Former US President Donald Trump is expected to announce a lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook and Google, as well as their respective CEOs
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Trump Supporting Social Media App Hacked
Arrival of Gettr social networking app, from former senior advisor to Donald Trump, is impacted by hack on its 4th July launch
President Biden Drops Trump Quest To Ban TikTok, WeChat
President Biden withdraws a number of executive orders of Donald Trump that sought to ban China's TikTok and WeChat in the US
Donald Trump Shuts Comms Website After Just One Month
'From the desk of Donald Trump' communications website closes after just one month of operation, and will not be returning
Florida To Prevent Tech Firms ‘Deplatforming’ Political Figures
After Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook ban Donald Trump, Florida governor signs bill to prevent political candidates being removed from social media
US Removes Xiaomi From DoD Blacklist
Shares in Xiaomi rally after US DoD removes Trump's blacklisting of Chinese smartphone maker over alleged ties to the Chinese military
Twitter Suspends Account Sharing Trump Posts
Shutdown again. An account has been suspended by Twitter for sharing the posts from Donald Trump's new communications mouthpiece
Trump Slams ‘Total Disgrace’ Of Continued Facebook Ban
Former US President Donald Trump lashes out at Facebook and other tech firms that have banned him from their respective platforms
Oversight Board Upholds Trump’s Facebook Suspension
Bad news for Donald. Facebook's 'Supreme Court' upholds suspension of Donald Trump account, but asks FB to review decision in six months
Trump Launches ‘Communications’ Website
Banned from social media for instigating US Capitol riot, Trump launches 'straight from the desk' website to publish his content
Judge Refuses To Dismiss AWS Claim Of Trump JEDI Interference
Failure for attempt by Microsoft and US DoJ to dismiss complaint from Amazon Web Services about Trump's JEDI contract interference
Foxconn Scales Back $10bn Wisconsin Factory
Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn dramatically scales back US factory that was heavily touted by former President Donald Trump
US Blacklists Seven Chinese Supercomputing Entities
Entity list additions. US Commerce Department adds seven Chinese supercomputing entities to US blacklist, for working with Chinese military
Facebook Removes Donald Trump Interview Video
Nope, you are still banned. Video of interview with former US President Donald Trump removed from his daughter-in-law Facebook page
YouTube CEO Outlines Criteria To Restore Donald Trump Account
Way back for Trump on social media? YouTube CEO says threats of violence must fall before Donald Trump account reinstatement
Facebook Oversight Board Confirms Appeal Over Trump Ban
Unnamed 'user' files appeal with Facebook's Supreme Court (the Oversight Board) against the 'indefinite' ban on Donald Trump
Parler App Back Online Using ‘Independent’ Tech
Controversial social platform Parler, popular with the far right is now back online, but difficulties remain for its users
Parler CEO Fired By Board Of Directors
Parler founder and CEO John Matze confirms he has been fired by board of directors, as far right social platform faces uncertain future
YouTube Extends Donald Trump Suspension
YouTube reviews its decision to ban Donald Trump from uploading to the plaform, and opts to keep its indefinite suspension in place
Facebook Refers Donald Trump Ban Decision To Oversight Board
Hot potato. Mark Zuckerberg refers his decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump over to its independent oversight board
Social Networking Giants Grilled By MPs On Hate Content
After Donald Trump's ban from many social networking platforms, British MPs grill executives on their respective hate content policies
Trump Pardons Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski
Engineer who stole self-driving car secrets from Google's Waymo division, receives pardon from outgoing US President Donald Trump
Apple’s Tim Cook Defends Parler Suspension
Amid criticism of big tech 'censorship' of free speech, Tim Cook defends decision to suspend far right Parler app from App Store
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey: Trump Ban Right Thing To Do
CEO of Twitter opens up about permanent ban on outgoing US President Donald Trump, after criticism from some quarters over 'freedom of speech'
YouTube Suspends Donald Trump Channel
Google streaming service YouTube becomes latest social network to suspend President Donald Trump, following attempted insurrection
Twitter Suspends 70,000 Accounts Sharing QAnon Content
Tens of thousands of accounts spreading QAnon conspiracy content in past few days after US Capitol attack have been suspended, Twitter confirms
Twitter Permanently Bans Donald Trump
Outgoing US President Donald Trump reportedly went 'ballistic' after he was permanently banned from his favoured messaging outlet
Facebook Bans Donald Trump ‘Indefinitely’ After Capitol Killings
With five dead including a police officer and talk of his immediate removal from office, Mark Zuckerberg extends Donald Trump's ban
Twitter, Facebook Block Donald Trump After Four Die In Capitol Siege
President Trump suspended from both Twitter and Facebook for posts to 'supporters', after mob storm US Capitol building and people die
President Trump Blacklists Eight Chinese Apps
Executive order signed by US President bans transactions with eight Chinese software applications including Ant's Alipay payment app