The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week (July 27-Aug. 2)
Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways. Although Twitter has rebranded to X, the humor lives on.
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Justice Dept. says it’s committed to sharing info about foreign election threats with tech companies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department remains committed to sharing with social media companies information that it picks up about efforts by foreign governments to influence this year’s elections, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told a lawyers’ conference on Friday.
DJT shares jump after Trump Media rolls out TV streaming plan
Trump Media said Friday it has started rolling out a TV streaming service that aims to air "neglected" content on its social media platform Truth Social. The company's stock price, which trades under the ticker DJT on the Nasdaq, jumped more than 6% Friday morning on the heels of the news. DJT shares had been in a slump since the share price briefly surged after former President Donald Trump, who is the company's majority shareholder, survived an assassination attempt on July 13. Before Friday, the share price had fallen more than 33% after that
How an Elon Musk-backed PAC is gathering data to boost Trump
If a voter in Michigan performs a search on Google, a somewhat shocking ad might pop up.
JD Vance joins TikTok – and bizarrely uses first video to promote hard seltzer
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has joined TikTok – and bizarrely used his first video to promote a hard seltzer.
How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election
If a voter in Michigan performs a search on Google, a somewhat shocking ad might pop up. The ad shows a young man lying in bed late at night when someone else texts him, "Hey you need to vote," and then sends the man a video of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The man can hear the gunshots and people screaming in the background. As Trump is rushed off stage with blood pouring down his face, the man watching the video types in response, "This is out of control. How do I start?" The ad then displays a website for a group
Elon Musk sued by ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon over canceled X deal
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon sued Elon Musk on Thursday, accusing him of making false promises to entice the journalist into a canceled deal to host a show on the billionaire's social media platform. The lawsuit alleges that Musk — who bought Twitter for $44 billion in late 2022 and later renamed it X — used news of a partnership with Lemon to boost the media company's profile, then reneged on the deal without compensating him. Lemon had "incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses" in preparing for the show, the lawsuit alleges. The deal to host "The Don Lemon Show" on X was scr
One year after news ban, Canadian journalism is suffering — but Meta isn't budging
Losing the ability to share news on Facebook has hurt Theresa Blackburn's bottom line and her newspaper's ability to serve her community — and as she works around the clock to keep her business afloat, she's pleading with lawmakers to make a deal with Meta so publishers can once again share their content.