POLITICS 11/10/2018 08:56 pm ET President dodges trip to honor U.S. war dead in France due to weather. Critics show how another leader behaved. By Mary Papenfuss Critics were stunned that President Donald Trump skipped a visit Saturday to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France – where U.S. war dead were being honored – because of rain. They zapped him with a a series of tweets showing Barack Obama in downpours honoring those who fought in wars in what was bound to be particularly galling to the president. As many as 1,800 American soldiers killed in the World War I battle of Belleau Wood are buried in the French cemetery. But Trump ditched his planned visit and stayed in his hotel room because of unspecified “scheduling and logistical difficulties caused by the weather,” according to a White House statement. Instead, a delegation led by Chief of Staff John Kelly traveled to the cemetery 50 miles outside of Paris by … [Read more...] about Twitter Pelts Trump With Photos Of Obama In The Rain After He Ditches Cemetery Visit
Twitter cuts suspect users from follower counts again, blames bug
By Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc <TWTR.N> made another attempt to make users' tallies of followers more accurate on Friday, subtracting millions of suspicious followers which had reappeared on the social media service since a major purge in July. Twitter is under pressure to tackle its problem of fake users, which are a turn-off for investors and advertisers and have led to scrutiny from U.S. Congress. The company made Friday's move without an announcement. Pop star Katy Perry lost about 861,000 followers, according to social measurement firm Social Blade. Twitter's own account lost 2.4 million followers. In July, Twitter said it would stop counting accounts it "locked" as followers, in an effort to make its user data more accurate. At least seven celebrities lost as many as 2 million followers each. By October, however, many of those accounts appeared to have been unlocked - which can happen after a password reset - and at least two dozen popular users had … [Read more...] about Twitter cuts suspect users from follower counts again, blames bug
Trump’s Twitter use is innovative, pioneering presidential communication, political experts say
Gallery: Trump's Twitter use is innovative and pioneering presidential communication, political experts say +8 more photos President Donald Trump's highly scrutinized Twitter use is innovative and will alter the way future leaders communicate with the electorate, two political experts told a crowd at a post-election panel Friday. While the panelists, hosted by the Miller and Martin law firm, didn't support the president's divisive rhetoric and tone, its members compared the president's direct communication with the way previous presidents used radio and television in earlier decades shortly after their inception. "The next president is going to have to be on Twitter, is going to have to be on social media," panelist Mary Kate Cary said. "I don't see how you put that genie back in the bottle." Cary was a White House speechwriter for George H.W. Bush. She is now a senior fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, which was named for Miller and … [Read more...] about Trump’s Twitter use is innovative, pioneering presidential communication, political experts say
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker sets his Twitter account to private
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Nov. 9, 2018 / 6:16 PM GMT By Janelle Griffith Matthew Whitaker, the new acting attorney general, has made his verified Twitter account private. In so doing, he has protected his account and made it all but impossible for people who do not already follow him to see his tweets, which have come under scrutiny since his appointment on Wednesday. When someone protects their tweets, the user receives a request when new people want to follow them, which they can approve or deny. Some of Whitaker's tweets are available via the Internet Archive's "Wayback Machine." President Donald Trump announced Whitaker as acting attorney general on Wednesday after Jeff Sessions resigned at Trump's request. Whitaker, a former U.S. attorney in Iowa, has been vocal about his criticism of Robert Mueller's probe into whether Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, … [Read more...] about Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker sets his Twitter account to private
What does an elected official in Virginia have to do with whether President Trump can block people on Twitter? A lot.
Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post Published 4:30 am PST, Friday, November 9, 2018 Phyllis J. Randall in her office. Phyllis J. Randall in her office. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Ricky Carioti Brian Davison, a local activist, sued the chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors after she blocked him from her Facebook page. Brian Davison, a local activist, sued the chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors after she blocked him from her Facebook page. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Ricky Carioti window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Washington … [Read more...] about What does an elected official in Virginia have to do with whether President Trump can block people on Twitter? A lot.