SOCIAL MEDIA: [Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): “But I think that — just to amplify the President’s remarks — we see, in these online platforms, the most powerful corporations in the world, maybe the most powerful corporations in the history of the world…”] “So how come I won last time if they’re so powerful?” [Josh Hawley: […]
Category: Social Media
9/23/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “Twitter routinely restricts posts expressing conservative views, even from a President of the United States, while at the same time it allows Iran’s Supreme Leader to freely spew vile, anti-Semitic hate and even death threats. Every year, countless Americans are banned, blacklisted, and silenced through arbitrary or malicious enforcement of ever-shifting rules. Some […]
9/23/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA: “In recent years, a small group of powerful technology platforms have tightened their grip over commerce and communications in America. They’ve used this power to engage in unscrupulous business practices while simultaneously waging war on free enterprise and free expression. At the urging of the radical left, these platforms have become intolerant of […]
9/23/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “TikTok is asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration’s impending ban on its operations in the United States… President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had given his ‘blessing’ to a deal struck by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, and Oracle and Walmart, which would avert a ban announced by the Department […]
9/19/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “We have some very big news on TikTok. TikTok is moving along. We’re dealing with Oracle, which you know of. Larry Ellison. And we’re dealing with, as a combination, Walmart — Walmart, a great company… And they’ll be making about a 5-billion-dollar contribution toward education. We’re going to be setting up a very […]
9/18/2020
BUSINESS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “TikTok will be removed from US app stores from midnight on Sunday as Washington implements executive orders from President Donald Trump that also target WeChat, a Chinese social media app… The removal of TikTok and WeChat from US app stores implements two executive orders issued last month by Mr Trump, which said […]
9/17/2020
FAKE NEWS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “Twitter makes sure that Trending on Twitter is anything bad, Fake or not, about President Donald Trump. So obvious what they are doing. Being studied now!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 17, 2020 2:07 am […]
9/16/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: [Reporter: “Are you prepared to sign off on the Oracle and TikTok deal, even though the Treasury isn’t getting paid?”] “It has to be 100 percent as far as national security is concerned. And, no, I’m not prepared to sign off on anything. I have to see the deal.” [Reporter: “What about the […]
9/10/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA: “TikTok is moving along. We’ll see what happens. It’ll either be closed up or they’ll sell it. So we’ll either close up TikTok in this country for security reasons, or it’ll be sold.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure,” whitehouse.gov, Sep. 10, 2020 […]
9/1/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA: [Reporter: “Can you give us the latest on TikTok and what percentage you want, if any, of that deal?”] “Well, I told them that they have until September 15th to make a deal. After that, we close it up in this country. And I said that the United States has to be compensated […]
8/28/2020
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA: “Here I am with you and I’m with everybody. I go to the helicopter and I’ll take questions, screaming questions. I’ve answered every question you would imagine that could be asked, and I feel good in doing it. The reason I do that is because it is fake news. I get so […]
8/24/2020
CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP ADMIN: “TikTok, the video-sharing application owned by China-based ByteDance, filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. government challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to ban the company’s American operations… The Trump administration has expressed concern about U.S. data security and data privacy with several Chinese companies, including Huawei and WeChat. ByteDance argued that is […]
8/23/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “As far as Twitter is concerned, it’s really, I call it social media. If I didn’t have that, you probably wouldn’t be interviewing me right now unless you did maybe as a businessman or something. I wouldn’t be here right now being interviewed. It’s a way of– The press is so corrupt. It’s […]
8/20/2020
DOJ/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that found President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking his critics on Twitter… DOJ argued that the appeals court had erred by finding Trump’s Twitter account to be a public forum, and failed to adequately recognize that […]
8/18/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA: “Well, I guess Microsoft wants it [TikTok] and so does Oracle, and probably so do other people, but they have to also make sure the United States is well compensated because we’re the ones making it possible. Very simple: We’re the ones making it possible. So our Treasury has to be very well […]
8/13/2020
CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY: “TikTok, I broke the deal. I said you can’t do business in the United States. I also said to Huawei you can’t do business in the United States. And I told our so-called allies, that are all over the world, all of which, you know, for the most take advantage of us. We […]
8/6/2020
CHINA/EXECUTIVE ORDERS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “At this time, action must be taken to address the threat posed by one mobile application in particular, TikTok… TikTok automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users, including Internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search histories… The United States must take aggressive action […]
8/6/2020
CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA: “TikTok, a video-sharing mobile application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance Ltd., automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users. This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers […]
8/6/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “[W]hen you look at what’s happening with Facebook and with Twitter, it’s 100% possibly illegal.” [Geraldo Rivera: “Does Twitter tick you up that they could take out some of your tweets and –“] “The perfect statement. Yeah. You mean a statement about youth [being almost immune to coronavirus], right? The youth. They are […]
8/6/2020
CHINA/EXECUTIVE ORDERS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY: “[T]he spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. To protect our Nation, I took action, in an Executive Order of August 6, 2020… to address […]
8/5/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. on Wednesday removed a video posted by President Trump in which he said children are ‘almost immune from this disease,’ a claim that the companies said ran afoul their rules against harmful misinformation about Covid-19… The action marked the first time that Facebook removed Mr. Trump’s posts for […]
8/5/2020
COVID-19/SOCIAL MEDIA: “Facebook removed a video post from President Donald Trump’s personal page on Wednesday that included a segment from a Fox News interview in which the president said children are ‘almost immune’ to COVID-19. ‘This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19 which is a violation of our […]
8/4/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “I told Microsoft — and, frankly, others — if they want to do it, if they make a deal for TikTok — whether it’s the 30 percent in the United States or the whole company, I say, ‘It’s okay. But if you do that, we’re really making it possible because we’re letting you […]
8/4/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “So, TikTok — TikTok is very successful. It does tremendous business in the United States. People are riveted by it. I mean, I have many friends — when they saw that announcement, they’re calling. And I think their kids love it; they don’t. Because they don’t get to see their kids anymore, but […]
8/3/2020
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “It’s [TikTok] a great asset. It’s a great asset, but it’s not a great asset in the United States unless they have the approval of the United States. So it’ll close down on September 15th, unless Microsoft or somebody else is able to buy it and work out a deal, an appropriate deal. […]
8/3/2020
BUSINESS/CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA: “[TikTok] can’t be controlled for security reasons by China, too big, too invasive, and it can’t be. Here’s the deal. I don’t mind if, whether it’s Microsoft or somebody else, a big company, a secure company, a very American company buy it. It’s probably easier to buy the whole thing than to buy […]
7/31/2020
CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA: “President Donald Trump said he would ban Chinese-owned TikTok from the U.S. following concerns about data collection by the popular music-video app, escalating the administration’s clash with China. ‘As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,’ the president told reporters Friday night. Asked when it would happen, he […]
7/31/2020
CHINA/SOCIAL MEDIA: “We’re looking at TikTok. We may be banning TikTok. We may be doing some other things. There are a couple of options. But a lot of things are happening, so we’ll see what happens. But we are looking at a lot alternatives with respect to TikTok.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before […]
7/27/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “So disgusting to watch Twitter’s so-called ‘Trending’, where sooo many trends are about me, and never a good one. They look for anything they can find, make it as bad as possible, and blow it up, trying to make it trend. Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]
6/23/2020
RALLY/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the rise of social media, massive multinational tech companies have tried to clamp down on American democracy. That even means on me. And as everyone knows, they’re using their enormous power to silence conservative voices. You know that. It’s not even close. I don’t even think they’re hiding it anymore. […]
5/29/2020
CIVIL UNREST/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night – or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot. I don’t want this to happen, and that’s what the expression put out last night means…. ….It was spoken […]
5/29/2020
QUOTE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: ” ‘Regulate Twitter if they are going to start regulating free speech.’ @JudgeJeanine @foxandfriends Well, as they have just proven conclusively, that’s what they are doing. Repeal Section 230!!!“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2020 2:44 am […]
5/29/2020
CHINA/QUOTE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER/WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: ” ‘The President has been targeted by Twitter.’ @MariaBartiromo What about all of the lies and fraudulent statements made by Adam Schiff, and so many others, on the Russian Witch Hunt Plus, Plus, Plus? What about China’s propaganda? WHO’s mistakes? No flags? @foxandfriends“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2020 2:33 […]
5/29/2020
CHINA/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & propaganda being put out by China or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. Section 230 should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated!“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2020 […]
5/28/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “Twitter now selectively decides to place a warning label on certain tweets in a manner that clearly reflects political bias. As has been reported, Twitter seems never to have placed such a label on another politician’s tweet.” -Donald Trump, “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship,” whitehouse.gov, May 28, 2020 […]
5/28/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “It is the policy of the United States to foster clear ground rules promoting free and open debate on the internet. Prominent among the ground rules governing that debate is the immunity from liability created by section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act (section 230(c)). 47 U.S.C. 230(c). It is the […]
5/28/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “I think this: If Twitter were not honorable — if you’re going to have a guy like this be your judge and jury, I think just shut it down, as far as I’m concerned, but I’d have to go through a legal process to do that… I’d have to ask the lawyers. I’d […]
5/28/2020
EXECUTIVE ORDER/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “A small handful of powerful social media monopolies controls a vast portion of all public and private communications in the United States… They’ve had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter virtually any form of communication between private citizens and large public audiences… The choices that Twitter makes […]
5/28/2020
OBAMA/QUOTE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “.@Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is today criticizing Twitter. ‘We have a different policy than Twitter on this. I believe strongly that Facebook shouldn’t be the arbiter of truth of everything that people say online.’ Did Twitter criticize Obama for his ‘you can keep your Dr.’?“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 28, 2020 2:48 pm […]
5/28/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA: “This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 28, 2020 2:37 am […]
5/27/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “Twitter has now shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct. Big action to follow!“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 27, 2020 4:22 am […]
5/27/2020
2016 ELECTION/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD/VOTING: “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016. We can’t let a more sophisticated version of that…. ….happen again. Just […]
2/14/2020
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great honor, I think? Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that ‘Donald J. Trump is Number 1 on Facebook. Number 2 is Prime Minister Modi of India.’ Actually, I am going to India in two weeks. Looking forward to it!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 14, 2020 6:38 pm […]
12/16/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DanScavino: Alright, let’s see some MEME’s for social media! Ya never know, one could end up on @realDonaldTrump’s Twitter, Facebook, o…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 16, 2019 8:28 am […]
12/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The always prolific tweeter-in-chief appears to have hit a new record. The president’s @realDonaldTrump account had tweeted and retweeted 115 times by late Thursday [12-12-19] night, marking what could be his most active day on the platform yet. The avalanche came as the House judiciary committee pressed toward a historic vote […]
12/13/2019
CHILDREN/CLIMATE CHANGE/CYBERBULLYING/MELANIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania Trump, who last year promoted anti-cyberbullying tips as part of her child-focused kindness campaign called ‘Be Best,’ sidestepped any comment Friday [12-13-19] on President Trump’s recent decision to mock Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old climate activist, on Twitter. ‘Be Best’ is the first lady’s initiative, and she will continue to […]
12/13/2019
IMPEACHMENT/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under pressure over his possible impeachment, President Richard M. Nixon supposedly talked to the paintings in the White House. President Bill Clinton absently toyed with his old campaign buttons. President Trump punches out Twitter messages in the lonely midnight hour. Long after his staff has gone home, long after the lights […]
12/12/2019
IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just hours before a House panel was set to approve articles of impeachment against him, President Donald Trump flexed his Twitter fingers, blasting out more than 100 tweets and retweets covering everything from the impeachment proceedings and trade to his Mar-a-Lago resort and his upset for Time magazine’s Person of the […]
12/12/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/CYBERBULLYING/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump revived his attacks on 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday [12-12-19], criticizing Time magazine for naming her Person of the Year and telling Thunberg to ‘chill!’ ‘So ridiculous,’ Trump, who was also on the shortlist to receive the honor, complained on Twitter. ‘Greta must work on […]
11/22/2019
IMPEACHMENT/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE: “Former National Security Adviser John Bolton – a potential witness in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump – resumed tweeting Friday [11-22-19] and appeared to issue a threat to his former boss…Bolton, who left his post in September, did not elaborate on what he might ‘say’ with respect to the investigation […]
11/5/2019
DONALD JR/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “Donald Trump Jr. revealed Tuesday [11-5-19] that his father has warned him on more than one occasion to cool down the incendiary rhetoric on his Twitter feed, with President Donald Trump reportedly cautioning that his son’s social media presence was ‘getting a little hot’…Trump Jr., who was appearing on the president’s […]
10/30/2019
MILITARY/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Wednesday [10-30-19] shared an altered photograph of himself placing a medal around the neck of the dog injured in the raid last weekend that led to the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State’s leader. The image, which bears a watermark for a social media account for […]
10/22/2019
DEMS/GOP/INVESTIGATIONS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many congressional Republicans are done trying to defend President Donald Trump after he said he was the victim of a lynching on Tuesday [10-22-19] — but that doesn’t mean they’re trying to rein him in, either. Trump’s tweet comparing the impeachment process to a ‘lynching’ set off a firestorm of Democratic […]
10/18/2019
NANCY PELOSI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump tweeted a photograph of Speaker Nancy Pelosi rising to storm out of a meeting with him this week in the Cabinet Room, he meant it as an insult, branding her ‘Nervous Nancy’ and saying she had had an ‘unhinged meltdown.’ But the photograph — which depicts Ms. […]
10/15/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Twitter said on Tuesday [10-15-19] that it would continue to be lenient with world leaders who appeared to violate its policies against violent speech because the company believed preserving those tweets served the public interest. The announcement came as Twitter grapples with scrutiny for hosting President Trump’s increasingly virulent messages about […]
10/15/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump ‘strongly condemns’ a graphic and violent parody video that depicts a likeness of him shooting and stabbing opponents and members of the news media, the White House said Monday [10-14-19]. But his press secretary said he hadn’t yet watched the two-minute clip. The video, which drew widespread […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#SocialMediaSummit @WhiteHouse https://t.co/Z7tlvC3QUN” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2019 7:37 pm […]
9/19/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nice meeting with Mark Zuckerberg of @Facebook in the Oval Office today. https://t.co/k5ofQREfOc https://t.co/jNt93F2BsG” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2019 7:03 pm […]
9/9/2019
CELEBS/CRIME/LEGISLATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump called the model Chrissy Teigen ‘filthy mouthed’ and the musician John Legend ‘boring’ in tweets on Sunday [9-8-19] night that trumpeted the president’s achievements in criminal justice reform, prompting them to fire back. Mr. Legend called on the first lady to intervene, and Ms. Teigen used vulgarities. The couple, […]
8/5/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s re-election campaign has harnessed Facebook advertising to push the idea of an ‘invasion’ at the southern border, amplifying the fear-inducing language about immigrants that he has also voiced at campaign rallies and on Twitter. Since January, Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign has posted more than 2,000 ads on Facebook that […]
7/30/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @ThatTrumpGuy: Being suspended from Twitter has me missing incredible videos like this one! HAVE YOU SEEN THIS!?!?!? Thank you @realDona…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2019 11:55 am […]
7/14/2019
MINORITIES/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @usminority: ‘In January of 2017, I bitterly proclaimed on social media that I would never be able to understand how anybody could vote…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2019 7:36 am […]
7/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @THEHermanCain: Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for the invite to the White House Social Media Summit. I enjoyed my time and am grateful f…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:38 am […]
7/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @THEHermanCain: Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for the invite to the White House Social Media Summit. I enjoyed my time and am grateful f…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:38 am […]
7/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @THEHermanCain: Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for the invite to the White House Social Media Summit. I enjoyed my time and am grateful f…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 13, 2019 6:38 am […]
7/12/2019
GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPLeader: President @realDonaldTrump’s #SocialMediaSummit was a very important event. Conservatives will NOT be silenced, and American…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:54 am […]
7/12/2019
GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @HawleyMO: Just came from the White House Social Media Summit where I had chance to stand alongside @realDonaldTrump and talk about why…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:54 am […]
7/12/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @UnplannedMovie: What’s it like being a film whose social media platforms were totally shut down because owners didn’t like the implicat…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:54 am […]
7/12/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @prageru: .@DanCrenshawTX highlighting Big Tech censorship of conservatives at the White House Social Media Summit. https://t.co/sC2mdpV…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:54 am […]
7/12/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RobertBluey: Grateful to attend today’s #SocialMediaSummit with 250 other digital leaders, members of Congress & Cabinet secretaries wh…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:54 am […]
7/12/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IWV: ? iPhones fully charged (✅) at the @WhiteHouse #SocialMediaSummit?? https://t.co/SlJOM1j0aT” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:53 am […]
7/12/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: #SocialMediaSummit @WhiteHouse https://t.co/Z7tlvC3QUN” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2019 6:31 am […]
7/11/2019
FAKE NEWS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “I asked somebody, ‘What do you think I’d do without social media? Would I be here?’ Because I said, ‘I think so.’ But they weren’t so sure. I have to say that; you know that. I’m not sure I believe that, but I have to say it. But you communicate directly with […]
7/11/2019
REGULATIONS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, I am directing my Administration to explore all regulatory and legislative solutions to protect the free speech rights of ALL AMERICANS. We hope to see more transparency, more accountability, and more FREEDOM! #SocialMediaSummit https://t.co/i6th5qtfAj” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2019 6:01 pm […]
7/11/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…The Fake News is not as important, or as powerful, as Social Media. They have lost tremendous credibility since that day in November, 2016, that I came down the escalator with the person who was to become your future First Lady. When I ultimately leave office in six..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/11/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies. We will not let them get away with it much longer. The Fake News Media will also be there, but for a limited period..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be a big and exciting day at the White House for Social Media!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2019 9:01 am […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As he opened an event that had brought 200 conservative social media firebrands to the White House, President Trump wanted his guests to know just how much he appreciated their work helping shape the online narrative about his presidency and a re-election fight…Mr. Trump was once an outsider political candidate […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A big subject today at the White House Social Media Summit will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain companies. We will not let them get away with it much longer. The Fake News Media will also be there, but for a limited period..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/11/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The Fake News is not as important, or as powerful, as Social Media. They have lost tremendous credibility since that day in November, 2016, that I came down the escalator with the person who was to become your future First Lady. When I ultimately leave office in six……” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
7/11/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…or a very nervous and skinny version of Pocahontas (1000/24th), as your President, rather than what you have now, so great looking and smart, a true Stable Genius! Sorry to say that even Social Media would be driven out of business along with, and finally, the Fake News Media!” –Donald Trump, […]
7/11/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House will be hosting a very big and very important Social Media Summit today. Would I have become President without Social Media? Yes (probably)! At its conclusion, we will all go to the beautiful Rose Garden for a News Conference on the Census and Citizenship.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July […]
7/10/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUMMIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Trolling on the internet was once a thankless pastime. Make edgy jokes on the right message board, get your sarcastic memes noticed by the right people, and you might score some retweets and Reddit upvotes, but that was about the extent of it. For today’s right-wing trolls, though, there is a bigger […]
7/9/2019
COURTS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Tuesday [7-9-19] upheld a lower court ruling that President Donald Trump’s habit of blocking Twitter users he disagrees with violates the First Amendment. A unanimous panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Tuesday upheld the district court ruling finding the […]
7/9/2019
COURTS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has been violating the Constitution by blocking people from following his Twitter account because they criticized or mocked him, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday [7-9-19]. The ruling could have broader implications for how the First Amendment applies to the social-media era. Because Mr. Trump uses Twitter to […]
6/28/2019
DEMS/DONALD JR/RACISM/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, shared another person’s tweet with his millions of followers during the Democratic debate on Thursday [6-27-19] that falsely claimed Senator Kamala Harris was not black enough to be discussing the plight of black Americans. ‘Kamala Harris is implying she is descended from American […]
6/26/2019
CAMPAIGN/DEMS/ELECTION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Democrats spar on the debate stage this week, the president’s campaign will be unleashing dozens of Donald Trump backers on the airwaves in 2020 swing states, blasting out any embarrassing moments on social media and dispatching talking points to ensure everyone stays on message. It’s all part of a robust […]
6/18/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the otherwise boisterous world of the Australian news media, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, known as the ABC or ABC News, tends to resemble a very serious aunt. The public broadcaster is smart, loquacious and a bit boring; even audience members for its live news discussion program, ‘Q&A,’ can sometimes be […]
6/13/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “GOP gadfly Justin Amash and Donald Trump Jr. got into a Twitter slap fight Thursday [6-13-19] morning after the president’s son teased a campaign appearance for Amash’s primary challenger. The spat stemmed from Amash becoming the first congressional Republican to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, a dispute that has resulted […]
6/12/2019
MEDIA/POLLS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News has never been more dishonest than it is today. Thank goodness we can fight back on Social Media. Their new weapon of choice is Fake Polling, sometimes referred to as Suppression Polls (they suppress the numbers). Had it in 2016, but this is worse…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/10/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Twitter should let the banned Conservative Voices back onto their platform, without restriction. It’s called Freedom o…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 10, 2019 5:04 am […]
6/9/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Twitter should let the banned Conservative Voices back onto their platform, without restriction. It’s called Freedom of Speech, remember. You are making a Giant Mistake!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 9, 2019 7:45 am […]
5/23/2019
NANCY PELOSI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The country’s social media giants are taking heat for videos circulating on their platforms that have been altered to show Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words — the latest incident in a roiling debate over what content companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube should allow on their platforms. The Washington […]
5/22/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @J_TrumpIN: Twitter VICIOUS censorship still hitting MAGA movement HARD. JAMES WOODS SUSPENDED DAY 32! If you think this is TOTAL BS,…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 22, 2019 5:37 am […]
5/20/2019
DEMS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two Tweets missing from last batch, probably a Twitter error. No time for a redo! Only the Dems get redos!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 20, 2019 6:35 am […]
5/13/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The biggest American social networks predate the presidency of Donald J. Trump, some by more than a decade. All were changed by Mr. Trump’s arrival to power, joining many other American institutions in a conspicuous struggle to account for or accommodate political and social upheaval. Each social network has expressed […]
5/12/2019
GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big attacks on Republicans and Conservatives by Social Media. Not good!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2019 12:12 pm […]
5/11/2019
ANTI-SEMITISM/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @nedryun: Reminder: this guy is still on Twitter. Laura Loomer is not. The solution is not to ban this anti-Semite. The goal is to have…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 7:26 am […]
5/11/2019
GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @Politi_Chatter: @realDonaldTrump Today Twitter crossed the line & Suspended the Conservative run @WeSupport45 account without explanati…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 6:46 am […]
5/8/2019
GUNS/MASS SHOOTING/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after one student was killed and eight others wounded during a shooting Tuesday [5-7-19] at a Colorado school, President Donald Trump had not personally commented on the attack. However, in the interim, he had chosen to tweet about a wide variety of other topics. Opting not to join the […]