‘Devin Nunes’ Cow’ Parody Account Gets More Followers Than Nunes After His Twitter Lawsuit
GOP congressman filed $250 million complaint on Monday
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The Economist Apologizes for Tweet Asking Whether Transgender People Should Be ‘Sterilized’
“We were wrong to use the first line of this article out of its context. Sorry,” magazine says
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Congressman Devin Nunes Files $250 Million Defamation Complaint Against Twitter
California Republican accuses social media site of “monetizing content that is clearly abusive, hateful and defamatory”
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YouTube Blocked 1 Video Upload Per Second of New Zealand Mosque Shooting
Google-owned video giant took “unprecedented” step of temporarily blocking searches for the attack in the hours after the shooting
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Inside Facebook, YouTube and Twitter’s Struggle to Purge Video of the New Zealand Mosque Attacks
Facebook’s AI technology can spot blood and gore from the livestream, enabling Facebook to immediately remove uploads showing the most gruesome footage, a rep tells TheWrap
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Death Toll in New Zealand Mosque Shootings Rises to 49
Apparent video of the attack was posted on Facebook, New York Times says
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Tucker Carlson’s Very Bad Week Leads to Huge Drop in Advertisers
“This doesn’t seem to be blowing over,” media analyst Brad Adgate tells TheWrap
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NBC News Corrects Report That Twitter Is Considering Hiding Retweet and Like Counts
“Twitter is testing putting engagement counts on replies behind a user tap, not removing the engagement counts for tweets,” the correction reads
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Twitter’s Camera-Driven Redesign Mirrors Popular Snapchat and Instagram Features
App is also experimenting with dropping the number of likes and retweets each tweet receives, per NBC
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Former CBS Sports Reporter Taylor Rooks to Host New Bleacher Report Interview Series (Exclusive)
“Take it There With Taylor Rooks” is Rooks first series for Bleacher Report since joining the company in June
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Twitter Experiments With Feature That Hides Replies
The new feature comes as Twitter experiments with several ways to improve the “health” of conversation on its app
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Is Facebook Stuck in a No-Win Position When It Comes to Moderating Content?
“People already generally think that we have too much power in deciding what content is good,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent interview
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Noticias Telemundo Reporter Abducted in Venezuela, Network Says
News comes the day after Univision crew was detained
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Jacob Wohl Banned by Twitter for ‘Operating Fake Accounts’
The political conspiracy theorist told USA Today on Tuesday he planned to create fake accounts to “steer” left-wing votes
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Chides Fox News Over Criticism of Staffer Pay
“Fox actually thinks me paying a living wage in my office is ‘communism,'” the freshman Congresswoman says
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Donald Trump Calls Out Spike Lee for ‘Racist’ Oscar Speech
Trump adds he has done “more for African Americans than almost any other Pres!”
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Twitter Co-Founder Ev Williams Steps Down From Company’s Board of Directors
Williams also served as chief executive from 2008 to 2010 before going on to launch Medium
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Trump Accuses Jussie Smollett of Making ‘Racist and Dangerous Comments’
“@JussieSmollett – what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted,” the president says
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Daily Beast Reporter Deletes ‘Inaccurate’ Tweets on Jussie Smollett Case
Original tweet blamed Trump supporters for “weaponized bigotry”
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5 Lingering Twitter Questions That Jack Dorsey Dodged on His Recent Media Blitz
Tech exec’s recent press tour failed to make sense on Twitter’s seemingly inconsistent rules, widespread harassment and, yes, its treatment of President Trump
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Yashar Ali’s Towel Advice Gets a Soaking From Chrissy Teigen and More: ‘Too Many Wash Cloths’
The rest of Twitter just wants to know what a bath sheet is
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Deepfake Videos Could Become Undetectable Within the Next 2 Years, Experts Say
“You now have an emerging technology that has a much greater capacity for persuasion,” law professor Robert Chesney says
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Esquire Called out for New Cover Story on White Male Teenager From Wisconsin: ‘Happy Black History Month’
“Isn’t every issue of Esquire about what it’s like to be white, male, and middle class,” Gawker founding editor Elizabeth Spiers says
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Bloomingdale’s Apologizes Over ‘Fake News’ T-Shirt, Pulls It From Stores
“We take this feedback very seriously and are working quickly to remove this t-shirt,” the company says in a statement
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Twitter Finally Reports Daily User Base, Posts Strong Q4 Revenue Growth
Company stock still drops 7 percent in pre-market trading on weak Q1 guidance
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Demi Lovato Drops Twitter After Users Blast Her as a ‘Junkie,’ ‘Crackhead,’ for 21 Savage Meme
“F— Twitter. This is why I don’t tweet anymore” pop singer says
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James Woods Celebrates BuzzFeed, HuffPost Layoffs: ‘Victories for Real Journalism’
“The less #FakeNews, the better,” actor says in tweet following media layoffs
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Twitter Suspends Account That Spread Selective Video of Covington Students and Native American Elder
A “fake and misleading” account violated Twitter’s policy against manipulating the public conversation
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CBS’ Scott Pelley Mistakenly Says He’s a Wanted Man in Egypt Over ’60 Minutes’ Interview
Pelley’s claims were “made in error” and “taken down,” a CBS News spokesperson tells TheWrap
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Mariah Carey Wins the 10-Year Challenge: ‘Time Is Not Something I Acknowledge’
Singer posts a pair of matching pics with her Jack Russell terrier taken at “some point prior to today”
