Tracking Social Media Platforms’ Fluctuating Approaches to US Elections
Tracking the evolutions and developments in social media platforms’ election policies over time is a valuable tool for understanding how these platforms' actions align with major news, social shifts, and political events. We also sought to represent a number of diverse social media platforms in terms of numbers, notoriety and impact, and user demographics. Tracker Trends: Social Media Platform Election Policies, 2016 – PresentWe consider the evolution of social media platform election policies across a range of periods:1. Despite the changes, social media platforms were hotbeds of false information regarding the 2020 elections, including “Stop the Steal” voter fraud conspiracy theories. We invite researchers, journalists, and members of civil society to contribute to the Social Media Election Policy Tracker.
Source:Washington Post
November 13, 2024 20:39 UTC
Oakland airport’s controversial name change blocked by judge
Oakland's airport name change has been blocked for now. The name “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” is off-limits to Oakland’s airport — at least for now. On Tuesday, US Magistrate Judge Thomas S. Hixson blocked the Port of Oakland from using the name it recently adopted for the Bay Area airport that was formerly called Metropolitan Oakland International Airport. The judge granted the City of San Francisco’s motion for a preliminary injunction with respect to the Port of Oakland while the legal battle plays out. The City of San Francisco filed a lawsuit on April 18 following the approval by Oakland’s Board of Port Commissioners to change the airport’s name.
Source:CNN
November 13, 2024 20:27 UTC
Gallego Makes History With Arizona Senate Win
Gallego Makes History With Arizona Senate Win Ruben Gallego defeats Kari Lake, marking pivotal Democratic gains as Arizona continues its political transformationArizona has just marked another significant turn on its political stage, with Democrat Ruben Gallego securing his place as the state's first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake by over 72,000 votes. His victory is especially momentous as it prevents the Republican party from extending its majority to 54 seats in the Senate. A considerable number of Arizona voters expressed unfavorable opinions of her, which likely contributed to her defeat. Voters are eager to see how Gallego will navigate his new role as senator, poised to represent diverse interests across Arizona. This Senate race not only highlights the changing tide in Arizona but also raises broader questions about party identity and voter engagement.
Source:Washington Post
November 13, 2024 20:22 UTC
Stephen Colbert Hits Trump With A Brutally Short Direct Message
Stephen Colbert said Donald Trump’s selection of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for secretary of state came as a surprise given the history of bad blood between the two. “Back when Rubio was running against Trump in the 2016 primary, he hit Trump below the belt,” Colbert recalled, then rolled footage of Rubio making an implication about the size of Trump’s penis. “You know what they say about men with small hands,” Rubio said at the time. “Even if you spend years insulting Donald Trump, you can get back in his good graces just by praising him,” Colbert pointed out. “Which is why I’d like to take this opportunity to say to our new president-elect...”Colbert turned to a new camera angle and addressed Trump with a single word: “Pass.”The audience roared with approval.
Source:Huffington Post
November 13, 2024 20:03 UTC
Online vape retailers ignore rules meant to protect minors, new UCSD study finds
Postal Service, and it required whatever delivery service they did use to check the recipient’s ID. The state of California added its own twist that year, banning most flavored tobacco products. Researchers at UC San Diego, Cal State San Marcos and Stanford decided to test how well those protections were working. If the results in San Diego are any indication, they’re hardly working at all. “These results demonstrated pervasive nonadherence to age verification, shipping, and flavored tobacco restrictions among online tobacco retailers,” the study’s authors wrote.
Source:Los Angeles Times
November 13, 2024 19:57 UTC
CNN Legal Analyst: Why Musk Will Go ‘Crazy’ Running Trump’s ‘Manhattan Project’
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are going to have a really tough time trying to achieve their Donald Trump-given mission of making the government more efficient, says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. He also didn’t explain why a department focused on government efficiency requires two leaders. “And it requires a lot of hoops to be jumped through if you want to get rid of part of a government department. If you want to change the structure of the Department of Education, the Department of the Interior. It’s a lot harder than it seems.”The Daily Beast Podcast episodes are released every Thursday.
Source:CNN
November 13, 2024 19:53 UTC
Trump, Musk meet with House Republicans
PoliticsTrump, Musk meet with House RepublicansPresident-Elect Donald Trump, accompanied by Elon Musk, spoke with House Republicans at a closed-door meeting on Nov. 13 in his first visit to Washington D.C. since winning the election.
Source:Washington Post
November 13, 2024 19:34 UTC
Week of November 4 Cable News Ratings: Election Week Boosts Fox News to Best Performance Since 2020
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of November 4, 2024. Across total day, FNC averaged 2.616 million total viewers and 472,000 A25-54 viewers for week-to-week gains of +54% and +109%, respectively. During total day, MSNBC averaged 967,000 total viewers and 170,000 A25-54 viewers. CNN averaged 1.223 million total primetime viewers and 434,000 A25-54 viewers for week-to-week gains of +53% and +140%, respectively. On the basic cable charts, CNN placed fourth with primetime total viewers and finished third in the primetime demo.
Source:CNN
November 13, 2024 19:34 UTC
‘Squid Game' creator Hwang Dong-hyuk put his actual teeth into making the show
CNN —“Squid Game” was a huge hit for Netflix, but the man behind the juggernaut South Korean drama is sharing that it wasn’t all roses for him. Producer Hwang Dong-hyuk said he lost “eight or nine” teeth during filming of the first season in an interview with BBC. So why return for a second season? A scene from the first season of "Squid Game." The second season of “Squid Game” premieres December 26 on Netflix.
Source:CNN
November 13, 2024 19:33 UTC
Canadian teenager in critical condition with presumptive bird flu as U.S. official warns the virus ‘seems to be gearing up for wider impact’
A human case of bird flu in Canada is a rare event: The only other confirmed human case of bird flu in the country came in 2014. Sources tell Fortune that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) has been in touch with Canadian health authorities, providing clinical consultation. In the U.S. this year, 46 cases of bird flu in humans have been confirmed, nearly all of them farm workers who were exposed to infected poultry or cattle. In the United Kingdom and France, though, government officials have already raised the risk level of the bird flu disease from medium to high. The Canadian teen was not in school during their infectious period, Henry said.
Source:Fox News
November 13, 2024 19:21 UTC
Viewers Flee MSNBC, and Flock to Fox News, in Wake of Election
Rachel Maddow opened her MSNBC show on Monday night with a sobering 26-minute monologue. “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the liberal network’s highest-rated program, drew 1.3 million viewers on Monday, about a million shy of her October average, according to Nielsen. In a crucial ratings metric — viewers under the age of 54 — it was the least-watched edition of the show since April 2022. That performance mirrors much of what has been happening at MSNBC in the week since Mr. Trump’s election win. MSNBC has averaged 550,000 viewers since Election Day, a 39 percent decline compared with the network’s average in October.
Source:Fox News
November 13, 2024 18:31 UTC
LA Times Owner Says Gaza War Was ‘One of the Reasons’ for Not Endorsing Kamala Harris
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong revealed Vice President Kamala Harris’ stance on the war in Gaza was “one of the reasons” he blocked his paper from endorsing her for president. “Somebody had asked me, ‘Was that the reason?’ I said, ‘Well, that wasn’t the only reason.’ Clearly, that was one of the reasons and there are many other reasons,” Soon-Shiong said. His daughter Nika Soon-Shiong had previously tied the decision back to the war in Gaza as well, though her father denied it at the time. The elder Soon-Shiong’s answer comes after he referred to the war between Israel and Palestine as a “genocide” in an email to an L.A. Times editor on Nov. 3. Before the 2024 presidential election, the L.A. Times was rocked after the editorial board’s plan to endorse Harris was scrapped by Soon-Shiong.
Source:Los Angeles Times
November 13, 2024 18:20 UTC
Trump's defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host's experience
He also has questioned the role of women in combat and advocated pardoning service members charged with war crimes. I can tell you.”The 44-year-old Hegseth, a staunch conservative who embraces Trump’s “America First” policies, has pushed for making the military more lethal. During an interview on “The Shawn Ryan Show” podcast, he said allowing women to serve in combat hurts that effort. Some suggested he could be Pentagon chief in name only as the Trump White House runs the department. Smith said that while Hegseth’s combat experience is a plus, running the Pentagon requires a lot of other skill sets, and his nomination will need some time for consideration.
Source:Fox News
November 13, 2024 17:58 UTC
Senate Republicans choose John Thune as their new leader, replacing McConnell
Senate Republicans selected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota to be their leader in the next Congress, three sources with knowledge of the vote said, replacing longtime leader Mitch McConnell, who is stepping down after a record 18 years. “This Republican team is united behind President Trump’s agenda, and our work starts today.”Here are 5 things to know about South Dakota Sen. John Thune. Thune will be majority leader for the next two years after Republicans won control of the Senate in last week’s elections. He will replace Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is stepping down after an 18-year tenure that made him the longest-serving leader in Senate history. All three candidates ran on promises to carry out Trump’s agenda, a clear point of agreement among them.
Source:Fox News
November 13, 2024 17:46 UTC