Twitter Removes Verification Badges From Inactive Accounts

What’s the one thing worse than trying to get verified on Twitter? Losing your verified status after you’ve already gone through the tedious process of getting verified. It sounds like the beginning of a customer service nightmare, but it’s a reality for some users right now. Inactive Accounts Are Losing Their Verified Status In a
Read more
No Comments

Twitter Removes Trump’s Tweets for "Repeated and Severe Violations"

As protests erupt in Washington D.C., Twitter flagged and removed a multitude of US President Trump’s Tweets. According to Twitter, Trump’s Tweets could potentially incite violence, and also violated Twitter’s Civic Integrity Policy. Twitter Squashes Trump’s Tweets Amid Protests Thousands of Trump supporters gathered on Capitol Hill to protest the results of the US presidential election,
Read more
No Comments

Facebook Removes Massive “Stop the Steal” Group | MakeUseOf

Facebook has banned a massive, two-day-old group from its platform. The group, Stop the Steal, was intent on challenging the results of the 2020 US presidential election. Facebook Swiftly Tackles “Stop the Steal” Mob A mere two days after the Stop the Steal Facebook group was created, it amassed over 300,000 members. The group was first formed
Read more
No Comments

Tumblr Removes All Reblogs Promoting Hate Speech

Tumblr is removing all reblogs promoting hate speech. With a particular focus on hate speech from white supremacists. Furthermore, the social media platform has committed to continue deleting reblogs found to be in violation of its community guidelines. Tumblr Was Late Cracking Down on Hate Speech In August 2018, Tumblr updated its community guidelines. This
Read more
No Comments

Amazon Removes the Ads From Prime Exclusive Phones

Amazon is removing the lockscreen ads from its Prime Exclusive Phones. An update will remove the ads from handsets already in the wild, while any new devices sold will be free of the lockscreen ads from day one. Unfortunately, this does mean the price of Prime Exclusive Phones may rise. In 2016, Amazon launched its
Read more
No Comments

Netflix Removes 50% of its Catalog to Fund Original Content

Have you noticed the Netflix catalog of movies and television shows getting smaller in recent years? If so, we now know why, as the number of titles available on Netflix has shrunk in half since 2012. Netflix and still single. — Steve Stifler (@StevStiffler) October 3, 2016 This is according to Exstreamist, which has compared
Read more
No Comments