The policy goes into effect Sept. 17, a few weeks before the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.
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Trump wants Supreme Court to let him block critics on Twitter
A federal appeals court ruled last year that Trump uses the account to make daily pronouncements and observations that are overwhelmingly official in nature.
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Three charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam
The July 15 attack compromised the accounts of some of the company’s most high-profile users.
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Social media platforms gird for 78 days of disinformation chaos after Election Day
Because of a surge in mail-in ballots, results are likely to be delayed.
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Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections
Days after Twitter applied fact checks to two of his tweets, the president signs an executive order challenging the lawsuit protections for free speech on the internet.
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The Maine Millennial: What makes a ‘real Mainer’?
Claiming that everyone who disagrees with you doesn’t belong in the conversation is no way to win an argument.
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Collins says Trump didn’t follow the law when firing inspector general
In an exchange on Twitter, Maine’s senior U.S. senator said the president did not follow a federal law, which she helped pass in 2008, when he fired a federal watchdog in the office of the U.S. Inspector General late last Friday.
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Leeds man fires back after Donald Trump calls him an ‘animal’
Richard Fochtmann, called an “animal” by Trump on Twitter, said Monday he considers the president a bully, a racist and a would-be dictator.
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In contrast to Facebook, Twitter will ban all political advertising
The move comes as Facebook has taken fire since it disclosed that it will not fact-check ads by politicians or their campaigns.
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Commentary: Democratic congressman shames his own constituents, and himself
Defenders of Joaquin Castro’s tweet don’t understand the line between criticism and harassment.