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Jul 28, 2020 10:25 AM CDT

Twitter Penalizes Trump Jr.

Account restricted after he posted a video about the coronavirus

(Newser) - Another member of the Trump family has run afoul of Twitter over a controversial video about COVID-19. The site says it has restricted the feed of Donald Trump Jr. for 12 hours and accused him of violating its rules about sharing misinformation about the coronavirus, reports the Guardian . The move...

Twitter Deletes Dicey Tweet
Shared by Trump on COVID

Jul 28, 2020 9:35 AM CDT

Twitter Deletes Dicey Tweet Shared by Trump on COVID

'There is a cure,' woman in video claims, referring to hydroxychloroquine

(Newser) - President Trump had been striking a more sober tone about the coronavirus of late, but on Monday night he retweeted a video making so many controversial claims that Twitter deleted it, reports NBC News . "Tweets with the video are in violation of our COVID-19 misinformation policy," Twitter said...

Monica Lewinsky's
Twitter Joke Goes Viral

Jul 27, 2020 4:00 AM CDT

Monica Lewinsky's Twitter Joke Goes Viral

Intern joke divides the audience

(Newser) - Monica Lewinsky's joke is winning the internet, at least according to some. As the Guardian explains, "I have a joke" was trending on Twitter on Friday, and writer Nell Scovell's take was, "I have a Charles Manson joke and it kills." Lewinsky replied to that...

Grimes Tweet to Musk: 'I Cannot Support Hate'

Musk: 'Pronouns Suck.'
Grimes Is Far From Happy

Jul 25, 2020 1:00 PM CDT

Musk: 'Pronouns Suck.' Grimes Is Far From Happy

The Tesla CEO's partner tells him, 'please stop this'

(Newser) - Elon Musk, meet Grimes—your partner, who just took you to task online, Newsweek reports. Responding to a Musk tweet that "pronouns suck," Grimes posted a message that's since been taken down: "I love you but please turn off ur phone or give me a dall...

Trump on His Tweets: I Regret Them 'Too Often'

Trump Says He Loves Twitter
'Too Much,' Has Online Regrets

Jul 25, 2020 6:30 AM CDT

Trump Says He Loves Twitter 'Too Much,' Has Online Regrets

President also tells Barstool Sports people should 'run for office' instead of kneeling during anthem

(Newser) - If you cringe when reading some of President Trump's tweets and retweets, President Trump is right there with you. That's per an interview that Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy nabbed outside the Oval Office on Thursday, as the White House was celebrating opening day for Major League Baseball,...

Twitter in 'Very Early Phases'
of Building Subscription Model

Jul 24, 2020 9:18 AM CDT

Twitter in 'Very Early Phases' of Building Subscription Model

Jack Dorsey says test version will be out this year

(Newser) - With ad revenues down sharply, Twitter is looking at another way of making money: getting people to pay for using Twitter. CEO Jack Dorsey says the company is in the "very, very early phases of exploring" a subscription plan for the social media site and will likely launch a...

Twitter: DMs
Were Accessed
in Last Week's Attack

Jul 23, 2020 7:15 AM CDT

Twitter: DMs Were Accessed in Last Week's Attack

But not those of Joe Biden, former President Obama

(Newser) - Hackers did indeed get access to private direct messages on Twitter. "We believe that for up to 36 of the 130 targeted accounts, the attackers accessed the DM inbox," Twitter said Wednesday of the July 15 attempt, per CNN , identifying one of the accounts as belonging to an...

Twitter Lays the
Hammer Down
on QAnon

Jul 22, 2020 4:24 AM CDT

Twitter Lays the Hammer Down on QAnon

Bans 7K accounts, places restrictions on another 150K

(Newser) - Twitter is banning 7,000 QAnon accounts and limiting another 150,000, the social media service announced Tuesday. "These accounts are engaging in behavior that is designed to further the spread of content that has resulted in clear and well-documented informational, physical, societal and psychological offline harm," a...

Trump Tweets
Pic of Himself
in 'Patriotic' Mask

Jul 21, 2020 12:01 AM CDT

Trump Tweets Pic of Himself in 'Patriotic' Mask

President does a U-turn on facial coverings amid coronavirus pandemic

(Newser) - President Trump has officially done a 180 on masks. "We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance," Trump tweeted Monday alongside a photo of himself...

14 Hours Later,
Trump Responds

Jul 18, 2020 4:30 PM CDT

14 Hours Later, Trump Responds

The president and Rep. John Lewis didn't exactly get along

(Newser) - In the hours after the death of American civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, President Trump took to Twitter to retweet old missives about Democratic rival Joe Biden and lash out at his former national security adviser and his niece for writing tell-all books about him. Trump then headed to...

Big Advertisers, Social Media
Giants Define Hate Speech

Jul 17, 2020 5:00 PM CDT

Big Advertisers, Social Media Giants Define Hate Speech

Alliance has agreement on 11 types of harmful content

(Newser) - Social media companies and many of their biggest advertisers have agreed to work together on hate speech—starting by identifying it. They report already having a consensus on 11 definitions of harmful content, Axios reports. The effort involves the Global Alliance for Responsible Media , created last year to ensure brand...

21-Year-Old Linked
to Massive Twitter Hack

THE RUNDOWN

Jul 17, 2020 12:03 PM CDT

21-Year-Old Linked to Massive Twitter Hack

KrebsOnSecurity does a deep dive into what we know

(Newser) - The hackers who hit Twitter got big names such as Joe Biden and Jeff Bezos, so why not the most famous tweeter of all, President Trump? It seems that Twitter gave Trump extra protections after unspecified previous incidents, reports the New York Times . Both an administration official and a Twitter...

Twitter Breach Could Have
'Breathtaking Impact'

Jul 17, 2020 6:52 AM CDT

Twitter Breach Could Have 'Breathtaking Impact'

Hack could have caused chaos on Election Day

(Newser) - Wednesday's Twitter hack appears to have been motivated by greed, not politics—but it could still have an impact on the election, analysts say. It's not clear whether the hackers—who hijacked the accounts of Joe Biden and former President Obama, among numerous other public figures—were able...

Chuck Woolery Says Son Has
COVID, Takes Twitter Hiatus

Jul 16, 2020 8:10 PM CDT

Chuck Woolery Says Son Has COVID, Takes Twitter Hiatus

Former game show host had said 'everyone is lying' about virus, was retweeted by Trump

(Newser) - "The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19," Chuck Woolery posted Monday on Twitter. "Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust." The post was retweeted the same day by President Trump. On...

FBI Leads Response to Hack

Jul 16, 2020 7:05 PM CDT

FBI Leads Response to Hack

It's a good thing Twitter attackers were only looking for money, security experts say

(Newser) - Twitter blames a coordinated attack on its employees for the site's biggest hack yet, and the FBI is charged with getting to the bottom of it. New York launched its own investigation, the Washington Post reports, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo calling the breach especially concerning with elections on the...

Hacker Claims
Twitter Employee Did
'All the Work for Us'

Jul 16, 2020 6:38 AM CDT

Hacker Claims Twitter Employee Did 'All the Work for Us'

It's unclear if private messages were exposed in Wednesday's attack

(Newser) - Much remains unclear about Wednesday's hack on Twitter, the biggest-ever on the site. But Motherboard talks to two hackers who say a Twitter employee gave them access. "We used a rep that literally done (sic) all the work for us," one said. The other said the employee...

Twitter Accounts
of the Rich and
Famous All
Hacked at the
Same Time

Jul 15, 2020 5:40 PM CDT

Twitter Accounts of the Rich and Famous All Hacked at the Same Time

The victims include Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and Kanye West

(Newser) - Big-name Twitter accounts belonging to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kanye West, and many others were hacked Wednesday in an elaborate cyberscam that relieved victims of over $110,000. Looks like crypto-scammers took over the accounts for more than two hours, posting tweets that urged people to send money...

Lea Michele
Flees Twitter
After Former
Castmate
Disappears

Jul 12, 2020 4:00 PM CDT

Lea Michele Flees Twitter After Former Castmate Disappears

Seems it's related to Naya Rivera's vanishing at a California lake

(Newser) - Lea Michele pulled the plug on her Twitter account Saturday amid trolling over the apparent death of former Glee co-star Naya Rivera, Us Weekly reports. Michele abandoned the site just three days after Rivera, 33, vanished at a California lake with her 4-year-old son, Josey, who turned up alone on...

RuPaul Has
Inexplicably
Disappeared
From Social
Media

Jul 4, 2020 6:30 AM CDT

RuPaul Has Inexplicably Disappeared From Social Media

No one's sure why TV personality has vanished from Twitter and nixed posts on IG

(Newser) - "What's going on?!" That's just one of the many perplexed pleas for information as People and Us Weekly report on what has turned into a social media mystery: the disappearance of RuPaul online. Fans noticed Thursday that the 59-year-old drag queen and RuPaul's Drag Race...

Trump Tweet Set Off Mad
Scramble Among Aides

the rundown

Jun 30, 2020 11:30 AM CDT

Trump Tweet Set Off Mad Scramble Among Aides

Retweet of 'white power' video caused a ruckus, but he had left for golf course

(Newser) - President Trump set off a firestorm Sunday morning when he retweeted a video (watch it here , but note language) of a Trump supporter shouting "white power" to counterprotesters in a Florida retirement community. The tweet came down about three hours later, and the White House said Trump hadn't...