Jack Dorsey Speaks Out on Twitter’s Trump Ban: ‘Threats to Physical Safety’ Drove Decision

Saturday Night Live‘s Michael Che has been accused of transphobia over a joke he told during the show’s Jan.

Seven years ago was a very different time. David Bowie was still alive.

After the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, most of the United States was celebrating, most, except former President Donald Trump. It was recently reported by Washington Post that the previous President Donald Trump left a note for the new POTUS Joe Biden in the White House just moments before he left the premises today.  Washington Post reported that Josh Dawsey was one of the first to tweet the news out.

The U.S. Secret Service has released some details about its investigation into comedian John Mulaney over jokes he made about Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" last year.  Mulaney first revealed that he was investigated by the Secret Service during an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." "In February, I did a joke that was not about Donald Trump," the comedian explained at the time.

Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher after his book was dropped by Simon & Schuster in the wake of the siege of the U.S.

Conservative publishing house Regnery has picked up Sen. Josh Hawley’s upcoming book The Tyranny of Big Tech that was dropped by Simon & Schuster after the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol. The Missouri Republican had repeatedly supported and gave voice to President Donald Trump’s disinformation campaign about vote tampering and election results that spurred the deadly attack.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPresident Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter helped eliminate clouds of misinformation pollution from social media networks, according to new research.From Jan. 9-15, misinformation about election fraud on social networks plummeted around 73%, from 2.5 million posts to 688,000, according to data from social-analytics firm Zignal Labs, as cited by a Washington Post report.That came after Twitter finally banned Trump on Jan.

Ariel Pink has taken to FOX’s Tucker Carlson Tonight to speak out following the backlash he has received for his support of Donald Trump.Speaking to Carlson, Pink explained how the aftermath of his attendance at the Capitol Building protests has impacted his livelihood and his wellbeing.“No apologies, no support,” Pink said.“My family’s been getting death threats. They don’t even know I’m here, I had to sneak away because they were so terrified of me coming on TV.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said today in a tweetstorm that his company is exploring the development of a decentralized standard for social media. He revealed the initiative, dubbed @bluesky, in a long thread that attempted to explain Twitter’s recent and controversial deplatforming of President Donald Trump and other conservative commenters.

Nancy Pelosi, 80, just went viral on social media for her strategic outfit choice to impeach Donald Trump on Jan. 13. The Speaker of the House poignantly wore the same black sheath dress she sported when she impeached him on Dec. 18, 2019. The Twitter verse applauded the knee-length black number — which also includes a three-quarter length sleeve — quickly dubbing it her “impeachment dress.”

A spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that the German leader regards President Donald Trump's eviction from Twitter by the company to be "problematic."  Twitter permanently suspended Trump from the social media platform on Friday, citing a "risk of further incitement of violence" after supporters of the outgoing president stormed the U.S. Capitol to protest Congress’ certification of the Electoral College vote.

As the days tick by without consequences for the President or the other elected officials who incited last week’s violent insurrection, other members of Donald Trump’s toxic ecosystem are scrambling to, shall we say, cover their own asses.

Shares of Twitter fell more than 10% in early trading after the social media platform banned President Donald Trump permanently Friday for risk of inciting violence, but had regained some ground by late morning.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorShares of Twitter took a nosedive in early trading Monday, coming after the social network permanently banned Donald Trump — one its highest-profile accounts.Twitter’s stock dropped more than 11% at the open, amid a smaller decline in the broader market. Facebook shares were down 4%.Investors see the booting of Trump, along with the removal of other right-wing accounts, as a potential drag on Twitter’s users growth going into 2021.

Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account "due to the risk of further incitement of violence" two days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building during a deadly riot.

Janet W. Lee Celebrities took to Twitter to celebrate President Donald Trump’s ban from the social media platform.Trump, who had 88.8 million followers at last count on Twitter, was “deplatformed” by the company, following years of criticism calling on the social media service to block his account for the spread of misinformation.

Celebrities are speaking out in response to the news that Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter.