Twitter boss Jack Dorsey’s first tweet – ‘just setting up my twttr’ – has sold as an NFT for just over $2.9million. The tweet in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) – a kind of unique digital asset that has exploded in popularity so far in 2021 – was snapped up on Monday by … Read more
Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election who was forced to apologise for ‘inappropriate’ tweet made in 2011 about ‘a favourite Tory MILF’ Paul Williams, 48, was selected as party’s candidate for Hartlepool by-election But his recently resurfaced social media posts were met with fierce disapproval Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti … Read more
Bethenny Frankly, 50, dons plunging swimsuit in summery new snap… as she pokes fun at scathing tweet from a former colleague: ‘What a beach…’ By Heather Waugh For Dailymail.com Published: 14:08 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 14:09 GMT, 19 March 2021 Bethenny Frankel looked ready for summer in a new Instagram snap she shared … Read more
The season 25 finale of The Bachelor ended in chaos after the reality show was dogged with racism controversy. And on Thursday, Bachelor Nation was once again in the spotlight after seeming to confuse one multiracial contestant for another. Pieper James called out the Bachelor Nation Twitter feed for tagging her in a tweet promoting … Read more
Donald Trump‘s tweet in March 2020 that referred to coronavirus as the ‘Chinese virus’ led to a rise of anti-Asian hashtags on Twitter, a new study reveals. US researchers examined nearly 700,000 tweets containing nearly 1.3 million hashtags, the week before and after the president’s tweet on March 16, 2020. They wanted to see whether his … Read more
Twitter bug sees users BANNED if they tweet ‘Memphis’ after the word is mistakenly flagged by the app’s automated systems Embarrassing glitch suspended the account of any user who tweeted the word Users got a message that they violated rules against posting private information Error was referenced by Olympique Lyonnais and NBA side Memphis Grizzlies By Jonathan Chadwick … Read more
Elon Musk mocks ‘Woketopia’ in sarcastic tweet proposing video game to ‘battle for the moral high ground’ Musk tweeted on Saturday about ‘Woketopia’, a phrase also used by Don Jr ‘Battle for the Moral High Ground in this new game!’ he tweeted sarcastically Musk has come under fire for pushing to reopen Tesla’s factory during … Read more
The Metropolitan Police today deleted a tweet remembering officers who died during their service as the force faces outrage over its manhandling of screaming women at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard. The force had tweeted this morning to commemorate the death of officer Anthony Haines, who died after his police car … Read more
Australian MP is slammed for ‘gold digger’ Tweet claiming Meghan Markle is trying to damage the monarchy because she ‘married the wrong prince’ Liberal National Party MP Jarrod Bleijie slammed for Tweet about Meghan Markle He said she is trying to damage monarchy because she ‘married wrong prince’ Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace said Mr … Read more
Mumford & Sons have reportedly ‘axed’ Winston Marshall from the group after he posted a tweet praising a controversial Right-wing writer. The I Will Wait hitmakers – also comprised of Marcus Mumford, Ted Dwane and Ben Lovett – are said to have held crisis talks on Sunday – a day after banjoist and lead guitarist Winston, … Read more