Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter is surveying users on what features they’d want from a subscription - The Verge

Twitter is surveying some users to ask about potential features on a possible paid subscription version of Twitter, which could add the option to retract tweets, post longer videos, or remove ads entirely.

Politics | POLITICS

Twitter defends blocking Trump tweets but not Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei

A Twitter spokeswoman has defended the company's decision to block and restrict tweets from President Trump but not those of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

News | News

Wiley permanently suspended by Twitter over anti-Semitism

Twitter was accused of inaction and delay over anti-Semitic remarks posted by the music star.

News | Antisemitism Watch

HonestReporting Joins Blackout After Barrage of Twitter Antisemitism | HonestReporting

  HonestReporting is joining a widespread 48-hour Twitter ‘blackout’ after the musician known as Wiley was allowed to tweet incitement against Jews

News | Antisemitism Watch

UK chief rabbi accuses Facebook and Twitter of 'complicity' in anti-Semitism

At start of 2-day social media boycott, Ephraim Mirvis lambastes social media platforms for failing to remove posts inciting hatred and violence against Jews

News | News

Twitter users call for 48 hour boycott of site due to antisemitism

The campaign was sparked over the lack of action taken against British rapper Wiley, who made several antisemitic comments on the platform.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter faces 48-hour boycott over anti-Semitic posts by rapper Wiley | Fortune

The boycott followed complaints that Twitter was too slow to remove offensive material, some of which was also posted to Instagram.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply

Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday. The move comes as Twitter suffers a sharp decline in its core advertising business.

Politics | Censorship

Twitter admits hackers accessed DMs of dozens of high-profile accounts | TechCrunch

Last week’s hack of over 100 very high-profile Twitter accounts did in fact expose the direct messages of many of those accounts, the company admitted today — including those of an elected official in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders. The attack saw numerou

Science & Technology | Social Media

Why no one knows which stories are the most popular on Facebook - The Verge

Facebook’s CrowdTangle is only telling part of the story — and viral tweets about it are driving the company crazy

News | Antisemitism Watch

Star of David deemed 'hateful imagery' by Twitter - The Jerusalem Post

Twitter users found themselves locked out of their accounts after using the Star of David in their profile images.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter is working to unlock accounts it locked 'proactively' after hack | Engadget

The company says hackers didn’t access users’ passwords

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Twitter’s 2020 Election Interference Will Eventually End In Banning Trump

Twitter’s policies about misleading tweets and abusive behavior are deeply cynical and designed merely to censor speech Jack Dorsey doesn’t like.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How do Twitter lists work?

A look at how Twitter lists work and how marketers can use them to their advantage. How to follow people via lists and how to get on lists.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter starts rolling out audio tweets on iOS

Twitter has announced a new feature that lets users attach audio snippets to their tweets. Audio tweets are available first on iOS "for a limited group of people" but will become available to all iOS Twitter users over the next few weeks.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter's Newest Trick Relies on Tracking More of Your Clicks | WIRED

The social media company is testing warnings for users who try to share links to articles they haven't read. To do that, it has to know what you've read.

At Moptu, we've eliminated all of the "social noise," of other platforms. We designed it to allow people to share/discuss/discover articles only. No status updates, videos, or anything else that isn't an article. We will never abuse your privacy. Sign up to post and share!

Science & Technology | Tech News

Twitter would like you to actually read stories before you retweet them - The Verge

This test is currently limited to Android users. If a user decides to retweet an article before reading it, Twitter will prompt them to open it before they do so. Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment asking if this test will roll o

It’s all about the articles for me on social media. That’s why I like Moptu. I think this is step forward for Twitter. But I’m still staying here. I don’t need to be prompted to read what I post. I always read everything before I post it to my page.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter is working on a way for people to request a blue checkmark, again

Twitter is bringing back a feature it had to kill after it was misapplied to a neo-Nazi.

Politics | Politics

Please help people get their account back

Thank you Mr. President for taking action against social media suppressing conservatives! We the people appreciate it! However, this doesn't help the people that were suspended for no reason. We at Team World Supporter, demand that Twitter and other soci

Politics | Politics

Statement on President Trump and his social media taskforce

Last week President Donald Trump announced that he's thinking about making a task force to tackle social media censorship. Here are my observations: Team World Supporter started to work on this issue over two years ago. It wasn't till a year later that a

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Did Obamagate Cost This Journalist His Twitter 'Blue Check?'

Is Twitter punishing journalists who report on negative stories about Obama? Reporters who tweeted about Obamagate found their verified "blue checks" revoked.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter is testing settings that let you choose who replies to your tweet

The settings could let you allow only people you follow or mention to participate in conversations on the platform.

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

Social Media Isn’t Actually Creating Anxiety Or Depression In Teens

An eight-year study conducted by Brigham Young University found that the amount of time spent on social media is not directly increasing anxiety or depression in teenagers.

Science & Technology | Social Media

How to Set Your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to Control Who Sees What | WIRED

Pick who sees your tweets, posts, and stories—and choose what you want to see, too.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Candace Owens Suspended for Encouraging American Defiance Against Lockdown

Conservative commentator Candace Owens was suspended from Twitter for encouraging Americans to defy stay-at-home rules. Owens blasted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday for her stringent stay-at-home policies enforced on her state. The fiery tweet t

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter notifies users that it’s now sharing more data with advertisers - The Verge

Twitter removed a privacy feature from its data-sharing settings that let users opt out of sending advertising measurement and engagement data to its partners.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Trump Campaign To Twitter: Label Democrats’ Ads That Twist Trump’s Words. Twitter: Nope.

On Thursday, Twitter rebuffed a request from the Trump campaign to affix a “manipulated media” warning tag on a video reportedly pushed by Democrats, as The Hill reported, that had been deceptively edited so President Trump appeared to refer to the corona

Advice & Self-Help | Nursing/Health

William Shatner’s ‘Captain’s Log’ Post Amid Coronavirus Will Make Your Day

William Shatner hands down won the day Wednesday when he took to Twitter and made a post that started with "Captain's Log: Stardate 1" amid the coronavirus.

Science & Technology | Tech

Twitter makes working from home mandatory for employees around the world in response to COVID-19 | TechCrunch

After “strongly encouraging” it earlier this month, Twitter said today that working from home is now mandatory for all employees around the world due to COVID-19 concerns. In announcement, the company said “we understand this is an unprecedented step, but

Science & Technology | Social Media

How to create a Twitter List (and join others)

Use Twitter Lists to clean up your timeline.

Science & Technology | Tech

Twitter starts testing its own version of Stories, called ‘Fleets,’ which disappear after 24 hours

Twitter is testing its own version of Stories. The company announced today it will begin to trial a new sharing format called “Fleets,” starting in Brazil, which will let users post ephemeral content to its social network for the first time. Unlike Tweets

Science & Technology | Social Media

Why You Really Only Need 1,000 Fans To Be Successful

You don't need millions of fans to make a six-figure income through social media.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Right-leaning rapper Zuby suspended by Twitter for ‘hateful conduct’ because he triggered self-appointed ‘Pronoun Enforcer’

If you’re not familiar with Zuby, he’s a rapper, speaker, and public figure with a conservative bent. That last one is a big strike against him, because he doesn’t make any effort to bury it on Twitter. He regularly takes an intellectual sledgehammer to the Wokeness Brigade.

Science & Technology | Tech

How to mute a single word on Twitter - The Verge

While most of us are aware that we can mute conversations or other accounts on Twitter, you can also mute a specific word. You can do it straight from a tweet using your iPhone, or from settings using an Android phone or desktop.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter rolling out new 'Continue thread' option for connecting multiple tweets together

Twitter is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to thread multiple tweets together. With this change, you can now link tweets together while you compose them. The company announced the new feature this afternoon. When you’re composing a new twee

Politics | Politics

‘I’m back!’ James Woods returns to Twitter (thanks in part to AOC’s ‘blazing insight’), and he’s got questions about Mueller, impeachment, Avenatti and Epstein

"Just like that Twitter is good again."

I may even go back to Twitter now. But if anyone out there knows Woods, please tell him about Moptu. I’ve been in here for a long time and I know the owners are totally fair to conservatives. Always.

Politics | Politics

Two Year Statement

Two years ago, we at Team World Supporter, saw that the first amendment was under attack. We decided to act and protect the constitution. We began a daily count

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

GOTTA be kidding us: Twitter’s new feature allows users to report others for tweeting ‘misleading info about a political election’

We see you, Twitter.

This is EXACTLY why I support Moptu. I know that nothing like this happens here. If you’re a conservative, or just care about free speech: please support them. They deserve it.

Visual Arts | Design & Illustration

Designers reimagined the corporate logos for Apple, Twitter, and more

Are they hot, or not?

Science & Technology | Technology

A Twitter Bug Could Use Your Phone Number to Expose Personal Details | Digital Trends

A security researcher has revealed that it's possible to find phone numbers and match them to Twitter usernames, a security flaw that could leave millions of people's accounts exposed. The researcher said he'd already found the phone numbers of several hi

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter blocks animated PNGs to keep trolls from using them to trigger seizures

Twitter will no longer animate PNG files after trolls hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation's handle and hashtags last month to send potentially seizure-inducing ima...

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter rolling out redesigned iPad interface with multiple columns, more

Twitter is rolling out an update to the official Twitter for iPad app that brings a much-needed interface redesign. With today’s update, Twitter for iPad now better takes advantage of the added screen real estate available on the iPad. As first noted by A

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Twitter Suspends Fox News Host For Showing Tweet From Saudi Terrorist Who Attacked U.S. Military Base In Florida

Twitter suspended Fox New host Pete Hegseth on Saturday for showing a tweet from the alleged Saudi military official who went on a shooting spree at the Naval Air Station (NAS) in Pensacola, Florida late last week. In an Instagram post, Hegseth wrote: &#8

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter pauses plan to delete inactive accounts

The move comes amid concerns it would delete accounts from those who had died.

News | current events

Millions of Twitter and Facebook users may have had their personal information compromised

Twitter and Facebook have confirmed millions of users' personal information may have been compromised by malicious software in third-party apps.

Politics | PC Culture

Report: Andy Ngo locked out from Twitter after responding to Chelsea Clinton about trans murder rates

Andy Ngo has been blocked from posting after sharing some "hateful" data with Chelsea Clinton.

Here is the rule: if you disagree with the liberal fascists, you WILL be silenced (but never on Moptu).

Miscellaneous | Dating & Relationships

Why Twitter and Instagram are the best dating apps

Social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram are great resources for vetting potential dates.

Politics | Politics

Statement regarding our move from Twitter to cloutHub

Team World Supporter has come to the decision to move our main posts from Twitter to CloutHub. This comes as a result of the fact that we have 525 followers on

News | The News

BREAKING: Ex-Twitter Employees Charged For Spying For Saudi Arabia, Reports Say | The Daily Wire

The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday charges against two former Twitter employees for allegedly spying for Saudi Arabia which analysts believe is the first time that the United States government has accused Saudi Arabia of spying in the United

Well this is a "surprise." This is yet another example of the culture at social platforms that should be driving hordes of conservatives, and non leftists to Moptu. I know the owners and can guarantee that this would never happen there.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter exec teases possible major changes coming in 2020

The floated ideas could fundamentally change how retweets work on Twitter, and that's not all.

Politics | Politics

Hillary Clinton says Twitter refusing political advertising is the right thing for democracy around the world

Hillary Clinton wants Facebook to follow suit … but what about TV and radio and newspapers?

Politics | Politics

Twitter bans political ads after Facebook refused to do so

Facebook, by contrast, said it would not fact-check or remove ads placed by politicians, sparking backlash from lawmakers and employees.

I’m not a huge fan of Facebook, but good for Zuckerberg. Social platform owners shouldn’t be judging what is real or not. Individuals have a responsibility to learn enough about the issues to undertand tans what’s real and what’s propaganda.

News | News

Twitter Falls for the Terrorist Wing Scam

Twitter has just fallen for the oldest trick in the terrorist organization playbook. It's resisting a bipartisan congressional call to exclude Hamas and Hezbollah from operating freely on its platform on the grounds that it allows only the "political"

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter admits that it showed more ads to less popular users

Twitter has a history of working to appease high profile people on the platform. In May, it changed its policy to show everyone the same number of ads, abandoning an old approach that gave popular users a better experience.

News | The News

Small, prolific group of tweeters create most U.S. tweets on politics | Pew Research Center

These users make up just 6% of all U.S. adults with public accounts, but they account for 73% of tweets from adults that mention politics.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter says it unintentionally misused user data for advertising

Users saw adds targeted based on email and phone numbers provided for security.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter now lets all iPhone users pin favorited lists to the timeline - 9to5Mac

After opening up access for the home timeline Lists feature to let users more easily follow their interests earlier this summer, Twitter is rolling out access for all iOS users today. Twitter shared the news in a press release: On iOS starting September 2

Politics | Censorship

Congressman suing Twitter: ‘I’ve run out of patience’ for biased tech giants

'If I can win one of these cases, it will really set these guys back,' Rep. Devin Nunes told Breitbart News.

Good!

Politics | Politics

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Account Hacked | National Review

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account appears to have been hacked Friday afternoon,

Science & Technology | Tech

Peter Thiel likens Twitter and Silicon Valley companies to North Korea - Business Insider

Thiel's comments came in an interview with "Fox and Friends" Friday morning, where he discussed his recent New York Times op-ed.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Twitter locks out McConnell's campaign for posting video of calls for violence at his home

Twitter locked accounts belonging to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign and one prominent conservative reporter on Monday, after they posted videos of left-wing protesters gathered outside McConnell's Kentucky home -- with one d

This is absolutely insane. Liberals threaten McConnell’s life, his campaign shared videos of those threatening him, and HE gets suspended. This is yet another example of tech’s bias and why conservative should be embracing Moptu.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Twitter seems to be scrubbing video of a mob at Mitch McConnell’s home calling to stab him in the heart

Twitter removed the video of a mob on Mitch McConnell's front lawn and locked Team Mitch's account.

Politics | Politics

Let's all share our heartfelt, totally woke, and absolutely real conversations with TSA agents

And then the TSA agent asked me, "Why are Democrats so opposed to securing the border?"

An oldie but a goodie from Twitchy.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Major Study Identifies Dozens of Influential Anti-Israel Twitter Accounts Defending UK's Corbyn

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers the keynote speech at a Labour conference in Liverpool, Britain, Sept. 26, 2016. …

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter's experiments pay off as user numbers grow - CNET

More people are flocking to the site on a daily basis.

Politics | Politics

Big tech behemoths face grilling from US lawmakers as hearings kick off

A Senate banking committee will question Facebook on its Libra project, while the House takes aim at Google, Apple and Amazon

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

FINALLY: Twitter Says 2018 Tweet in Which Farrakhan Compared Jews to Termites Violates New Rules

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Photo: Reuters / Rebecca Cook. Twitter on Tuesday said it was requiring Nation of …

It's way past time for this to happen. Farrakhan is a pig.

Politics | The "Squad"

AOC to face lawsuit over blocking Twitter users, following appeals court ruling on Trump | Fox News

Former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind told Fox News on Tuesday he's preparing to sue Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for blocking users on Twitter based on their personal viewpoints, following a federal appeals court ruling barring Pres

The petulant little bartender does block anyone she doesn’t agree with, including news sources that don’t pay fealty to her or provide a differing ideological viewpoint.

Politics | From CNN

Twitter says it will label tweets from Trump and other leaders that break its rules - CNN

Twitter plans to place a disclaimer on future tweets from world leaders that break its rules but which Twitter decides are in the "public interest," the company said in a blog post Thursday.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Don't Minimize Conservative Concerns About Big Tech Censorship

To assert with such confidence that 'most red Americans either don’t know or don’t care about social-media censorship' seems very unwise indeed. 

Politics | The "Squad"

AOC’s terrible, horrible, no-good, VERY BAD Twitter day just got worse with failed attempt to dunk on Trump

It's time to put the Twitter down, AOC.

Science & Technology | Social Media

Facebook and Twitter disable new disinformation campaign with ties to Iran - The Washington Post

The disabled accounts include two on Twitter mimicked Republican congressional candidates in order to push pro-Iranian political messages

Science & Technology | Social Media

Trump White House Asks Public To Report Social Media Sites If 'Suspended, Banned' For Being Conservative | Daily Wire

President Trump's White House is asking people to report social media sites, including Twitter, Google, and Facebook, if they suspect the site's "political bias" has caused them to be banned.

Politics | Politics

Conservative Jewish journalist sues Twitter for working with Islamic terrorists

Proof that CAIR is a terrorist organization lies right here!

This is crazy! When will Americans wake up. CAIR is part of the global Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization!

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

‘Terrifying’: Twitter locked the account of a researcher over scientifically accurate tweet on gender dysphoria

"Twitter has just suspended his account for a thread setting out his findings from A lifetime of research."

You definitely do not want to tell the truth on Twitter if the truth isn't what the Twitter overlords want it to be. This isn't even bias against conservatives, but against science. The same science that liberals continually claim to venerate.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Jewish Conservative Female Journalist Banned from Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Laura Loomer is an independent investigative journalist who one of the first people to actively expose the antisemitism in the women's march.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

WATCH: Laura Loomer Breaks Down In Tears Over Social Media Bans | Daily Wire

Last Thursday, Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram permanently banned some individuals and organizations the company deemed "dangerous." Among the permanently deplatformed are Infowars' Alex Jones and Paul Joseph Watson, right-wing provocateur Milo Yian

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

'Different Rules for Different Politics': Conservatives Slam Twitter for Suspending AOC Parody Account

Twitter took down a parody account of freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for being too similar to the congresswoman's even though the account was marked as a "parody," catching the ire of conservatives on the site.

Politics | Big Tech vs Conservatives

Twitter Conservatives: Don’t Cede Ground!

Well, conservatives, we can rest assured now. A recent Pew Research Survey confirms what we’ve long suspected: Twitter is not remotely representative of American public opinion.

I’ve been banned on Twitter for doing such dastardly things as fighting antisemitism. Meanwhile, Hamas, Ilhan Omar, and others are free to say anything. Time to fight back.

Politics | Action Items

Please Sign The Petition: Get Hamas Off Twitter | CIJA

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is a non-partisan organization that serves as the advocacy arm of the Jewish Federations of Canada.

Politics | Liberal Hypocrisy

Twitter Bans Conservative James Woods for “Hang Them All” Comment, Allows Liberal Stephen Colbert to Post Video of Him Saying He Wants to Strangle Attorney General Bill Barr

Twitter banned conservative Hollywood actor James Woods again two weeks ago because, in an apparent reference to the Mueller report clearing President Trump of Russian collusion and obstruction, he riffed on a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote using the hashtag #

The people who run Twitter, and Colbert, have no integrity.

Science & Technology | Social Media

The Most Active 10% of Twitter Users Are Responsible for 80% of Tweets Overall – Adweek

It turns out that Twitter users are younger and are more likely to be Democrats than the general public, according to a new Pew Research Center report.

Is anyone really surprised?

Politics | The "Squad"

Piers Morgan: Congresswoman who taught Twitter class to colleagues still hasn’t tweeted about Sri Lanka – twitchy.co

She gave plenty of attention to the Christchurch massacre; isn't Sri Lanka worth a tweet?

Science & Technology | Tech News

Jack Dorsey Is Reportedly Meeting With President Trump | WIRED

The Twitter CEO said in an internal email obtained by WIRED that it's "important to meet heads of state in order to listen, share our principles and our ideas."

Science & Technology | Social Media

Twitter drops the number of people you can follow in a day

The change is aimed at cracking down on spammers.