Candace Payne, better known as Chewbacca Mom, is the internet sensation that went viral last month, who had the whole world laughing as she donned her new toy mask, exploded with pure, raw, and refreshingly joyful laughter for the camera. Since then she has accumulated over half a million dollars in gifts, most notably full…
By Guy Bentley Twitter suspended a spoof account of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products Wednesday after the account mocked the FDA’s e-cigarette policy. Jeff Stier, senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) and one the nation’s leading critics of the FDA’s e-cigarette crackdown, set up the…
I blocked someone on Twitter last night. I hate doing it — it feels like a violation of my principles — but more and more lately, I’ve come to understand there’s a difference between someone challenging my opinion or hurling a few insults at me and targeted, calculated harassment. The former is par for the course when…
Guy Bentley The Department of State has apologized after attempting to use Twitter to issue a bizarre series of recommendations to those enjoying spring break. The department took to Twitter Wednesday to warn travelers to keep hold of their possessions and beware of being ripped off by scam artists. But one tweet in particular…
Shkreli Concedes on Twitter: Bernie Doesn’t Understand Economics Martin Shkreli, who became the most hated man in America for raising the price of a drug used to combat HIV, has had no shortage of media coverage over the course of several months. From buying the only existing copy of a Wu Tang Clan album for millions of…
The tech world has finally thrown their support behind Apple in the legal war against the FBI. Facebook, Google, and Amazon, along with Yahoo and Pinterest, filed a joint amici curiae brief in court in support of Apple. In it, they acknowledge that they compete with Apple and that they support law enforcement efforts to solve crimes. However, they…
A new Hashtag has taken Twitter by storm: #NeverTrump. Below, thanks to BuzzFeed, is just a sample of some of the brilliant criticism being hurled at the mogul from the Twittersphere. ENJOY. Read even more amazing #NeverTrump tweets compiled in the original article here.
by Elias J. Atienza Actor Adam Baldwin of the TNT show “The Last Ship” has officially jumped off the ship known as Twitter. Coming after Twitter has announced a ‘Trust and Safety Council’ and allegedly started “shadowbanning” accounts, Baldwin is just one of many people leaving the platform. He told the Independent Journal Review that Twitter’s…
by Micah J. Fleck It seems 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump is on the side of the FBI when it comes to the recent fight between said entity and Apple Computers, the latter of which is refusing the former’s request to open up hackable pathways into their iPhone network in order to counter potential threats….
by Elias J. Atienza According to an exclusive with Breitbart Tech, Twitter is apparently ‘shadowbanning’ accounts that are ‘politically inconvenient.’ This comes from a source inside the company who spoke with Breitbart Tech. According to the article, this has been corroborated by a senior editor at a ‘major publisher.’ The source claims that Twitter maintains a ‘whitelist’ of favored…