Scams at a Glance is a brand new outreach program complete with a webpage on the OAG web site with information about frequent and rising scams. What’s also nice about `The General’ is the sheer quantity of stunts and physical humor a movie like this couldn’t be made right […]
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Unblocks 9 Texans On Twitter After Lawsuit Claiming He Violated First Modification Rights
Scams at a Glance is a brand new outreach program complete with a webpage on the OAG web site with information about frequent and rising scams. What’s also nice about `The General’ is the sheer quantity of stunts and physical humor a movie like this couldn’t be made right […]
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the Twitter account that spent a year staring into people’s homes
With its stately lamp and verdant window view, Hillary Clinton’s “Zoom room” is nicer than most. So when Room Rater – a Twitter account which scores the video conference backgrounds of high-profile figures – gave it nine out of 10 last spring, Clinton took her disappointment to social media: “I’ll […]
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Claudia Conway supporters call for Twitter users to report her case to child abuse hotline after ‘nude photo leak’
CLAUDIA Conway’s supporters have urged Twitter users to report her case to a child abuse hotline after she initially accused her mother Kellyanne of posting a nude photo of her online. The former Trump aide’s 16-year-old daughter has since rowed back from her allegations and begged followers not to contact […]
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Goodbye To ‘No Bull Bison,’ Trump Admin’s Short-Lived, Very Dumb Twitter Account
The Guardian Coronavirus: Joe Biden signs executive actions aimed at ending pandemic Administration’s strategy is based on seven major goals, including restoring public trust in government efforts Sign up for the Guardian’s First Thing newsletter Joe Biden signed another set of executive actions on Thursday, his first full day in […]
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Joe Biden Removed Trump’s Diet Coke Button, Twitter Bubbled Up With Jokes
With a new president comes a new design for the Oval Office, and alongside a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. and a portrait of Benjamin Franklin, President Joe Biden has made one other crucial change. He’s ditched a little red button that Trump used to call forth a White […]
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‘Bean dad’ viral thread opens a Twitter can of worms
Education Images / Getty Images Manual can openers aren’t exactly intuitive. Over the New Year’s weekend, Seattle musician and podcaster John Roderick discovered this when the kitchen gadget stumped his young daughter. Roderick, founder of The Long Winters and onetime candidate for Seattle City Council, explained the events in a […]
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Marvin Bagley III’s dad asks Kings for trade on Twitter
Sacramento Kings’ Marvin Bagley III, right, shoots, against Houston Rockets’ Christian Wood (35) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Houston. (Carmen Mandato/Pool Photo via AP) Carmen Mandato AP Marvin Bagley III’s father took a shot at the Kings organization on Twitter for […]
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Hillicon Valley: Google denies allegations in DOJ antitrust complaint | Biden faults Trump after hack | Biden campaign says Twitter will wipe POTUS account’s followers
Welcome to Hillicon Valley, The Hill’s newsletter detailing all you need to know about the tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. If you don’t already, be sure to sign up for our newsletter with this LINK. Welcome! Follow our cyber reporter, Maggie Miller (@magmill95), and tech […]
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Patrick Schwarzenegger Stood Up for Brother-In-Law Chris Pratt After Twitter Controversy
A silly social media poll turned ugly after E! News posted a trending Hollywood question on their Instagram account: “Which Hollywood Chris is the best?” Fans could pick between Chris Evans, Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Pratt. And, well?That last Chris was the one dubbed “The Worst Chris in Hollywood.” Now […]
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Twitter and Facebook labels on Trump’s posts won’t save democracy
Facebook joined in, flagging Trump posts with the line: “Ballot counting will continue for days or weeks.” Were the labels a win for democracy? They were a win for Twitter and Facebook public relations, which got to look just responsive enough to avoid being blamed for botching another election. But […]
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How Twitter Made the Hunter Biden Laptop Story Even Worse
Hunter and Joe Biden in 2016 (AP Photo/Visar Kryezir) How has Twitter messed things up this badly? It has been over four years since emails hacked from the servers of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta were leaked online, before being amplified on social media […]
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“You Start Seeing the Dreaded Sensitivity Label”: Is a Pro-Trump Twitter Army Strategically Throttling Biden Ads?
On August 21 at 4:42 p.m. local time, Eleven Films, the movie studio that James and Tiffany Dugger run from the family room of their 1,400-square-foot house in Portland, Oregon, tweeted out its latest ad: “The #BlueWave2020 Trailer.” The two-minute-and-19-second spot features clips of Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren, and John […]
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Critics want Twitter to halt its trending lists. Instead, Twitter will make tweaks.
Twitter announced Tuesday that it plans to make a series of small changes to its trending topics feature to try to improve the quality of information users see, a decision that sidesteps growing calls for Twitter to remove the lists altogether for fueling hoaxes and conspiracy theories. To start, Twitter […]