SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How can it be possible that James Woods (and many others), a strong but responsible Conservative Voice, is banned from Twitter? Social Media & Fake News Media, together with their partner, the Democrat Party, have no idea the problems they are causing for themselves. VERY UNFAIR!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, […]
Category: Social Media
5/4/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @iheartmindy: So James Woods was kicked off Twitter for quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson…but @TalbertSwan the racist fake man of God, that’…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2019 7:18 am […]
5/4/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JeremyDBoreing: Those suggesting Facebook can ban anyone for any reason because they are a private company do not understand the platfo…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2019 7:15 am […]
5/3/2019
GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump tweeted Friday [5-3-19] that his administration is ‘looking into’ the banning of right-wing media personalities from prominent social media platforms — after a purge by Facebook of accounts belonging to several incendiary political figures. The president lamented the apparent suspension of actor and Trump supporter James Woods’ […]
5/3/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “So surprised to see Conservative thinkers like James Woods banned from Twitter, and Paul Watson banned from Facebook! https://t.co/eHX3Z5CMXb” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2019 6:25 pm […]
5/3/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The wonderful Diamond and Silk have been treated so horribly by Facebook. They work so hard and what has been done to them is very sad – and we’re looking into. It’s getting worse and worse for Conservatives on social media!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2019 6:23 pm […]
5/3/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am continuing to monitor the censorship of AMERICAN CITIZENS on social media platforms. This is the United States of America — and we have what’s known as FREEDOM OF SPEECH! We are monitoring and watching, closely!!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2019 5:55 pm […]
4/23/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great meeting this afternoon at the @WhiteHouse with @Jack from @Twitter. Lots of subjects discussed regarding their platform, and the world of social media in general. Look forward to keeping an open dialogue! https://t.co/QnZi579eFb” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2019 3:54 pm […]
4/23/2019
CONGRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..But should be much higher than that if Twitter wasn’t playing their political games. No wonder Congress wants to get involved – and they should. Must be more, and fairer, companies to get out the WORD!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2019 6:32 am […]
4/23/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The best thing ever to happen to Twitter is Donald Trump.’ @MariaBartiromo So true, but they don’t treat me well as a Republican. Very discriminatory, hard for people to sign on. Constantly taking people off list. Big complaints from many people. Different names-over 100 M…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2019 […]
4/4/2019
JOE BIDEN/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump posted a mocking video of former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, poking fun at the potential candidate’s recent explanation that his propensity for touching other people was about making a “human connection…Trump’s video includes a cut out of Biden meandering around behind the former vice president – […]
4/3/2019
LEGAL/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In recent days, President Trump has used Twitter to warn Mexico that he may close the border, to suggest that The New York Times and The Washington Post be stripped of their Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the special counsel’s Russia investigation and to criticize the Federal Reserve for raising interest […]
3/26/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The conclusion of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has discredited media ‘all over the world,’ President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday [3-26-19] morning, celebrating the special counsel’s findings by slamming the news coverage of Mueller’s probe…Trump and his allies have relentlessly attacked the media since Mueller concluded that no one on […]
3/26/2019
COURTS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Judges on a federal appeals court in New York seemed skeptical Tuesday [3-26-19] as they heard a lawyer argue that President Donald Trump can legally ban critics from his Twitter account. The three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not immediately rule on whether to uphold a […]
3/20/2019
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “I think that Twitter is a way that I get out the word when we have a corrupt media. And it is corrupt and it’s fake. So Twitter is a way that I can get out the word. Because our media is so dishonest — a lot of it — the mainstream. A […]
3/20/2019
TWITTER/SOCIAL MEDIA: “I think that Twitter is a way that I get out the word when we have a corrupt media. And it is corrupt and it’s fake. So Twitter is a way that I can get out the word. Because our media is so dishonest — a lot of it — the mainstream. A […]
3/20/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facebook has apologized to the White House’s social media director for blocking his Facebook page. The apparent reason? His posts too closely resembled that of a bot. Dan Scavino, the director of social media for the White House, on Tuesday [3-19-19] noticed that he was unable to post comments on the page […]
3/20/2019
BUSINESS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two years ago, some of America’s largest corporations were tearing up their business plans to accommodate President Trump, fearful that he could send their shareholders and customers fleeing with a tweet. Now they have a new strategy: Ignore him. This week, General Motors became the latest recipient of a barrage of […]
3/7/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/JOBS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A liberal policy group is rolling out a $1 million-plus social media campaign this week attacking President Donald Trump in the wake of General Motors plant closings. The Center for American Progress Action Fund, the think tank’s advocacy arm, is hitting Trump for handing out tax breaks to big corporations […]
2/26/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Twitter announced that it is permanently suspending Jacob Wohl, a 21-year-old Internet hoaxer and supporter of President Donald Trump, following the publication of a USA TODAY article in which he boasted of using the social media platform to spread lies and disinformation. In the article published Tuesday [2-26-19] morning, Wohl […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday [2-15-19] to secure funding for a proposed border wall, but many Democrats and some Republicans have criticized the move…Many Twitter accounts for Democrats and left-leaning groups and politicians were quick to latch onto the Trump quote and soon declared it a ‘#FakeTrumpEmergency,’ which […]
1/12/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books Saturday [1-12-19], members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void. He did not tip his hand on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse, […]
12/26/2018
IRAQ/MILITARY/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The tweets stopped and soon the jig was up. President Donald Trump’s trip to Iraq this week, his first to a war zone as president, was supposed to be a surprise. But the White House couldn’t keep the sensitive trip a secret for long. After tweeting more than three dozen times […]
12/20/2018
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The content of the tweet @RealDonaldTrump posted on the night of Feb. 5, 2013, was bland: a simple thank you to the actress Sherri Shepherd for flattering comments she’d made about Trump on television. When Trump’s young social media manager saw the tweet, he was perplexed. He typically typed and sent […]
12/20/2018
CELEBS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In two hours on Thursday [12-20-18], President Trump publicly unveiled an expansive farm bill, railed against the dangers of illegal immigration, fought with Congress over funding for a border wall and announced the departure of Jim Mattis, his defense secretary, who is resigning over what he regards as the president’s ill-planned […]
12/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/AFRICAN AMERICANS/CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Vladimir Putin focused on black voter depression and sowing racial divisions in the 2016 election to help propel Donald Trump into the White House, he engaged in what is, unfortunately, a longstanding and time-tested American practice. Two reports commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee found that a Russian […]
12/18/2018
DEMS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous! Twitter, in fact, has made it much more difficult for people to join @realDonaldTrump. They have removed many names & greatly slowed the level and speed of increase. They have acknowledged-done NOTHING!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 18, 2018 […]
12/17/2018
CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An all-out social media push by Russia to elect Donald Trump tricked 30 million people into sharing posts and aimed to convince blacks and Latinos not to vote. That’s according to Senate-issued reports that found a ‘sweeping and sustained’ effort to boost Trump’s candidacy at key moments — think debates, conventions […]
12/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia’s disinformation campaign during and after the 2016 presidential election touched nearly every top social media platform as it sought to sway U.S. voters, according to a pair of reports prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee that offer the most detailed look yet at the Kremlin’s interference effort. The reports, […]
12/17/2018
BORDER/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We all make typos, but, fairly or not, President Donald Trump’s textual slipups draw more attention than most. That is especially true when he stumbles writing about one of his defining political issues: border security. Or, as the president called it in a tweet on Monday [12-17-18], ‘Boarder Security’…Trump deleted the […]
12/5/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor and personal attorney to President Donald Trump, tweeted a minor typo Friday [11-30-18]– and by Tuesday [12-4-18], he knew there could only be one explanation: an anti-Trump conspiracy at the heart of Twitter. It began innocently enough, with Giuliani posting a tweet denouncing […]
12/5/2018
RUDY GIULIANI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A typographical error in a tweet written by one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers has linked to an anti-Trump prank. Rudy Giuliani wrote Tuesday that the social network had ‘allowed someone to invade my text with a disgusting anti-President message.’ But Giuliani had inadvertently created a hyperlink when he failed […]
11/14/2018
FRANCE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “French President Emmanuel Macron said France and the United States must respect each other, in a response to a flurry of critical tweets by Donald Trump. Macron said in an interview Wednesday [11-14-18] with French television TF1 from the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of southern France that ‘the French […]
11/14/2018
FRANCE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The French president responded Wednesday [11-14-18] evening to President Trump’s scathing personal attack on him, declining to lash out and instead taking the long view. In a television interview on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which President Emmanuel Macron was visiting, he made clear that he was not going to […]
11/8/2018
MEDIA/RACISM/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders seized on a misleading video apparently first posted by a far-right personality associated with fringe media organization InfoWars as a basis for indefinitely suspending the press credentials of CNN’s chief White House correspondent. On Wednesday [11-8-18] evening, Sanders released a statement announcing that the White House […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/REGULATIONS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he would consider working with Democrats to regulate social media companies, after he and other conservatives accused companies such as Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google of allegedly stifling right wing views. In an extended news conference on Wednesday [11-7-18], Trump, however, urged caution […]
10/31/2018
CAMPAIGN/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It used to take a fancy degree and political connections to become a presidential speechwriter. In the era of President Donald Trump, all you need is a tweet. On a Thursday morning earlier this month, a Twitter user in Georgia with 500 followers responded to a video of Trump touting the economy […]
10/26/2018
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder to join – they have stifled growth to a point where it is obvious to all. A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp! […]
10/22/2018
ANTI-SEMITISM/MASS SHOOTINGS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Anti-Semitism has ‘moved from the margins into the mainstream,’ Anti-Defamation League CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt said Sunday [10-21-18]. His remarks on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ came a day after a gunman fatally shot 11 and injured seven others in Pittsburgh in the deadliest attack on a synagogue in […]
10/21/2018
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facebook has just stated that they are setting up a system to ‘purge’ themselves of Fake News. Does that mean CNN will finally be put out of business?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 21, 2018 5:48 pm […]
10/8/2018
INTELLIGENCE/ISRAEL/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton, according to interviews and copies of the proposals. The Trump campaign’s interest in the […]
9/13/2018
GOP/HURRICANE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With all attention on Hurricane Florence, Republicans are dealing with a separate, familiar kind of storm in the halls of Congress — one of the president’s own making. As happens often, congressional Republicans were blindsided Thursday [9-13-18] morning by a tweet, as President Donald Trump challenged without evidence the official […]
9/11/2018
9/11/MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump marked the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday [9-11-18] by stepping back into the role of consoler-in-chief – but only after spending the morning tweeting as usual. Before traveling to the Shanksville, Pa., site where United Flight 93 crashed into a field, the […]
9/8/2018
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our Social Media (and beyond) Stars, @DiamondandSilk, are terrific people who are doing really well. We are all very proud of them, and their great success!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 7:07 pm […]
8/31/2018
RALLY/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told a campaign-style rally in Indiana on Thursday [8-30-18] that his administration is standing up for free-speech rights, warning that large social media companies could not be allowed to ‘control what we can and cannot see.’ ‘You look at Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media giants and […]
8/31/2018
CHINA/MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To the long list of reproachful replies to President Trump’s social media commentary, add an editorial from a Chinese state media outlet, which called his recent tweets on China ‘messages from some alternative universe.’ The China Daily, an English-language state-run publication, said in the editorial published late Thursday [8-30-18] that presidential […]
8/29/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Russian company Concord Management and Consulting has latched on to the idea that special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a ‘witch hunt’ and accused him in a court filing Wednesday [8-29-18] of indicting the company because of anti-Russian political motivations. Concord Management, which has pleaded not guilty to […]
8/29/2018
OBAMA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [8-29-18] renewed his attacks on technology companies and platforms including Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, saying they were ‘trying to silence’ people. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump suggested, without evidence, that the companies’ activities may be illegal. He later […]
8/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/CHINA/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter early on Wednesday [8-29-18] China hacked the emails of 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton but did not offer any evidence or further information…Trump said in an earlier tweet on Tuesday [8-28-18] night: ‘China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server. Are […]
8/28/2018
LEGAL/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [8-28-18] unblocked some additional Twitter users after a federal judge in May said preventing people from following him violated individuals constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan ruled on May 23 that comments on the president’s account, and those of other government […]
8/28/2018
SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump, in a series of early morning Twitter posts on Tuesday [8-28-18], attacked Google for what he claimed was an effort to intentionally suppress conservative news outlets supportive of his administration. Mr. Trump’s remarks — and an additional warning later in the day that Google, Facebook and Twitter ‘have […]
8/26/2018
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Social Media Giants are silencing millions of people. Can’t do this even if it means we must continue to hear Fake New…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 26, 2018 9:25 am […]
8/24/2018
DEMS/JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is again complaining that social media companies are ‘silencing millions of people.’ Trump tweeted Friday [8-24-18]: ‘Can’t do this even if it means we must continue to hear Fake News like CNN, whose ratings have suffered gravely. People have to figure out what is real, and what […]
8/24/2018
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Social Media Giants are silencing millions of people. Can’t do this even if it means we must continue to hear Fake News like CNN, whose ratings have suffered gravely. People have to figure out what is real, and what is not, without censorship!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2018 6:34 am […]
8/24/2018
IRAN/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday [8-24-18] for silencing ‘millions of people’ in what he called an act of censorship. Trump did not mention any of the companies by name. On Tuesday [8-21-18], Facebook Inc (FB.O), Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) removed hundreds of accounts […]
8/18/2018
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices. Speaking loudly and clearly for the Trump Administration, we won’t let that happen. They are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others…….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 18, 2018 6:23 am […]
8/17/2018
HUD/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration today charged Facebook Inc. with violating housing discrimination laws. The social media company allows advertisers to divert housing listings away users who mention terms such as ‘assistance dog’ and ‘mobility scooter,’ or who live in certain zip codes, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, HUD alleged. In […]
7/27/2018
CYBERWAR/ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the midterm election only a few months away, government officials working to counter election interference from Russia have been operating with no strategy from the top, including from President Donald Trump’s fractured National Security Council, leaving each agency to fend for itself without White House support or direction, according […]
7/17/2018
PLANNED PARENTHOOD/POLITICS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s official: President Trump is the single biggest political advertiser on Facebook. Mr. Trump and his political action committee spent $274,000 on ads on the social network since early May, outpacing the second-biggest spender, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care. Planned Parenthood spent […]
7/7/2018
MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Twitter is getting rid of fake accounts at a record pace. Will that include the Failing New York Times and propaganda machine for Amazon, the Washington Post, who constantly quote anonymous sources that, in my opinion, don’t exist – They will both be out of business in 7 years!” -Donald Trump, […]
7/3/2018
SOCIAL MEDIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even before President Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee is announced, a fight over the choice is raging on social media. In the days since Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said he would retire, partisan groups have turned to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks with political ads. Some of the ads […]
6/6/2018
MEDIA/MELANIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, who has long reveled in conspiracy theories, spent at least part of Wednesday [6-6-18] morning lashing out at the news media about its coverage of the first lady, Melania Trump, while in the process repeating the kind of unfounded rumors about his wife that would normally attract legal action […]
6/1/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A social media expert who worked with influential Donald Trump ally Roger Stone during the 2016 U.S. presidential race testified before a federal grand jury on Friday [6-1-18] after being subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating potential collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Jason Sullivan arrived at the federal courthouse in […]
4/25/2018
SPAIN/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A woman in Spain has found unexpected fame on social media after many found she bore a striking resemblance to U.S. President Donald Trump. A journalist reporting on farming in northwestern Spain posted on Instagram a picture of Dolores Leis dressed in farm clothing with a hoe over her shoulder, prompting thousands […]