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Either because they don’t take him seriously or because they don’t want to fight him in public. Or both.


The two tech giants are divided on how to handle Trump’s escalating war on social media.


How a Twitter campaign to help Minneapolis protesters may also help reform America’s unfair bail system.


It won’t hold up in court. That’s not the point.


Unrest in Minneapolis meets the president’s ongoing war on social media.


Legal experts say the executive order is largely toothless — but it could set a symbolic precedent about government censorship of the internet.


100,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus, and Trump is worried about a fact-check on Twitter.


Why keeping in touch with casual acquaintances is important, even in a pandemic.


Even if Trump’s executive order tries to shut down social media companies, it would face an immediate court battle.


Twitter’s new reply moderation tool could be a game changer for victims of harassment.


What happens when the medical misinformation comes from the president?


After the president tweeted misleading information about mail-in ballots, Twitter applied a warning label to Trump’s tweets for the first time.


The social media giant is letting its employees request to permanently work from home.


The app is one step closer to being end-to-end encrypted by default.


Mark Zuckerberg wants to give small retailers a way to sell online that doesn’t involve Amazon.