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Mere hours before Facebook's Oversight Board announced its ruling as to whether or not it will allow the former president back onto its platform, Trump seized the initiative and unveiled a brand new communications platform of his very own.
Facebook's Oversight Board will issue its ruling on Trump's ban this week
Facebook's Oversight Board has delivered its ruling on the company's indefinite ban on Donald Trump. After a delay, partially to review the more than 9,000 public comments people submitted to this case, the Oversight Board has announced that it'll release its decision on Trump's ban this Wednesday, May 5th, at 9AM ET.
TikTok’s new CEO is an executive from its parent company
TikTok announced today Shouzi Chew, the current chief financial officer of parent company ByteDance, will take over leading the firm.
Internal Facebook report finds the company bungled its 'Stop the Steal' response
Facebook missed several opportunities to crack down on the “Stop the Steal” movement that fueled the US Capitol insurrection.
Facebook's 'Supreme Court' is about to face its first big test
The Oversight Board, Facebook's 'Supreme Court,' is getting ready for the most consequential decision in its short existence.
Facebook’s Oversight Board has delayed its decision on Trump’s suspension
The board needs more time to review the thousands of public comments it received.
The National Archives won't be able to host Donald Trump's tweets on Twitter
Twitter won't allow the National Archives to host an archive of Trump's tweets on the social media network.
Supreme Court vacates ruling that prevented Trump from blocking Twitter critics
Not that it matters too much for Trump anyway after Twitter permanently banned him.
Biden's EPA dismisses dozens of Trump-appointed science advisors
The agency is looking for 'the best possible scientific insight to support our work.'
Donald Trump plans to launch a social network in 'two to three months'
A Donald Trump aide says the former President will launch a social network in two to three months, although it may have trouble getting the tech partners it needs.
Twitter is 'reviewing' its rules for world leaders
Twitter will survey users on whether politicians should have to follow the same rules as everyone else.
Facebook’s Oversight Board will weigh in on rules for politicians
As Facebook’s “Supreme Court” gets ready to rule on whether Donald Trump’s suspension should be permanent, the board will also tackle some of the thornier policy issues about how Facebook handles the accounts of elected officials.
The US officially rejoins the Paris climate change agreement
One of the first things President Biden did after his inauguration was to sign an executive order saying the US will rejoin the Paris Agreement. Today, that move is official.
Huawei files lawsuit disputing FCC 'security threat' designation
Huawei has filed a lawsuit to challenge its designation as a national security threat to the US.
Trump negotiations to join Parler reportedly involved an ownership stake
Trump's decision not to join Parler may have been the result of failed negotiations involving a possible ownership stake.
US arrests far-right Twitter troll for 2016 election interference
On Wednesday, the Justice Department announced the arrest of infamous far-right troll Douglass Mackey on Wednesday.
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Facebook's Oversight Board will review Trump's suspension
He'll remain locked out of Facebook and Instagram in the meantime.
Donald Trump pardons ex-Waymo, Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski
Anthony Levandowski, an engineer convicted of stealing information about self-driving car tech from Google/Waymo, has been pardoned by Donald Trump.
Telegram took down 'hundreds' of calls for violence from public US channels
Following an increasing number of reports in early January, Telegram says it took decisive action against US channels that advocated violence.