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Published
October 28, 2020

Senators give social media CEOs an earful – and warn of new limits

The chief executives of Twitter, Facebook and Google promise to take needed measures as Republicans accuse them of anti-conservative bias and Democrats criticize hate speech and misinformation.
Published
October 9, 2020

Twitter tightens limits on candidates before Nov. 3 election

The rules restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and stiffens its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for political violence or spreading thoughtless commentary.
Published
September 10, 2020

Twitter to label or remove misleading claims on vote results

The policy goes into effect Sept. 17, a few weeks before the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.
Published
August 20, 2020

Trump wants Supreme Court to let him block critics on Twitter

A federal appeals court ruled last year that Trump uses the account to make daily pronouncements and observations that are overwhelmingly official in nature.
Published
July 31, 2020

Three charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam

The July 15 attack compromised the accounts of some of the company's most high-profile users.

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Published
July 7, 2020

Social media platforms gird for 78 days of disinformation chaos after Election Day

Because of a surge in mail-in ballots, results are likely to be delayed.
Published
May 29, 2020

Commentary: Twitter’s inaction on Trump’s unfounded ‘murder’ tweets is disgraceful

The tweets about the death of an aide to ex-U.S. Rep. Joe Scarborough violate the platform's own rules and should be deleted.
Published
May 28, 2020

Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections

Days after Twitter applied fact checks to two of his tweets, the president signs an executive order challenging the lawsuit protections for free speech on the internet.
Published
May 27, 2020

Trump expected to sign order that could threaten punishment of social media

The president claims that tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter 'silence conservative voices.'
Published
May 26, 2020

Commentary: Trump says a lot of foolish things. Taking them seriously gives him too much credit

Commentators should focus on the remarks that are calculating and pay less attention to the ones that are just ignorant.