Tag: Social Media

National Security

Chinese-owned TikTok is suing the Trump administration over plan to ban the app

Jerry Dunleavy · August 24, 2020 6:38 pm

Peter Navarro, director of the National Trade Council, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Navarro said the Trump administration's tariffs on China will focus on high-tech industries where Beijing wants to lead.

Peter Navarro accused FDA officials of being part of the ‘deep state’: Report

Mica Soellner · August 24, 2020 10:09 am

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Washington.

Trump accuses Chris Wallace of asking ‘softball questions’ to Biden allies

Mica Soellner · August 23, 2020 8:56 pm

Facebook considers political ad ‘kill switch’ to stop misinformation after election: Report

Madison Dibble · August 21, 2020 4:23 pm

President Donald Trump

Trump administration petitions Supreme Court to let president block accounts on Twitter

Anthony Leonardi · August 20, 2020 8:51 pm

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The FBI is grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of money laundering schemes that law enforcement officials say theyâre scrambling to slow through a combination of prosecution and public awareness. Beyond the run-of-the-mill plots, officials say, is a particularly concerning trend involving âmoney mules.â These are people who, unwittingly or not, use their own bank accounts to move money for criminals for purposes they think are legitimate or even noble.

FBI apologizes for sharing link to anti-Semitic ‘Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’

Mike Brest · August 20, 2020 1:15 pm

David Reinert holding a Q sign waits in line with others to enter a campaign rally with President Donald Trump Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., Thursday, August 2, 2018 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Facebook cracks down on thousands of QAnon-related accounts, groups

Mike Brest · August 19, 2020 8:47 pm

President Trump's Twitter feed is always under fire. His retweet of a post with the alleged name of the impeachment whistleblower shows how social media gives everyday Americans a direct line to the president.

Washington Secrets

Banned: 73% say social media censors views, 90% among GOP

Paul Bedard · August 19, 2020 8:09 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, center, watches balloons fall alongside son Barron, from left, wife Melania, Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana and Pence's wife Karen after Trump's address to delegates during the final day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.

Former Covington student Nicholas Sandmann scheduled to speak at GOP convention

Anthony Leonardi · August 19, 2020 3:44 pm

Trump to donate $100,000 of salary to National Park Service to restore and repair monuments

Mica Soellner · August 14, 2020 11:29 pm

Magazine - Your Land

Wear a mask. No, not that one

Timothy P. Carney · August 14, 2020 3:00 am

Top DOJ official outlines ‘national security risks’ posed by TikTok and other Chinese apps

Jerry Dunleavy · August 13, 2020 4:01 pm