud to Vaccine Lies: Misinformation Peddlers Shift Gears
The change has been particularly evident over the last six weeks. Election misinformation peaked on Nov. 4 at 375,000 mentions across cable television, social media, print and online news outlets, […]
Tech Companies Shift Their Posture on a Legal Shield, Wary of Being Left Behind
WASHINGTON — For more than two decades, the tech industry had a cohesive message to Congress about a law that shields internet platforms from lawsuits: Don’t touch it.But now, as […]