Chinese drone company DJI added to U.S. government blacklist
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced in a conference call on Friday morning that DJI, a big name in the consumer drone space, would be put on a government blacklist,…
Here’s what Trump paid for each new Biden vote in Wisconsin
In one of his last-ditch efforts to wrest the electoral college away from President-elect Joe Biden, Donald Trump spent big on a partial recount in Wisconsin. The effort focused on…
Facebook labeled 180 million posts as ‘false’ since March. Election misinformation spread anyway.
The numbers Facebook is and is not willing to share say a lot about its ability to stop election misinformation. On a call with press Thursday, Guy Rosen, Facebook’s VP…
Trump’s voter fraud hotline shut down after it was flooded with pranks calls
I mean, I’m not sure what the Donald Trump campaign expected. They made a hotline to report voter fraud, it got flooded with prank calls, and it had to be…
Tiffany Trump and Matt Gaetz’s awkward friendship is creepin’ folks out
Just one day after Florida congressman and Trump sycophant Matt Gaetz got horny on main for Tiffany Trump, well, the duo were back at it again on Thursday. But Rep.…
Twitter says ‘no evidence’ Trump’s account was hacked with laughably bad password
There is almost no medium on the face of the earth as powerful as President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. It’s where he attacks his many perceived enemies, announces foreign policy…
Election breakdown: What happened on Instagram this week (Sept. 29 – Oct. 5)
Every Tuesday in the run up to the Nov. 3, 2020 election, Mashable will break down the most viral posts about politics on Instagram. Using data from the Facebook-owned analytics…
The Strongman Con: How to stop worrying about Trump stealing the election
Are you freaking out about Donald John Trump’s week-long stream of statements to the effect that he won’t cede the presidency if he loses in November? Has your stomach not…
Everything you need to know about the TikTok ban
Here’s everything you need to know about the ongoing feud between the Trump White House and TikTok.
White House calls federal training on white privilege ‘un-American propaganda’
In a memo released Friday, the Donald Trump administration called for a ban on tax dollar-funded training sessions that explain white privilege and critical race theory, which the memo described…