Tag: Donald Trump
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Facebook fires employee over Trump’s posts
Facebook has fired an employee, Brandon Dail for criticizing its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Founder Mark Zuckerberg over posts made by US President Donald Trump. Dail, a user interface engineer in Seattle, wrote on Twitter that he was dismissed for publicly scolding a colleague who had refused to include a statement of support for…
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Donald Trump vows not to watch U.S. soccer
Donald Trump has taken a shot at U.S. Soccer, claiming he won’t be watching the game anymore following a decision not to force players to stand for the national anthem. America has been rocked by protests after the death of George Floyd with footballers around the world adding their voices to the Black Lives Matter…
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US elections: Biden clinches Democratic nomination to face Trump in November
Former vice president Joe Biden on Friday claimed victory in the Democratic Party race to take on President Donald Trump in the November election. “It was an honour to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded – and I am proud to say that we are…
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German Chancellor, Merkel rejects Trump’s invitation for G7 summit in Washington
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the G7 summit in Washington due to the coronavirus pandemic, the German Press Agency reported Saturday, citing government spokesperson, Steffen Seibert. U.S. President Donald Trump said on May 20 that he was aiming for a real G7 summit in Washington in late June as a sign of normalisation…
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Trump’s altercation with Twitter assumes new dimension
Twitter on Friday flagged and hid a tweet made by U.S. President Donald Trump for allegedly glorifying violence, taking the altercation between the President and the microblogging platform to a different level. Trouble started recently after Twitter issued a fact check on some Trump’s tweets, marking the first time the U.S. President’s favoured social media…
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White House releases details of Trump’s order upholding free speech online
The White House has released content of the executive order signed on Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump to protect and uphold the free speech and rights of the American people. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Trump signed the executive order on Thursday, taking executive action to fight online censorship by tech corporations, including social media platforms,…
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President Trump mulls executive order against social media
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on social media on Thursday, according to local media reports. The reports, citing unnamed White House officials, came a day after microblogging site, Twitter, tagged Trump’s tweets on mail-in voting as misleading. In the tweets, the president told his over 80 million followers that…
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Trump threatens to close down social media platforms
U.S. President Donald Trump, on Wednesday threatened to “strongly regulate or close down” social media platforms. The threat came a day after microblogging service provider, Twitter, labelled his tweet on voting by mail as misleading. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we…
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Twitter issues fact check of Trump tweets for first time
Twitter issued a fact check of some of Donald Trump’s tweets on Tuesday, marking the first time the U.S. president’s favoured social media platform has pushed back against him spreading falsehoods. The move, which almost immediately heightened tensions between Trump and the social media giant, came in the form of a label under two of…