Questions tagged [social-media]
Many people use social media for political purposes. Questions here should focus on the political aspects of social media usage, and not broader usage questions.
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Why is the Young America's Foundation talking about social issues all day long? [closed]
Why is the Young America's Foundation (in particular its iconic people like Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, and Michael Knowles) talking about social issues all day long?
Just look at their YouTube channel......
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Can the U.S. government do anything to prevent Bytedance from taking it to the Supreme Court after the ban?
Tiktok's US subsidiary of the company Bytedance has decided to take the matter to the Supreme Court after the US government decided to ban it. Can the US government can do anything to prevent this, or ...
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Is there any other Republican who is against a TikTok ban?
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that the proposed TikTok ban
“makes no sense,” ahead of an expected vote on the House floor on
Wednesday.
In an interview with NewsNation’s Leland Vitter on “On ...
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Are Chinese social networks "ablaze with antisemitism"? [closed]
This article with reference to an Israeli diplomat in China says that Chinese social networks are "ablaze with antisemitism".
I wonder if this is true?
Notice also that on the day of the ...
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Does social media exacerbate political meddling?
On the back of a previous (now-closed) question: What makes the West susceptible to political interference and foreign meddling?
There has always been a baseline degree to which states seek to ...
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What arguments support claims that the Biden Administration used "threat and coercion" when telling social media that they "have to take speech down"?
In the July 6, 2023 PBS Newshour video Judge limits government's contact with social media companies after GOP states sue
after about 02:00, Host Amna Nawaz begins:
..Several Republican state ...
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Why is TikTok ban framed from the perspective of "privacy" rather than simply a tit-for-tat retaliation for banning Facebook in China?
There's currently tons of disputes in the media over the extent to which TikTok is supposed to be "spying" on US users and (afaik) the planned ban, if executed, will be done on the grounds ...
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What are “Russian nationalist military bloggers”?
In a recent article, Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of Ukraine war's deadliest strikes. Polityuk, Pavel, there is a reference to “Russian nationalist military bloggers”.
One such ...
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What would violate First Amendment rights by government action on social media?
The Twitter Files have been released over recent weeks. There have been quite a few claims, counter claims, people with their metaphorical hair metaphorically on-fire, etc., about exactly what ...
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Did Twitter's unbanning of accounts equally unban left and right leaning accounts?
There is a lot of debate over Musk's recent actions with Twitter, which basically boils down to whether it is better allowing freedom of expression and/or countering Twitter's previous left leaning ...
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Are there really any "...world leaders who have no other diplomatic channel to speak to one another..." besides Twitter?
At about 03:58 in NBC News' New Wave Of Resignations Hit Twitter After Musk's Ultimatum For Employees, NBC technology correspondent Jake Ward says the following about current events in Twitter and ...
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What is the point of a country blocking social media in response to an act of terror?
A bomb went off in Turkey today, killing some people in a crowded tourist area. Turkey has blocked many social media outlets so that those using in the country can't access them (Twitter, Youtube, ...
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Correlation between companies' tariff exemptions/exclusions and political social media postings
The U.S. has recently had tariffs on the import of steel under two administrations by opposing political parties. I would assume, but don't know, that a 25% difference in the cost of raw materials ...
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Why do conservatives who disagree with social media censorship not just switch to blogs/RSS?
Many conservatives believe that social media companies should not be able to block users based on politics. However, they keep using the social media platforms, and even those who have been blocked ...
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Are there examples of Russian "disinformation" on social media that tried to influence the last two US presidential elections?
I understand there were some hacks, like the 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak, but along with any citations of those few items are often watery assertions that "Russian ...
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