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Facebook indefinitely suspended Smith & Wesson’s account Friday, and on November 27 the renowned gunmaker responded by praising Elon Musk’s defense of free speech via the X platform. Smith & Wesson’s account posted on X: “Despite our extensive efforts and resources spent on trying to adhere to Facebook’s ever-changing community guidelines on firearms, our account was suspended indefinitely on Friday, November 22nd, 15 years after its original creation.” The gunmaker posted the alert they received from Facebook on Friday and it simply says, “We suspended your Page.” Smith & Wesson added, “In an era where free speech and the right...

@tunguz It was far from obvious at the time, but this was one of the major inflection points of human history.

Bluesky, the rapidly growing social media platform, is violating EU regulations by failing to disclose important details, a European Commission spokesperson told reporters during a daily briefing on Monday. “All platforms in the EU even the smallest ones which are below the threshold, which is the case for Bluesky, have to have a dedicated page on their website where it says how many user numbers they have in the EU and where they are legally established. This is not the case for Bluesky as of today,” the spokesperson said.He also stated that since Bluesky falls below the threshold and is...

I have been on Twitter/X for years without incident. Then suddenly today I find myself suspended. For what? I didn't get any specific answer other than general SPAM despite the fact that my activity there hasn't varied from what it was before. So far I am only getting replies from robot AI on X so I can't find the reason. However, I suspect my suspension might have been some sort of retaliation for a video I made mocking the Bluesky Bolsheviks. Here is the video I uploaded four days ago:Bluesky Bubble Liberals HILARIOUSLY React to Morning Joe and Mika Kissing...

For leftists who hate the free exchange of information on Elon Musk’s X, it’s paradise; for the rest of us, it’s the funniest thing ever (and kind of sad, too). I got curious about Bluesky, the social media platform that Democrats saw as their refuge once Elon Musk had the bad taste to turn X from a censorious leftist redoubt into a free speech platform. Today, I set up an account there, and I was absolutely dazzled. This is leftism unhinged, although for the real purists, like spoiled (and very rich) Hollywood brat, Rob Reiner, Bluesky is still too polluted...

hinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke. She was shadowed by Danish navy for a while during night and is now in Danish Straits leaving Baltics. No signs of boarding. AIS-caveats apply.

Bluesky says it now has about 20 million users — and it's become a pretty lively site. It has lots of pundits and people talking about the election, but does it have enough regular people ? There's a hero we need: Pop Crave. Bluesky has seen explosive growth in the past few weeks, hitting 20 million users. Since the election it's gone from a sleepy niche app to a bustling destination that resembles pre-Muskian Twitter. It has a lot of Twitter refugees who, for various reasons, found a hostile user experience on X. There are plenty of obvious reasons for...

Fledgling social media upstart Bluesky has enjoyed a surge in new users over the past week, more than doubling its user base to over 15 million as leftists flee from X/Twitter. However, the rapid growth has also brought significant moderation challenges for the young company. The overwhelmingly leftist userbase has been flooded the company with flagged posts, requests for censorship, and even child pornography. The New York Times reports that in the midst of significant changes in the social media landscape, Bluesky, a relatively new social network, has experienced an unprecedented surge in growth. Founded by former Twitter CEO Jack...

The decentralised social media platform has seen a large uptick in users since the US election. Millions of users have joined the social media platform Bluesky in the wake of the US presidential election. Several academics, journalists, left-leaning politicians, and celebrities have said they would join the platform that used to be backed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The platform said over the weekend that it was adding one million users in a day, with its total number of users now at 19 million. What is Bluesky? Bluesky is a decentralised social media platform that was founded as a...

Video: "BlueSky is the nightmare we thought it would be: a cesspool of violent radical left lunatics that are threatening to kill President Trump. Share this and let’s get these freaks investigated. Don’t write this off as just stupid kids trolling. Remember: Thomas Crooks was just a stupid kid." And it is not only Trump that they are threatening.

Bluesky is drowning under the weight of the leftists reporting everything. 3000 reports per hour! 😂 Bluesky Safety In the past 24 hours, we have received more than 42,000 reports (an all-time high for one day). We're receiving 3,000 reporter/hour. To put the tin context, in all of 2023, we received 360k reports.

The great X-odus is under way. More than 1 million new users have joined the social media platform Bluesky since the US election. Many are seeking to escape Elon Musk’s X amid warnings from anti-hate speech campaign groups and the EU about misinformation and extremism on the platform. But what exactly is Bluesky, why it is proving so popular, and who has already made the move? What is Bluesky? Bluesky is a social media platform where people can interact much as they do on X, posting, replying and messaging one another on a vertical user interface. The recent influx of...

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr utilized Media Research Center analysis to put Big Tech and so-called media ratings firm NewsGuard on notice. Carr sent a letter Wednesday to the respective CEOs of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple accusing them of “improper conduct” in silencing Americans’ exercising free speech on political, religious and scientific issues. Carr specifically ordered these tech giants to acquiesce to surrendering any documents related to their work with “the Orwellian named NewsGuard” given its history of targeting right-leaning websites by bullying their advertisers. Moreover, Carr excoriated the CEOs for participating in “a censorship cartel that included not...

Verizon Fios internet outages have impacted millions of customers on the East Coast, causing significant disruptions in the early hours of Tuesday. A map of user-reported issues shows the affected area spans about 300 miles from Philadelphia to Richmond, Virginia, according to the third-party website Downdetector, which tracks real-time service disruptions. Outage.Report also said it found significant outrages for Verizon Fios. “During the incident we received reports from Washington, Lewes, Miami, LaGrange, Baltimore, Silver Spring, Raleigh, Cherry Hill, Maple Shade, Sewell, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, Ashburn, Fairfax, Falls Church, Henrico County, Norfolk and 16 other cities,” Outage.Report noted.

Mattel may be safe from the Wicked Witch of the West, but it has had to issue a mea culpa to avoid the wrath of angry parents. The toy company said the web address for a pornography company was mistakenly printed on the packaging for dolls tied to the new film “Wicked” instead of the official website for the upcoming Universal Pictures release. Social-media users pointed out the mistake, noting that the URL directs to an adult-content website. The film’s website is wickedmovie.com. The URL on the box omits the word “movie.” “We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are...

This is odd. When I try to copy urls to repost the url disappears. Instead I am provided with a statement that SAYS SEARCH OR TYPE URL. This is occurring on X, YOUTUBE, FB and other media. This is new. Not with FR. I often cut and paste across platforms. But not now. Just started yesterday. What am I doing wrong

Why bother with making information accessible and usable if you can tell people what you want them to hear instead?When Google launched in the late 1990s, it quickly overtook the market for search engines. Its proprietary method of indexing led users to results they were actually looking for rather than producing the hodgepodge of results offered by other search engines of the time. Within just a few years, it was dominating the market. Today, it is a money-printing machine.It’s also increasingly horrible at the core mission that produced such success. The company’s leadership may have realized early on that to...

Vice President Kamala Harris is shamelessly trying to run away from her 'Border Czar' responsibilities, often with the assistance of a compliant 'news' media, but that wasn't the only major job with which she's been tasked in the Biden-Harris administration. The president also tapped her to help lead and oversee a number of expensive 'green' and infrastructure initiatives. On a costly plan to install new electric vehicle chargers (Harris is suddenly pretending she has nothing to do with EV mandates she has supported and co-sponsored), Politico described its 'progress' in late 2023: "Congress at the urging of the Biden administration...

Meta’s senior software engineer recently admitted to an undercover journalist at O’Keeffe Media Group that Facebook censors conservatives.BREAKING: Senior Meta Engineer Reveals Anti-Kamala Posts Are "Automatically Demoted,” Admits Shadowbanning Tactics "Say your uncle in Ohio said something about Kamala Harris is unfit to be a president because she doesn't have a child, that kind of sh*t is automatically demoted,”… pic.twitter.com/4DSkvzvKmO — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 16, 2024Jeevan Gyawali added that those who oppose Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in their posts would see their accounts shadowbanned and their posts demoted.“Say your uncle in Ohio said something about Kamala Harris [being]...

Senior Meta Engineer Reveals Anti-Kamala Posts Are "Automatically Demoted,” Admits Shadowbanning Tactics "Say your uncle in Ohio said something about Kamala Harris is unfit to be a president because she doesn't have a child, that kind of sh*t is automatically demoted,” reveals @Meta Senior Software Engineer, Jeevan Gyawali ( @JGyawali ), to an undercover @OKeefeMedia journalist during a hidden camera date. He confirmed, “The person would not be notified,” but would see a decline in their post engagement and impressions, explaining that Meta’s “Integrity Team” is responsible for controlling content through “civic classifiers,” a system that “shadowbans” posts without notifying...