Melania Trump pleads for an end to ‘looting and violence in the name of justice’

Melania Trump painted her husband’s weaknesses as strengths when she argued for President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term in a speech designed to appeal to female voters on Tuesday night – but also spoke at length on race and coronavirus, setting a strikingly different tone from her husband. She painted herself as a … Read more

Facebook VP Nick Clegg slams ‘abhorrent’ Donald Trump for his ‘looting and shooting’ tweet

Facebook’s Nick Clegg has slammed Donald Trump’s controversial ‘looting and shooting tweet’ and revealed the tech giant has removed a ‘number of ads’ from the president’s election campaign.  The former deputy Prime Minister of the UK, who now works as Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and communications, made the comments in an interview with … Read more

5,500 Facebook employees complained about decision to keep up Trump’s ‘looting and shooting’ posts

Thousands of Facebook workers demanded that their boss, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, flag President Trump’s controversial post about ‘looting and shooting’ as a third employee has resigned in protest of the company’s hands-off policy. Internal documents leaked to The Washington Post revealed that most of the 5,500 Facebook employees who voted in a poll wanted Zuckerberg … Read more

YouTuber Jake Paul, 23, charged with trespassing after being filmed during Arizona mall looting

YouTube star Jake Paul has been charged with two crimes after facing widespread backlash over video of him at an Arizona mall while it was being looted. Scottsdale, Arizona authorities charged the 23-year-old internet star with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly – both misdemeanors – on Thursday. Police offered an official statement to the public, … Read more

Logan Paul says brother Jake should NOT have been at Arizona looting, insists he ‘didn’t steal’

Logan Paul said that his younger brother Jake should not have been at a looting site in Arizona over the weekend but insisted that he did not steal anything. The 25-year-old YouTube star was seen heading to a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles on Wednesday when he publicly scolded his 23-year-old brother. Jake … Read more

Internal emails show Facebook employees wanted to remove Trump’s ‘looting and shooting’ tweets

Some workers at Facebook are unhappy with the social media giant’s decision to not take any action on controversial posts by President Donald Trump, despite having been flagged on Twitter. Some of the employees are calling on Facebook executives to reconsider the decision to keep up Trump”s controversial posts about mail-in ballots and the Minnesota … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg explains why Facebook left up Trump’s controversial ‘looting and shooting’ post

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed why Facebook chose to keep President Trump’s controversial ‘looting leads to shooting’ post up on its site despite Twitter hiding the same update because it ‘glorified violence’.  In a status update shared Friday night, Zuckerberg said that the Commander-in-chief’s post included a reference to the National Guard and Facebook users therefore … Read more