Social Media / Big Tech

Notice: I have to give up on my "Topics" I'm only 1 person and simply can't do it all. I apologize but will leave them up. They are in a terrible state, but I am hoping my concentrating my time on the "Weeks" I can be a little saner. I'm disappointed but I have to walk away from it as I'm doing a crap job on everything.
Truth Social↕

Elon Musk suggests name change for Trump's Truth Social

Elon Musk says Truth Social 'exists because Twitter censored free speech'

Elon Musk highlights how Trump's Truth Social is 'currently beating' Twitter and TikTok on the Apple App Store's downloads chart

Left-Wing Group Demands Apple Preemptively Nuke Truth Social

Truth Social Hits Top Of Free IPhone App Download Chart After Musk Strikes Twitter Deal

Trump's Truth Social Tops Apple App Store

"The social media app has been plagued with problems since its launch in February."

It hadn't launched yet. It's been in beta 🤷

Truth Social migrates to Rumble cloud, Trump platform ready to onboard millions

"Backlog of users waiting to get on Trump platform expected to be erased quickly thanks to partnership between two emerging free-speech powerhouses."

"Truth Social will be ending its beta testing and controlled account creation"

Truth Social's Devin Nunes isn't intimidated by Elon Musk and Twitter

Trump’s Truth Social Is Doing Even Worse Than You Thought

Trump's social media app misses another deadline as users report issues

Roger Stone Claims He’s Being ‘Censored’ on Trump’s Truth Social

Two key tech execs quit Trump's Truth Social after troubled app launch

"All Bets Are Off" - Shares Of Trump's 'Truth Social' Slide As Executives Quit, Elon Buys Twitter Stake

Trump’s Truth Social will be fully functional by the end of March, CEO says

Truth Social Status

Trump’s TRUTH Social launches at the top of the App Store, but no one can get in

🐸🐸“proprietary account registration microservice” is named “Pepe,”🐸

I Tried Using Trump's New Truth Social App. Here's What Happened.

Enthusiasm to join Trump social media platform, Truth Social, causes waitlists, registration delays

The Launch of Donald Trump’s Twitter Clone ‘Truth Social’ Is a Complete Mess

"Trump’s Truth Social platform is technically live but beset with technical problems and unavailable on Android or the web."

They announced it would be a stair step approach and only available on Apple to begin with as it is still in Beta testing.

Trump’s New Social Media App Shows Errors on Launch Day

To be expected

Trump's TRUTH Social to begin welcoming Americans who pre-ordered the app Monday

Trump's Truth Social platform will hit the Apple app store this week says TMTG CEO Devin Nunes

Trump’s New Social Media Platform ‘Truth Social’ Reportedly Set to Be Released on Monday

Devin Nunes provides an update on TRUTH Social and the Durham probe

TRUTH Social release delayed despite Trump hype

Trump SPAC stock Digital World Acquisition Corp. plunges on delay news

Trump’s Truth Social app, self-proclaimed foe of Big Tech, needs Apple and Google to survive

Trump 'TRUTH Social' developing content moderation practices to ensure 'family-friendly' community

Trump’s ‘Non-Woke’ Twitter Alternative Plans To Launch February 21

Shadow Banning Out Of The Shadows

Project Veritas Appears to Catch Twitter in a Big Lie About 'Shadow-Banning'

Twitter employees admit to 'shadow banning' conservative voices on Twitter in undercover audio

Conservatives see spike in followers on Elon Musk's Twitter

Ryback Blames WWE's Partnership With Twitter For His Shadow Ban

Caitlyn Jenner says Twitter 'shadow-banned' her after she joined Fox News

Ice Cube Has Special Request After Elon Musk Buys Twitter"Free at last! @elonmusic take off my shadow ban homie," the veteran rapper wrote on Twitter."

Twitter Source Leaks Internal Slack Channel Reconfirming Shadowbanning is Real

Trump Jr. theorizes Twitter is ‘burning evidence’ of conservative shadow banning as he, others see surge in new followers after Musk takeover

Twitter Staff Lifted Conservative ‘Shadow Bans’ to Cover Them Up Before Musk Comes In

Is Twitter "Burning The Evidence" By Unshackling Conservative Accounts?

Twitter Facing User 'Fluctuations' After Elon Musk Takeover

Progressive Twitter Accounts Lose Followers, Conservatives Gain After Elon Musk's Deal

Don Jnr and right wingers see giant leaps in Twitter followers after Musk bid was accepted

Flashback:Twitter Makes Shadow Banning Official Part of Terms of Service

Flashback:Twitter 'Shadow Banning' Republicans

Flashback:‘Shadow banning’: How Twitter secretly censors conservatives without them even knowing it

Flashback:Twitter's shadow-banning practices are now official"Users have long-suspected Twitter was shadow-banning but now the platform is listing it as an official tool."

Flashback:Twitter Censorship: What Is Shadow Banning?

Flashback:Twitter Shadow Banning Christians, Conservatives

Flashback:Twitter Admits To Shadow Banning Tweet Exposing Lisa Page's Actual Testimony to Congress

Twitter & Musk↕

What Is Twitter Hiding? Don't Forget Dr. Shiva’s MINDBLOWING Lawsuit Against Big Tech

Elon Musk plots Twitter changes: 'Defeat the spam bots or die trying'

Elon Musk in talks to partner on Twitter bid with buyout firm

Twitter Jumps After Musk Files 13D Signaling Tender, 'Funding Secured'

Elon Musk could take $43 billion Twitter takeover bid directly to shareholders

Elon Musk reportedly setting up move for Twitter within 10 days

Elon Musk Explores Tender Offer for Twitter

Elon Musk secures $46.5bn to buy Twitter in hostile bid

Elon Musk lays out funding for ambitious Twitter takeover48$25 billion in loans, $21 billion in personal equity

Elon Musk's cryptic tweet teases next move in Twitter battle

"The tweet is an apparent reference to the novel “Tender is The Night” by F. Scott Fitzgerald."

DeSantis to Hold Twitter Board Accountable for ‘Breaching Fiduciary Duty’ by Rejecting Musk Takeover Bid

Apollo Global Private Equity Firm May Support Elon Musk in Bid to Buy Twitter

Elon Musk Reportedly 'Scrambling' To Find Backers For Twitter Takeover

Jack Dorsey Goes After CNN For Deliberately Stirring Division

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey slams its board of directors for 'plots and coups' that have 'consistently been the dysfunction of the company' as Elon Musk hints at hostile takeover with 'Love me Tender' tweet

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey blasts the media for 'creating conflict' in online rant

Elon Musk says he would eliminate pay for Twitter's board

Elon Musk Hints At $42 Billion Tender Offer In Latest Twitter Twist

Twitter Takeover Battle: Elon Musk—And Jack Dorsey—Turn Up Pressure On Board

Elon Musk's Bid Reveals Twitter Is The Poison Pill To Be Cured

Musk to Team Up with Investors to Counter 'Poison Pill,' May Have an Inside Man on Twitter's Board

After Elon Musk, founder Jack Dorsey slams Twitter's board amid takeover push

Twitter Board Not Representing Shareholders

Elon Musk’s paradoxical vision of running Twitter: Less democracy, more freedom

Twitter needs to close a deal with Elon Musk

Elon Musk hints at possible tender offer for Twitter

Elon Musk tweet hints at possible tender offer to Twitter shareholders

Elon Musk’s cryptic Tweet channeling Elvis baffles investors

Looks like everyone but this news outlet knew what Musk was talking about LOL

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Isn't Going Away if Twitter Rejects Him. How We Know.

New Lawsuit Tussle Between Elon Musk, Tesla Investors Raises Red Flags About Twitter Deal

Elon Musk considers bringing in partners on Twitter bid: sources

Records show Saudi prince who rejected Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter sold all personal shares in 2019

Elon Musk says Twitter board could face titanic legal liability if they pursue poison pill

Elon Musk could have competition: Thoma Bravo considers bid for Twitter

'Amazing coincidence!' SEC and DOJ swoop in to investigate Tesla as Musk mulls Twitter takeover

The US is a 3rd world country.

Twitter Adopts Poison Pill Plan to Block Elon Musk From Increasing Stake

🤡🤡CONFLICT: Fauci's Daughter is a Software Engineer at Twitter, A Company Which Suspends People for Disagreeing With Her Father.🤡🤡

Remember when:😇😇Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia😇😇

Elon Musk claps back as Saudi prince speaks out on potential Twitter takeover

"Interesting," Musk cheekily responded on Twitter. "Just two questions, if I may. How much of Twitter does the Kingdom own, directly & indirectly? What are the Kingdom’s views on journalistic freedom of speech?"

"Saudi Arabia's law does not provide for freedom of expression or for freedom of the press, the U.S. State Department reported in 2018."

Elon Musk Has an Unusual Strategy to Shush Saudi Arabia

Elon Musk 'not sure' he'll be able to buy Twitter after $43 billion bid, teases a plan B

Elon Musk Is No Longer Twitter’s Largest Shareholder

Major Twitter investor REJECTS Elon Musk's bid and says $43bn offer is 'nowhere near' what he'd accept

Price of Elon Musk's Twitter bid is yet another pot joke

Twitter Jumps In Early Trade, Board Meet Today To Weigh Elon Musk Offer

‘Elon Musk Can F*** Off’: Reaction Explodes Online Over Musk Bid To Outright Buy Twitter, Take It Private

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, take it private

Dogecoin Spikes as Elon Musk Plots Twitter Takeover

Elon Musk Announces Unprecedented Bid to Buy 100% of Twitter: 'I Will Unlock It'

Tesla CEO Elon Musk launches $43 billion hostile takeover of Twitter

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion

Elon Musk Offers to Buy 100 Percent of Twitter, Restore Free Speech

Elon Musk to Twitter Board: No Confidence in Management

Not enough popcorn! Elon Musk sends leftists into meltdown mode with four little words

Twitter Shareholder Sues Elon Musk Over Share Acquisition

New York Times calls Elon Musk’s possible future plans ‘treacherous,’ ‘threat’ to Twitter

Elon Musk signals that he was told to 'play nice and not speak freely' by Twitter board

Elon Drops the Hammer on Twitter: Fire 12 Floors of People? 'Exactly'

Twitter's Offer to Elon Musk Actually a Threat

Reminder:Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots

That's a lot of bots.

Musk Files Amended 13D: May Engage In Strategic, Governance Discussions With Twitter

Elon Musk Is Poised For A Hostile Takeover Against Twitter

Elon Musk's Twitter Board U-Turn Leaves Door Open to Buying Company

Twitter Stock Falls After Elon Musk Turns Down Offer to Join the Board

Twitter says Musk not joining board, warns of 'distractions ahead'

Musk Rejects Twitter’s Offer to Join Board in Surprise Twist

Elon Musk Is Officially Trolling Twitter

Elon Musk on changes to Twitter Blue, says dogecoin should be accepted

Musk polls followers on converting Twitter HQ to homeless shelter; Bezos likes idea

Twitter stakeholder Elon Musk tweets 'Is Twitter dying?'

Elon Musk Wants Fewer Ads for Paying Twitter Users

Analysis: How Twitter -- and Elon Musk -- could rescue Donald Trump

Twitter’s New CEO Gets His First Public Challenge: Elon Musk

Misc

Big Tech Censored Biden Criticism 600+ Times Over 2-Year Cycle

Europe to slap new regulations on Big Tech, beating U.S. to the punch

Feds say they used encrypted messages to charge Oath Keepers leader

Not so secure LOL

Don't do it - This antivirus software installs crypto-miner (and takes a cut)WTF

Netflix

Netflix rocked by subscriber loss, may offer cheaper ad-supported plans

Netflix stock down 20% after earnings show growth slowdown

Big Brother

Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software

"tied to U.S. national-security contractors"

GettR

Can You Call Gettr Backer Guo Wengui a ‘Spy’ on the App? We Tested It.

Gettr slammed as a fake conservative social media app with troubling Big Tech, China ties

Amazon

For The First Time In 10 Years, Amazon Quietly Repurchased Over $1 Billion In Stock As The Price Tumbled

Amazon and Google deploy their armies to thwart antitrust bills

Paypal

PayPal Crashes Most On Record After Shutting Millions Of "Bad Actor" Accounts, Abandons Long-Term User Goal

SnapChat

Pinterest, Snap and Twitter fall after Facebook earnings disappoint

Pinterest

Pinterest, Snap and Twitter fall after Facebook earnings disappoint

WeChat

China accused of interference as Australia PM's WeChat account vanishes

Mozilla

Use Firefox? Mozilla wants your help to see how nosy Facebook really is

5G

AT&T and Verizon agree to delay launch of 5G amid airline fears

US airlines warn of 'calamity' if 5G deployed near airports

Use Firefox? Mozilla wants your help to see how nosy Facebook really is

Social Media Misc

Eric Schmidt: Social media companies 'maximize outrage' for revenue - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech

google: Google and Facebook-owner Meta face $235 million fine in France, here's why

Amazon and Google deploy their armies to thwart antitrust bills

AT&T, Verizon Reject Biden Admin's Request To Delay 5G Launch Due To Flight Safety Concerns

Phones

AT&T, Verizon Reject Biden Admin's Request To Delay 5G Launch Due To Flight Safety Concerns

2021

Week of 10/26/2021

Big Tech

Jan. 6 committee riles Republicans with data requests

Trump tries to force Twitter to let him tweet again

Steve Jobs' widow's mag brutalizes the social giant accusing it of being a 'hostile foreign power'👀

Apple Pay bug could allow hackers to bypass iPhone lock screen and make payments

German IT Security Watchdog Examines Xiaomi Mobile Phone

"Declaration Of Media War": Russia Threatens Total Ban On YouTube After Major Channels Deleted

"Declaration Of Media War": Russia Threatens Total Ban On YouTube After Major Channels Deleted

Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election

Facebook sought to attract preteens users aged just 10-12 and considered targeting them on PLAYDATES

DeSantis Calls For Investigation Of Big Tech For Violating Election Laws

Texas Attorney General Leads 10-State Coalition Supporting Florida Ban on Big Tech Censorship

Week of 10/10/2021

There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data

Facebook’s Cryptic File of “Dangerous Individuals & Organizations” Revealed

Amazon copied products and rigged search results, documents show

Lawmakers’ latest idea to fix Facebook: Regulate the algorithm

Facebook’s Secret Blacklist of “Dangerous” Groups and People

Week of 8/15/2021

The Epic v. Google lawsuit finally makes sense

FTC files another antitrust lawsuit against Facebook

Top Google Engineer Abandons Company, Reveals Big Tech Rewrote Algos To Target Trump

Taliban spokesmen use Twitter to broadcast updates on Afghanistan as Trump remains banned

Chinese Regime Takes Financial Stake In TikTok, Now Directly Linked to Facebook Fact-Checker 'Lead Stories'.

Amazon suspends 50,000 Chinese sellers for rating manipulation

Big Tech divide: Twitter allows, Facebook bans Taliban

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary uses phone app Telegram to spread poison online"after he was banned by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for violating hate-speech rules"

Afghanistan: Taliban content banned on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsAppThis is different than banning the Taliban. They are banning our discussion of the Taliban/Afghanistan.

Facebook says it has a special team taking down content supporting or praising the Taliban

Taliban Leaders Used Twitter and WhatsApp to Help Capture KabulBut no more mean tweets! 😁

Apple Announces Limits to Child Sex Abuse Image Scanning System After Privacy Backlash

Facebook

Texas Can Seek Files From Facebook, Twitter in Suit Over New Law

Haugen claims backed by new Facebook whistleblower filing with SEC

Facebook plans to change company name to focus on the metaverse

Arizona attorney general urges Justice Department to investigate Facebook’s facilitation of human smuggling

Facebook tells Arizona AG it allows messages on human smuggling

Facebook again asks judge to dismiss FTC antitrust complaint, argues it lacks ‘valid factual basis’

1.5 Billion Facebook Users' Personal Data Reportedly Posted for Sale

Data of Over 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Sold on Hacker Forum

Facebook Overpaid FTC Fine By Billions To Shield CEO Zuckerberg From Personal Liability, New Lawsuits Allege

Facebook ordered to release anti-Rohingya posts for genocide case

Lawsuit: Facebook Paid the FTC Billions to Protect ZuckerbergCorruption?

Facebook Execs ‘Shocked’ by Zuckerberg Plan to Artificially Boost Flattering News Stories

Facebook oversight board reviewing VIP 'Check' system following report

Twitter Pays $800 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Company Provided Misleading User Metrics To Investors

Facebook Says Its Rules Apply to All. Company Documents Reveal a Secret Elite That’s Exempt.

Facebook: Why a Facebook employee said no to $64,000 severance pay

The feds want to break up Facebook. Good luck with that

Zuckerberg-Funded Nonprofits Spent $51 Million in Georgia Elections

Facebook is blamed for fueling worsening border crisis as human smugglers offer services on groups

Zuckerberg is seen in full camo and carrying bow and arrows on Hawaii danger hike

Ted Cruz: Fauci Emails Show Facebook Operating as Extension of Government

House Republicans demand Facebook turn over communications with Fauci regarding COVID-19

Facebook Could Be Held Liable for Actions and Correspondence With Dr. Fauci

Sen. Cruz argues Facebook was censoring COVID-19 content ‘on behalf of the government’

Facebook exec defends two-year ban on Trump and says he crossed a red line

Facebook VP doubles down on Trump ban, says it was justified

Facebook fact checkers cited Lancet letter Wuhan lab funder Peter Daszak to debunk lab leak(Not an unbiased source)

Facebook bans Trump for 2 years, permits ‘Hitler was right’ posts

Facebook and its censorious 'fact-checkers' have utterly discredited themselves

Facebook no longer treating 'man-made' Covid as a crackpot idea

Facebook shows it's 'true and ugly colours' over Wuhan censorship"Tech giant is condemned for 'ingratiating itself to China' and smothering free speech with ban - that's only been dropped after Biden opened probe"

After Flagging Gateway Pundit Posts on COVID Links to Wuhan Lab and Diminishing Our Content for a Year -- Facebook Now Says They Will No Longer Ban Posts Claiming Covid-19 is Man-Made

Russia to force Facebook, Twitter to open databases on Russian territory by July

Project Veritas: Facebook whistleblowers reveal massive effort to censor users to ease 'vaccine hesitancy'

BREAKING: Project Veritas releases internal Facebook documents detailing campaign to censor vaccine concerns on platform | The Post Millennial

Facebook shuts down pro-Israel page with 77 million followers

Facebook loses court fight over halting EU-US data transfers

Facebook Oversight Board Co-Chair Headlined Top Chinese Communist Party Influence Group's Conference.

More than 40 attorneys general urge Facebook to stop plans for an Instagram for kids

Facebook Oversight co-chair slams the site's rules as 'not transparent, inconsistent and a SHAMBLES'

Facebook Will Limit Your WhatsApp Features For Not Accepting Privacy Policy

Facebook Is Collaborating With the Israeli Government to Determine What Should Be Censored

Warren says Trump Facebook ban proves Big Tech is 'too powerful', slams 'arrogant' Mark Zuckerberg

Trump responds after Facebook ban extended pending additional review

MP Deplatformed by Facebook Proposes New Law to Rein in Big Tech

Australian MP blasts Facebook’s ‘interference’ after his OFFICIAL page was banned for Covid-19 ‘misinformation’

Facebook Shouldn't Censor Offensive Speech

Facebook Reveals 7-Point Plan for the Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict

Facebook blocks users from sharing DailyMail.com story about BLM founder's property empire

Justice Thomas argues for making Facebook, Twitter and Google utilities

Stolen Data of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online

Mark Zuckerberg's Phone Number Is Among Leaked Facebook User Data

Facebook admits to pulling Capitol suspect Noah Green's accounts

Internet Outage

‘Who broke the internet?!’ Major outages hit Bank of America, Southwest Airlines, Zoom, Snapchat & others after FB crash

Twitch Hack

Twitch source code exposed in massive hack

Twitter

Trump asks U.S. judge to force Twitter to restore his account

Twitter Down: Users seeing "Something went wrong. Try reloading" error [UPDATED] - Insider Paper

Now That He Has Been Exonerated Over Jan. 6, Donald Trump is Filing Lawsuits Against Social Media Giants – Beginning with Twitter

Twitter to implement Bitcoin tipping feature on platform

Twitter Pays $800 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Company Provided Misleading User Metrics To Investors

Twitter Suspends Just the News Reporter for Reiterating CDC Backed Fact that Vaccines Aren’t Safe for Everyone

"Piper’s account has since been unlocked following confirmation by the CDC spokesman that his tweet was, in fact, correct information." #BigTechKnowsBest

HUGE: Dr. Shiva Discovers Existence of the Secretive Long Fuse Report -- Exposes Twitter-Government Collusion -- As Momentous Discovery as Pentagon Papers ...Update: Hearing Tomorrow with Link

Associated Press, Reuters sign deal with Twitter to elevate more credible infoAhhh... so we get to see more content by the AP and Reuters then?

Twitter flags conservative journalist's tweet of COVID-19 story as 'misleading'—NBC News shares same article and isn't censored

If Twitter Is A 'Human Right,' Why Does It Censor?

Former Clinton Adviser Naomi Wolf Banned From Twitter Over COVID-19 Vaccine Claims

India Issues Final Warning to Twitter to Comply With New Rules

Nigeria announces Twitter ban — in statement on Twitter

Twitter declares access to its platform a 'human right' despite banning Trump

Mask skeptic Harvard epidemiologist takes to Gab as Twitter lockout enters fourth week

Twitter urges Indian gov't to respect freedom of expressionUnless Twitter has decided what you wish to express shouldn't be shared...

Russia to force Facebook, Twitter to open databases on Russian territory by July

Spanish politician temporarily suspended by Twitter after saying 'a man cannot get pregnant'

Fake Accounts Support Beijing’s Propaganda Campaign on Twitter

Harvard epidemiologist locked out from Twitter account after criticizing masks

Twitter to call subscription service Twitter Blue, charge $2.99 a month

First Case in U.S. To Show Government MADE Twitter Silence Political Speech

HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Federal Judge Signals He May END Twitter's Immunity in Dr. Shiva Case - Speech Police in Panic -- Watch Hearing Live on May 20

Judge dismisses Twitter's lawsuit against Texas attorney general

Twitter account 'made by Trump's team to share his personal statements' is SUSPENDED

Twitter Engages In Misinformation Propaganda To Attack Florida and Texas

NEW: Project Veritas Sues CNN For False and Defamatory Statements with Regards to Organization's Twitter Ban

Twitter’s Timeline Algorithm Buries External Links

JAMES O’KEEFE SUES TWITTER in New York Supreme Court for ‘FALSE AND DEFAMATORY’ Statements Following Ban From Platform … Intends to Prove Twitter Acted With ‘RECKLESS DISREGARD’ For the Truth

Project Veritas Founder James O'Keefe Says He'll Sue Twitter for Accusing Him of Having Fake Accounts

BREAKING: Twitter permanently bans Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe

Twitter accused of protecting CNN after tech giant bans James O'Keefe: 'They're all on the same team'

Black reporter LOCKED OUT of Twitter for criticizing BLM says company has gone 'too far'

Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account suspended 'in error' for the second time

Twitter slowdown in Russia until mid-May; no block for now

Russian court fines Twitter on charges of failing to delete content

Russia fines Twitter for not taking down calls to protest

Govt Colluding With Big Tech

HUGE: Dr. Shiva Discovers Existence of the Secretive Long Fuse Report -- Exposes Twitter-Government Collusion -- As Momentous Discovery as Pentagon Papers ...Update: Hearing Tomorrow with Link

General Censorship

Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill That Cracks Down on Social Media CensorshipMany states and countries have been acting on this issue.

Social Media/Big Tech

Big Tech Companies Are Monopolies Engaged in Censorship: Parshall