The Daily Populous

This is not the first time Trump has demanded a change federal communications law in response to Twitter mockery.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects internet companies from legal liability for what users post on their platforms.

This means that the internet business themselves would not be held liable for defamation committed by a user. »

Donald Trump has angrily declared Twitter a national security threat after #DiaperDon went viral following a news conference in which he repeatedly complained about perceived injustices.

“Twitter is sending out totally false ‘Trends’ that have absolutely nothing to do with what is really trending in the world.

“We made #DiaperDon the number one trend in the US,” the group tweeted, adding: “Trump had a meltdown and wanted to declare Twitter trends a national security threat.”. »

(CNN) A Toronto restaurant owner was arrested Thursday after continuing to violate public health orders, officials said.

Adam Skelly, the owner of Adamson Barbecue, asks media members to leave his property Wednesday, which officials say was in violation of public health orders.

Sinopoli said "there was some leeway given to the owner (Skelly) to access the rear compartment of that building." »

Credit: Jen Christiansen; Source: Information Disorder: Toward an Interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policymaking, by Claire Wardle and Hossein Derakhshan.

In February 2017 I created seven types of “information disorder” in an attempt to emphasize the spectrum of content being used to pollute the information ecosystem.

Having monitored misinformation in eight elections around the world since 2016, I have observed a shift in tactics and techniques. »