Places and Things

Twitter tests full-size images previews in your feed on iOS and Android The next time you’re browsing through your Twitter timeline on your phone, you may notice a small but impactful change to how the service handles images. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/twitter-full-size-image-preview-tests-182811509.html

Twitter kept gaining new users after it banned Trump Twitter doesn’t need Donald Trump to keep growing. The company said today that it ended 2020 with 192 million daily users, and the figure continued to grow in January — the month when Trump was banned from the platform. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22275079/twitter-trump-ban-daily-user-growth-q4-2020-earnings

Trump returns to Twitter and promises a smooth transition of power Twitter has lifted its ban on President Donald Trump, and his latest tweet is very different than the ones we’ve seen for many months. Though he does not say he lost, his latest video feels like a concession speech. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/7/22218794/trump-twitter-ban-lifted-unbanned-realdonaldtrump

Twitter isn’t a government, but it’s the best one we’ve got This week, Twitter found the courage to finally deal with its most toxic user: the president of the United States. After giving one of Trump’s untrustworthy tweets a modest reality check, the president exploded in a tantrum. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/21274482/twitter-trump-censored-tweet-government-moderation

FCC commissioner says Trump’s Section 230 plan ‘does not work’ There’s a growing divide at the Federal Communications Commission over a proposed executive order by the Trump administration to regulate speech on social media platforms. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/28/21273324/fcc-donald-trump-social-media-executive-order-twitter-label-misinformation

Twitter labels Trump tweets as ‘potentially misleading’ for the first time On Tuesday, Twitter labeled two tweets from President Donald Trump making false statements about mail-in voting as “potentially misleading.” It’s the first time the platform has fact-checked the president. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21271207/twitter-donald-trump-fact-check-mail-in-voting-coronavirus-pandemic-california

While most of us are aware that we can mute conversations or other accounts on Twitter, it wasn’t until I saw this wonderful tweet by @nonprofWHIT that I realized you could also mute a specific word. from https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/19/21144097/twitter-mute-tweets-word-name-tag-how-to-settings-phone-desktop https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66338661/twitter.0.0.png

Earlier this week, a federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump couldn’t block his critics on Twitter. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/11/20688860/trump-loss-knight-institute-second-circuit-court-twitter-block-lawsuit-analysis https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64705806/acastro_180827_1777_0004.0.jpg