Northern Iowa’s Globe Gazette celebrated being back on Twitter Friday after a “permanent” ban imposed earlier in the week was lifted around 1:30 p.m. local time. “AND WE’RE BACKKKKK!!!!” news editor Lisa Grouette tweeted. The mysterious suspension of the news outlet — which began operations in 1858 — got the attention of other Iowa publications, […]
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We knew there would be madness. We knew there would be chaos. We didn’t know there would be two wedgies (when the basketball gets stuck between the rim and backboard) less than five minutes into Arkansas Razorbacks men’s basketball team’s opening NCAA Tournament matchup versus The Fighting Illinis of Illinois. That’s the kind of March […]
In its ongoing standoff with Twitter at the Karnataka High Court, the Indian government once again argued that the microblogging platform is not entitled to free speech protections as it is a foreign body corporate, reported LiveLaw. Twitter isn’t entitled to relief in the case, argued Additional Solicitor General R. Sankarnarayanan appearing for the government yesterday. Last […]
Iowa strolled into Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Ala., with the nation’s No. 3 adjusted offensive efficiency per Kenpom. Auburn boasted the country’s No. 5 3-point percentage defense. It looked more like the latter than the former through one half of play. Hawkeye big Filip Rebraca kept Iowa afloat with 10 first-half points, but Iowa struggled […]
As reported by several Twitter users, including PopBase, an account that calls itself “your best source for all pop culture related entertainment, news, award show coverage, chart updates, statistics and more,” Twitter has added yet another public-facing vanity metric to its User Interface (UI). This time around, it’s not view counts, which Musk claimed would […]
Before Elon Musk was cutting deep at Twitter, inspiring legions of Silicon Valley bosses to take more unsparing approaches to running their companies, the chief executive officer of Tesla swung the axe on the car company’s small public relations team. It was late 2019, and Tesla had just steered through a rough patch of production hell, executive departures and self-inflicted crises. […]
At least he won’t only be remembered for accidentally running out of the end zone in an NFL game. ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky tweeted that he uses a towel 30 times before throwing it in the laundry, in response to a question posed by 3-time Ravens Pro Bowler Marlon Humphrey. “I want to be able to […]
General Manager Chris Ballard has been high on his team’s wide receiver group for quite some time now, and it looks like that won’t change, as the Indianapolis Colts are re-signing special teams contributor and wide receiver, Ashton Dulin. Dulin, who signed with the team as an undrafted free agent in 2019, received a two-year […]
from the coercion-is-the-key dept There’s been a lot of discussion of late, especially because of the various Twitter Files, regarding where the line is between governments simply flagging content for social media websites to vet against their own policies as compared to unconstitutional and impermissible suppression of speech in violation of the 1st Amendment. As […]
Theodora (Theo) Skeadas recently left her role at Twitter, where she managed the Trust and Safety Council, managed a research hub within the Public Policy team, supported the Twitter Moderation Research Consortium, and managed a trusted partners program. She is a member of the Integrity Institute. On Tuesday, February 21, my time as a Twitter employee on the Public Policy team officially […]