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“I don’t think that Black Twitter is going to exist within the next couple of years,” said Jonathan Johnson, a 29-year-old behavioral therapist in Houston and a longtime Twitter and X user. “Social media is only important because of the social part, and if you don’t have that, people aren’t going to use” the app. Like many others, Black users have been eyeing an exit from the app since 2022, but users told NBC News that this mass exodus feels more permanent. He criticized the functionality of the app and said it will suffer without a mass of Black users. “It feels like a very welcoming, safe space,” said Pariss Chandler, the organizer of Black Tech Twitter and the founder of the recruitment platform Black Tech Pipeline.

Persons: ”, Jonathan Johnson, Mike Brown’s, Donald Trump, “, Ashon Crawley, Johnson, ” Elon, Musk, “ I’m, ” Crawley, Emily Liu, ” Liu, Gabrielle Union, Don Lemon, Vivek Ramaswamy, ” Johnson, Pariss Chandler, Chandler, “ It’s, ” Chandler, they’re, Rudy Fraser, Fraser, “ there’s, Bluesky, Bluesky’s, Blacksky Organizations: Twitter, University of Virginia, NBC News, Bluesky, Meta, Republican, “ Department, Government, Black Tech Twitter, Black Tech Pipeline Locations: Houston, Similarweb, Bluesky, Los Angeles, Crawley, Still

☆ Fact Check-Video of alleged assault on priest is from Guyana in 2020, not France
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing a man appearing to assault a priest in a church is from an incident in Georgetown, Guyana in 2020, not in France as has been claimed online. The footage was posted on Twitter with the caption: “France: black ‘refugee’ interrupts Mass, assaults priest, and steals the Holy Bible #BlackLivesMatter” (archive.is/1M5AS)Iterations of the claim were also seen on Facebook: (here) and (here). Reuters Fact Check has previously debunked claims circulating in Portuguese that the same video shows an incident in France (here ). Reuters has previously debunked claims that migrants were engaged in a brawl on the streets of Wicklow, Ireland (here)VERDICTMiscaptioned. The video is an old clip dating to 2020 in Guyana, not France, as claimed online.

☆ Former Twitter employees launch Spill, a refuge for 'Black Twitter,' after hate speech soars under Elon Musk's leadership
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The former Twitter employees are catering to "culture drivers," especially Black and queer creators. Terrell told TechCrunch. Since Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in October, hate speech and slurs against Black users have skyrocketed and popular users from Black Twitter have used comedy to mourn the loss of their online community. Following the announcement of the app, Terrell tweeted that Spill had received 20,000 reservations for handles within 12 hours. Terrell, Brown, and Spill advisors April Reign, DeRay Mckesson and Dantley Davis did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Totalizările anului 2020 pe Twitter. Care a fost cel mai distribuit mesaj și cele mai folosite hashtaguri
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

Care a fost cel mai distribuit mesaj și cele mai folosite hashtaguriUltimul tweet de pe contul lui Chadwick Boseman, care anunța decesul actorului la vârsta de 43 de ani, a fost cel mai distribuit mesaj pe Twitter anul acesta și cel care a primit cele mai multe aprecieri din istoria platformei. Comunicatul care anunța în acea zi decesul a fost distribuit, până pe 7 decembrie, de 2,1 milioane de ori, a fost citat de 924 500 de ori (un total de 3,1 milioane), a avut 165 600 de comentarii și 7,5 milioane de aprecieri. Mesajul a devenit cel mai apreciat în mai puțin de 24 de ore de la publicare. Următoarele cele mai apreciate mesaje ale anului au fost:# omagiul adus lui Bryant de Barack Obama# mesajul „Felicitări astronauților care au părăsit Pământul astăzi. Cu plăcere”# mesajul vicepreședintelui ales Kamala Harris după ce Joe Biden a fost anunțat câștigător al alegerilor prezidențiale: „Am reușit, @JoeBiden”.

Persons: Chadwick, Kobe Bryant, Bryant, Barack Obama, Andy, Macaulay Culkin, Harris, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, George Floyd, Michael Jordan, urmăritori, Baby, Megan Thee, Grande, Rihanna, Narendra Organizations: Black, Marvel, NBA, West, Chicago Bulls, Tiger King, ABC Locations: SUA, Kobe, BTS, Minneapolis, DaBaby

☆ (Видео) В США начались протесты после выборов президента
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-05 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

После завершения ночи выборов в США в американских городах начались столкновения с участием сторонников Трампа, Байдена и активистов BlackLivesMatter. Kettle released at 5th and 8th after a long stand off between cops and protestors, backs against the wall. В Нью-Йорке полиция сообщает об аресте 20 провокаторов, пытавшихся устроить беспорядки в ходе акций протеста — они бросали в полицейских мусор и разжигали огонь на улицах. Autonomous protestors and press around Leroy and 7th Ave from Washington Sq are attacked, beaten, kettled and shoved by NYPD. Трамп также заявил, что готов пойти в Верховный суд США и требовать приостановки обработки бюллетеней.

Persons: Kettle, Leroy, nokta, Трамп, Байден, Джозеф Байден, Дональд Трамп Organizations: USA, ньюйорк, Национальная гвардия, Верховный суд Locations: BlackLivesMatter, Washington, США, ПортлендеВ Портленд, Орегон, Белый Дом

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