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The Barrett Brief- To Expose Or Not To Expose? That Is The Question

The Barrett Brief- To Expose Or Not To Expose? That Is The Question Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First To Expose Or Not To Expose? That Is The Question na[qtplaces mapid="" template="1" open="1" limit="" mapheight="500" mapheightmobile="" autozoom="1" streetview="1" getdirections="Open in Google Maps" mapcolor="normal" listimages="1" showfilters="1" posttype="" taxonomy="" terms="" debug="0" mousewheel="0" buttoncolor="" buttonbackground="" listbackground="" markercolor=""] Second Larry Ward as Chairman of Constitutional Rights PAC & Co-Host of […]

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White House Working With Facebook And Twitter To Tackle Anti-Vaxxers

White House Working With Facebook And Twitter To Tackle Anti-Vaxxers Via Reuters: The White House has been reaching out to social media companies including Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet Inc’s Google about clamping down on COVID misinformation and getting their help to stop it from going viral, a senior administration official said. President Joe Biden, who has raced to curb the pandemic since taking office, has made inoculating Americans one of […]

02/20/2021 30

Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs Will Testify About Misinformation Before U.S. Congress

Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs Will Testify About Misinformation Before U.S. Congress Via Reuters: The chief executives of Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Twitter will testify before a U.S. House panel on March 25 on “misinformation and disinformation plaguing online platforms.” A pair of House Energy and Commerce subcommittees will hold a fully remote joint hearing including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as […]

02/18/2021 35

Twitter A Goldmine For Tracking Consumer Mood On Prices

Twitter A Goldmine For Tracking Consumer Mood On Prices Via Reuters: The Bank of Italy said on Monday a set of experimental indicators it created from the content of millions of tweets accurately tracked consumer mood on price, offering scope for a powerful new monetary policy tool. The effort comes as economists and policy-makers around the world increasingly turn to social media and other unconventional sources to measure consumer behaviour […]

02/15/2021 9

Twitter Launches Crowd-Sourced Fact-Checking Project

Twitter Launches Crowd-Sourced Fact-Checking Project Via AP News: Twitter is enlisting its users to help combat misinformation on its service by flagging and notating misleading and false tweets. The pilot program unveiled Monday, called Birdwatch, allows a preselected group of users — for now, only in the U.S. — who sign up through Twitter. Those who want to sign up must have a U.S.-based phone carrier, verified email and phone […]

01/25/2021 9

The Barrett Brief

The Barrett Brief – Everything Is Terrible, But At Least No Mean Tweets!

The Barrett Brief - Everything Is Terrible, But At Least No Mean Tweets! Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First, Everything Is Terrible, But At Least No Mean Tweets! na[qtplaces mapid="" template="1" open="1" limit="" mapheight="500" mapheightmobile="" autozoom="1" streetview="1" getdirections="Open in Google Maps" mapcolor="normal" listimages="1" showfilters="1" posttype="" taxonomy="" terms="" debug="0" mousewheel="0" buttoncolor="" buttonbackground="" listbackground="" markercolor=""] Second What is the AP saying Third, Our Overlords Should Not Expect an Easy […]

01/25/2021 7

Twitter Locks Account Of China’s U.S. Embassy Over Its Defense Of Xinjiang Policy

Twitter Locks Account Of China's U.S. Embassy Over Its Defense Of Xinjiang Policy Via Reuters: Twitter has locked the account of China’s U.S. embassy for a tweet that defended China’s policy towards Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, which the U.S. social media platform said violated its stand against “dehumanizing” people. China’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it was confused by the move and that it was the embassy’s responsibility to […]

01/21/2021 18

Twitter Says It Reversed Its ‘Incorrect’ Decision To Lock Rep. Lauren Boebert Account

Twitter Says It Reversed Its 'Incorrect' Decision To Lock Rep. Lauren Boebert Account Via Business Insider: Twitter has reversed its decision to lock Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert's account, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to Insider. Boebert posted on Instagram Wednesday a screenshotof a Twitter alert that her account has been restricted for 6 days over policy violations. In a statement to Insider, the spokesperson said, "In this instance, our teams took […]

01/14/2021 14

The Barrett Brief

The Barrett Brief- America, The Legion of the Lawless

The Barrett Brief - America, The Legion of the Lawless Here is what is happening today in the Brief. First, America, The Legion of the Lawless na[qtplaces mapid="" template="1" open="1" limit="" mapheight="500" mapheightmobile="" autozoom="1" streetview="1" getdirections="Open in Google Maps" mapcolor="normal" listimages="1" showfilters="1" posttype="" taxonomy="" terms="" debug="0" mousewheel="0" buttoncolor="" buttonbackground="" listbackground="" markercolor=""] Second latest headlines form Reuters & Just The News Third, Ted Harvey of the Committee To Defend the POTUS, […]

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