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☆ There will be an 'unprecedented spike' in maternal mortality if a Trump-appointed judge bans the abortion pill, Democratic attorneys general argue
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Banning mifepristone will result in more women dying in pregnancy, Democratic attorneys general argued this month. The argument comes as a judge in Texas is considering a ban on the abortion pill. Republican attorneys general who have weighed in on the case also maintain that its approval infringed on state rights. In her brief, James noted that carrying a pregnancy to term poses significantly greater health risks than an early abortion. As Slate's Christina Cautertucci notes, mifepristone is only one of the two drugs used in a typical medication abortion.

☆ What Elon Musk has said publicly — and in private texts — on his ideas for Twitter and X, an 'everything app'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elon Musk has discussed his plans for X, an "everything app," on Twitter and in private texts. AP Photo/Jacquelyn MartinPrivate texts about a blockchain-based platformMusk has also discussed creating a social media platform built on a blockchain. In April, the billionaire privately outlined his idea for a "Doge" social media platform in texts to his younger brother, Kimbal Musk. "I have an idea for a blockchain social media system that does both payments and short text messages/links like Twitter," Musk texted. Shortly after buying Twitter, Musk began charging Twitter users for the app's blue check mark.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk visited Capitol Hill on Thursday and met with House leaders from both parties, saying the discussions focused on the social media platform he purchased in October. McCarthy, who turned 58 on Thursday, earlier told reporters that Musk "came by to wish me a happy birthday." Asked later if the meeting included a discussion about Twitter, a spokesperson for McCarthy referred back to the birthday wishes. Musk's visit comes amid ongoing GOP accusations that most social media platforms are suppressing conservative voices. Since taking over Twitter, Musk has restored hundreds of accounts of right-wing activists and QAnon followers, according to data reviewed by NBC News.

[1/2] A logo of Meta Platforms Inc. is seen at its booth, at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit TessierJan 25 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's potential return to Meta Platform's (META.O) Facebook and Instagram is unlikely to change how advertisers spend money with the world's second-largest digital ad company, ad agency executives said. In a blog post on Wednesday announcing Trump's reinstatement, Meta said he will face "heightened penalties for repeat offenses." Trump's reinstatement, however, reinforces long-standing concerns about how social media platforms can ensure that ads don't appear next to content that marketers consider unsuitable, D'Altorio said. Ad spending on Twitter slumped in the last two months of 2022, according to Standard Media Index, which measures ad spending based on data from ad agencies.

☆ Nick Clegg led Meta's decision to reinstate Trump to Facebook and Instagram. Here's how the former UK deputy prime minister charmed his way into Mark Zuckerberg's inner circle.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Philip Webster | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Nick Clegg has risen quickly to become one of Mark Zuckerberg's closest confidants at Meta. Clegg, a former UK deputy prime minister, led the decision to reinstate Donald Trump to Facebook. It was updated on February 16, 2022 following the news that Nick Clegg had been promoted to the role of President for Global Affairs. In a challenging economic climate, the Lib Dems and their Conservative coalition partners voted to raise tuition fees. Nick Clegg (left) and Chris Huhne appearing on the BBC's "The Andrew Marr Show" in October 2007.

☆ Meta and Twitter decided to restore Trump’s account. Will other platforms follow suit?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The decisions by Twitter and now Facebook-parent Meta to bring back Trump could push — or at least provide cover for — a number of other platforms to make similar moves. Facebook and Twitter restricted Trump’s accounts in the aftermath of the January 6 attack. Many other platforms followed suit by banning or restricting Trump, including YouTube, Snapchat and game streaming platform Twitch. On Wednesday, Snapchat parent Snap indicated that it is not planning to revisit its decision to ban Trump’s account two years ago. “In January 2021, Donald Trump’s Snapchat account was terminated for violating our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines,” a Snap spokesperson said in a statement to CNN.

☆ Jan. 6 Committee failed to hold social media companies to account for their role in the Capitol attack, staffers and witnesses say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan Audrey Ash Zachary Cohen | Donie O'Sullivan | Audrey Ash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But now these witnesses, along with some committee staff, are frustrated, saying the committee failed to adequately hold major social media companies to account for the role they played in the worst attack on the Capitol in 200 years. They also said the final report outlines structural issues across social media and society that need to be studied further. Jeremy Moorhead/CNNDisagreement about social media companies’ role in the Jan. 6 attack comes as 2023 looks to be a pivotal year for Silicon Valley firms in Washington, DC. “Indeed, the lack of an official Committee report chapter or appendix dedicated exclusively to these matters does not mean our investigation exonerated social media companies for their failure to confront violent rhetoric,” they wrote. “History has taught us what happens when political speech on social media companies is allowed to fester unchecked.”

☆ Facebook and Instagram will reinstate Trump after two-year ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Meta will allow former President Donald Trump to return to Facebook and Instagram in the coming weeks, the company announced, two years after his suspension was enacted following the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The platforms' bans varied in their degrees, however, with Twitter opting for a permanent ban and Facebook saying its suspension was temporary, eventually setting a timeline of two years before it reviewed the decision. The suspensions came after a mob charged into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, as lawmakers worked to certify the election of President Joe Biden. "The suspension was an extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances," Clegg wrote. As a result, the company concluded "that the risk has sufficiently receded, and that we should therefore adhere to the two-year timeline we set out."

☆ Facebook could soon reinstate Trump. Two former senior staffers debate the decision
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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The debate comes less than two months after Twitter restored Trump’s account, but Meta’s intention to reevaluate the decision predates Twitter’s reversal. “I can’t think of what that rigorous standard would be that would make this policy be applied fairly, not just to former President Trump, but to any politician.”Is Trump bound to Truth Social? A phone screen displays the Truth Social app in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022. Trump now has his own rival social media platform, Truth Social, which he launched in February. Despite his desire for a bigger megaphone and aides encouraging him to rejoin Twitter, Trump has said he is committed to Truth Social.

☆ Some Twitter users who criticized Elon Musk say they've been suspended or told they violated rules due to 'hateful conduct'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some Twitter users say they were told their tweets about Elon Musk were "hateful conduct." Insider found two users who said they were suspended for tweets poking fun at the new owner. Insider found two users who said their accounts were suspended and four who got notified by Twitter that they had violated its rules due to "hateful conduct." Another person said they received the same notification after tweeting: "To be clear, Elon Musk is a tax-avoidance whore." Musk also said that people who had their accounts suspended for "minor and dubious" reasons would be released from "Twitter jail."

☆ Elon Musk said he would support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said he would support Florida Gov. The Florida governor is emerging as a formidable political rival for Donald Trump. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and Twitter owner, revealed his support for the governor while responding to a tweet on Friday. When asked whether he would support DeSantis in 2024, Musk replied with a simple "yes." The Florida governor is emerging as a formidable political rival for former President Donald Trump, who earlier this month announced his plans to run for president for the third time.

☆ Elon Musk launches new Twitter poll on whether to allow suspended users back after he reinstated Trump's account based on another poll
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

On Wednesday, he tweeted a poll asking if Twitter should bring back suspended accounts that haven't broken the law or "engaged in egregious spam." Days ago, Musk reinstated Donald Trump's account after running a similar poll, in which users narrowly voted to bring him back to Twitter. In a tweet Wednesday afternoon, Musk floated the idea of allowing suspended users back onto the platform en masse. "Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?" It is unclear how many users currently have their accounts suspended and for how long those accounts have been shut down.

☆ Disney’s tale of two Bobs
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This was a big surprise Sunday night, for a few reasons:1) Iger has previously dismissed the idea of going back to Disney. Then, he kept going: Iger’s Disney acquired Lucasfilm, home of the Star Wars franchise, for a little over $4 billion. Disney shares surged 9% Monday morning, reflecting investors’ hopes that Iger will swoop in and work his magic. The Trump news was no surprise — even before buying Twitter, Musk made clear he would reinstate Trump and rethink the site’s content-moderation policies. And if Musk’s strategy is to stoke controversy, he’s already brought out the big guns in letting Trump back on.

☆ Donald Trump appears to snub Twitter as Elon Musk reinstates the former president
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump has said that he sees no reason to rejoin Twitter, Reuters reported. Elon Musk reinstated the former president's account on Saturday night following a Twitter poll. Trump's Twitter account had more than 88 million followers before he was banned on January 8, 2021. Addressing if he'd be rejoining Twitter, Trump said: "I don't see any reason for it. Musk previously told a Financial Times conference, "I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump," adding, "I think that was a mistake.

☆ Analysis: Twitter was already in disarray. Trump's return will only make it more chaotic
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Seth Fiegerman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

(He also noted Trump’s return comes a day before the World Cup is set to kick off, a high-traffic event for the platform.) Instead, Musk tweeted a poll Friday, asking followers to vote whether or not to restore Trump’s account. But Trump also made Twitter into the center of the known media and political universe. Celebrities, world leaders, and a long list of critics and supporters often engaged with Trump directly on Twitter. But one answer seems clear: Musk appears to be betting that if users can’t turn away from the platform, neither can advertisers.

Elon Musk on Saturday reinstated former President Donald Trump's Twitter account. Musk polled Twitter users about whether to bring back the account, with 51% of respondents voting "yes." Trump's return to Twitter was widely anticipated after Tesla CEO Elon Musk closed a $44 billion deal to buy the company. "I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump," Musk said at a Financial Times conference in May. "I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on TRUTH," Trump told Fox News in April, referring to the website Truth Social.

☆ CBS News Suspends Twitter Posting ‘In Light of the Uncertainty’ About Musk-Owned Social Platform
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

CBS News is halting its activity on Twitter over Elon Musk’s turbulent and potentially devastating moves following his takeover of the company. A statement with nearly identical wording was shared Friday by the Twitter account of KPIX, the CBS-owned station in San Francisco. Another looming question: whether Musk will allow Trump back on Twitter. On Friday, Musk launched a poll asking his 116 million-plus followers whether Twitter should reinstate Trump. After the mass resignations at Twitter, Musk — the richest individual in the world — called an emergency meeting of engineers Friday, requesting that “anyone who actually writes software” report to the company’s San Francisco headquarters.

☆ AOC responds to Elon Musk's poll to reinstate Trump's Twitter, saying the 'last time he was here this platform was used to incite an insurrection'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk issued a Twitter poll asking if Donald Trump's account should be reinstated. Trump was permanently suspended from the platform following the Capitol insurrection. AOC issued a reminder about the "last time" Trump was on Twitter, which he "used to incite an insurrection." Twitter poll it is," Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweeted response. She added video footage of former Vice President Mike Pence being escorted to an alternative location within the Capitol as rioters fought police and infiltrated the Capitol.

☆ Elon Musk polls Twitter: Reinstate Trump?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Amid his chaotic takeover, Elon Musk polled Twitter users on whether to reinstate Trump's account. Twitter banned Trump in January 2021 following the Capitol riot, citing "the risk of further incitement of violence." Musk in May said he would reinstate Trump's account following his acquisition of the company, calling the decision to ban the former president "morally wrong and flat out stupid." Trump has said he won't return to Twitter even if his account is reinstated, saying he prefers his own platform, Truth Social. I like it better, I like the way it works, I like Elon, but I'm staying on Truth," Trump told Fox News last month.

Circuit Court of Appeals in a filing that the ban from Twitter marked "overtly partisan censorship" and was "contrary to First Amendment principles deeply rooted in American history and law." His lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages and a court order requiring Twitter to "immediately reinstate" his account that was permanently suspended on Jan. 8, 2021. A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment, and a Twitter spokesperson did not immediately reply. A lawyer for Trump, John Coale in Washington, told Reuters on Monday, "We want him to have the right to get back on" to Twitter. Donato also denied Trump's claim that Twitter was serving as a "state actor" when it banned his account.

☆ Shares of Trump-linked SPAC soar 66% as former president hints at 2024 run
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The social media app will be developed by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG). Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp ., the company set to take Trump Media and Technology Group public, spiked Monday after former president Donald Trump hinted at a 2024 presidential run. The stock is still down 43% year to date as the special purpose acquisition company navigates financial and legal troubles. However, the company still faces a hurdle to completing its acquisition of Trump Media and the Truth Social platform. Internal documents revealed that he was approached with opportunities from alternative platforms Gettr and Parler before committing to the Trump Media enterprise.

☆ Tim Ryan doubles down on his go-it-alone strategy in Ohio's crucial Senate race as Democratic leaders campaign elsewhere: 'They don't need to rescue me. I need to rescue them'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Democratic Senate hopeful Tim Ryan is facing off against Trump-backed challenger JD Vance in Ohio. He added, somewhat defiantly, "They don't need to rescue me. Fans of Democratic Ohio Senate hopeful Rep. Tim Ryan chat in front of his campaign bus during a rally in Xenia, Ohio on November 4, 2022. "We don't need people from the outside coming in to sell us something, because his message is so strong," Saul added. Matheny said, adding that it "shows working-class people that you don't need all that extra money in your pocket."

☆ Ohio Republicans focused on winning a battleground Senate race still find things to admire in Tim Ryan just days before the crucial midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Senate hopefuls JD Vance and Tim Ryan are making their closing pitches to Ohio voters. Some Buckeye State Republicans give Democrat Ryan points for his fighting spirit. Ohio Senate hopeful JD Vance mingles with local Republicans during Ohio GOP's bus tour stop in Zanesville, Ohio. She can't say the same for Vance, who Drenan claims waffled about abortion in his final debate with Ryan. "That's how dissatisfied I am with Republicans right now."

☆ Trump fan in a ruby red slice of Ohio still furious about the 2020 election finds JD Vance's closing pitch lacking: 'I'm definitely not voting for him'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

GOP Senate hopeful JD Vance is racing across Ohio ahead of the midterms. A Trump fan at a recent rally criticized Vance for moving on from the 2020 election challenges. Vance and Ohio's GOP leaders are pushing election deniers aside, but Trump's base won't budge. "I think it was stolen," Drenan told Insider about the last election. But we've moved on," Fawcett told Insider at the Zanesville rally.

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