New York Times Editor Dean Baquet on the Hot Seat Over Paper’s Trump Coverage
Baquet convened newsroom meeting on Monday to address staff concerns over recent issues
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Trump Considers Executive Order to Make FCC Police How Social Media Prioritizes Content (Report)
News comes a day after Trump campaign halted Twitter spending in response to suspension of Mitch McConnell’s account
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Twitter Reverses Mitch McConnell Suspension, Says Protest Video ‘Will Be Visible’
Company walks back its decision to “temporarily lock” McConnell’s campaign account for sharing video of angry protestors
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Number of Social Media Users ‘Worn Out’ by Political Talk Up 9% From 2016
Only 15% of respondents said they like political posts
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Trump Campaign Halts Twitter Spending Over ‘Disgusting Bias’ Against Mitch McConnell
Senate majority leader’s campaign account has been locked for sharing a video of protesters screaming outside his home
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Rosanna Arquette Says FBI Told Her to ‘Lock’ Twitter Account After Blowback From White ‘Shame’ Tweet (Exclusive)
Actress says she was targeted by “toxic and very vicious people” after tweeting she was ashamed of being white
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Rosanna Arquette Takes Twitter Account Private After Confessing ‘Shame’ for Being ‘Born White and Privileged’
The actress and producer says her heritage “disgusts me”
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How Jimmy Kimmel Used Twitter to Diversify His Writers Room
TCA 2019: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is no longer just a friends and family party
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Rep. Ilhan Omar Trolls Trump by Tweeting Photos From Africa Trip With Nancy Pelosi
The congresswoman invoked a chant from Trump rally-goers who wanted to “send her back” to Somalia
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Twitter Suspends Trump-Supporting Account Hours After Trump Retweets It
Twitter suspended the account for violating its rules
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Republican Senator Wants to Ban ‘Addictive’ Social Media Features Like Autoplay Video
Josh Hawley’s proposed act would also block infinite scrolling and place a 30-minute daily time limit for apps
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Trump Warns France: Don’t Tax Our ‘Great’ Tech Giants
The president also blasted French wine for good measure
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CNN Photo Editor Resigns After Old Anti-Semitic Tweets About ‘Jewish Pigs’ Resurface
Mohammed Elshamy’s Twitter account contained a number of derogatory statements about Jewish people posted in 2011
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Twitter Credits Efforts to Improve ‘Health’ of Conversation for Strong Q2 User, Revenue Growth
Wall Street responds to 14% year-over-year jump in users
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WGA Success: How #WGAStaffingBoost Could Change How Writers Do Business
“People think there’s only one way to do things…The #WGAStaffingBoost is great because is opens another avenue for a new way to do business,” ‘Vida’ staff writer Taylor Orci tells TheWrap
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How Fans Fight to Save a Franchise: ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Is the Latest Battleground
“High awareness and high conversation don’t always translate to big box office,” media analyst Paul Dergarabedian says
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Twitter Hit By Global Outage: ‘Something Is Technically Wrong’
The app and desktop site have went offline at about 11:30 a.m. PST
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President Trump Can’t Block His Twitter Critics, Court Rules
Since the president uses his personal account for “all manner of official purposes,” it’s unconstitutional for him to bar people from seeing his tweets
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How Facebook and Twitter’s Content Moderation Could Open a Legal ‘Pandora’s Box’
“It opens them up to liability for information that’s published on their platform,” Matt Bilinsky, a tech and media-focused attorney in Los Angeles, says
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Lou Dobbs Draws Backlash for Calling U.S. Generals ‘Snowflakes’
Dobbs lashed out at generals who criticized Donald Trump’s July 4 celebration
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Ava DuVernay, The Rock and More React to 6.4 SoCal Quake
It was strong enough to scare Ava DuVernay, Michael Chiklis, LaToya Jackson — even the Walking Dead
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LinkedIn Live Video: More Engagement Than Video on Demand
“People are just really hungry to talk to each other in real-time in a professional environment,” says Linkedin’s video product manager Peter Roybal
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Botched Adidas Twitter Campaign Spits out Racist and Anti-Semitic Arsenal Jerseys
When A.I. goes wrong: sportswear giant creates offensive computer-generate jerseys for Twitter trolls
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Twitter Permanently Suspends Egyptian Actor for ‘Now Lets Kill Some Jews’ Tweet
Hesham Mansour was removed after years of anti-Semitic tweets
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Twitter Push to Save ‘One Day at a Time’ Helps Latinos in Hollywood Find Their Voice
The #SaveODAAT campaign marks a big success for a community seeking to make itself heard
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Twitter to Label ‘Abusive’ Tweets That Violate Its Rules – But Not Delete Them
Social platform will downgrade and label tweets from politicians that break its rules but otherwise serve the public interest
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Viacom Will Take VidCon to Mexico City in 2020
Mexico will be the first country in Latin America to host the creator conference
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Dylan Sprouse Says Hacker ‘Idiots’ Sent Racist Tweet From His Account
The account of brother Cole Sprouse also sent uncharacteristic tweets Monday
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Did OJ Simpson Just Make Twitter Debut on Eve of 25th Anniversary of His Arrest?
“It will be one of the best accounts on Twitter to follow,” said Simpson’s lawyer tells CNN
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Medium CEO Outlines Publishing Platform’s ‘Aggressive’ Content Moderation Policies
“If someone is harassing someone on Twitter and they post on Medium, we take them off,” Evan Williams explains
