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The Twitter account belonging to Hollywood actress Chloë Moretz appears to have been hacked a mere five days after the social media giant CEO, Jack Dorsey, saw his account comprised in a cyber attack.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had his twitter account hacked earlier today, with the hackers posting a string of racial messages and a false report of a bomb threat before he regained control of his account.

Twitter’s userbase is disproportionately young, affluent, and Democrat, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.

The “Trust and Safety Council,” a coalition of advocacy groups that provide advice to Twitter on censoring lawful speech, claims that executives at the company aren’t paying enough attention to them.

Social media companies and Internet service providers must censor “hate speech,” said Democrat presidential candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke on Wednesday while speaking with MSNBC. He linked President Donald Trump to “hate speech” — including descriptions of the president as a “racist” and “white supremacist” — in the same interview and subsequent statements.

Social media company Twitter has admitted that an internal bug in its ad targeting system means that the site shared user data with advertising partners without consent.

Twitter has restored free speech activist Lindsay Shepherd’s account after widespread outrage. Shepherd was initially banned from the social media platform after getting into an argument with a transgender user.

Left-wing actress Bette Midler called on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to ban President Donald Trump from the social media platform “until the next election” in order to “improve the course of history.”

Michelle Malkin warned of tech companies’ increasing political censorship ahead of the 2020 presidential and congressional elections, offering her remarks in a Tuesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight.

Social media platform Twitter has begun adding labels to tweets from certain verified accounts that break the site’s rules rather than deleting or removing them, which will affect tweets by President Donald Trump that Twitter decides are inappropriate for its platform. The site will also “deprioritize” labeled tweets, so fewer people will see them. 

The top executives of more than 180 companies have signed a letter that says abortion is essential in order for people to be successful in their businesses.

In a series of tweets posted to its own platform, Twitter outlined a number of changes to its rules and policies. Users were skeptical that the company would enforce them fairly.

A tweet posted on Monday by a verified Twitter user about running over a 7-year-old Trump supporter has garnered over 19,000 “retweets” and nearly 100,000 “likes.” The tweet has yet to be removed by the social media platform.

Twitter has locked the account of conservative evangelical pundit Erick Erickson over a post mocking Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren for her false claims of significant Native American ancestry.

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen claims that Donald Trump would not be President of the United States today if he did not have a Twitter account to “spread lies” and corral “racists,” “white supremacists,” and murderous supporters. The actor also acknowledged that he is “a comedian,” adding, “I don’t really know what I’m talking about.”

Anti-Trump twins Brian and Ed Krassenstein, who have made a name for themselves online by trolling President Donald Trump with a constant barrage of tweets, have been banned from Twitter over allegations of operating “multiple fake accounts.”

In a recent CNN interview, Twitter co-founder Ev Williams defended the social network by claiming that Fox News is “more destructive” than Twitter ever could be.

Social Media giant Twitter is reportedly launching a new feature which aims to stop the spread of what it labels as misinformation about vaccines across its platform.

Twitter’s censors locked the account of Ray Blanchard, one of the world’s leading researchers on transgender people, until widespread criticism forced a reversal by the progressive social-media site.

Veteran actor James Woods declared that he won’t come back to Twitter until the social media platform and it’s founder, Jack Dorsey, defend free speech for all Americans. 

Twitter Prevents Links to Los Angeles City Council Republican Candidate’s Website, Labels It ‘Unsafe’

Conservative author and media pundit David Horowitz, founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and editor of FrontPage magazine, was suspended by Twitter on Tuesday.

Twitter has permanently blacklisted a parody account of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), as well as the personal Twitter account belonging to Michael Morrison, who had been operating the “AOCPress” parody account.

President Trump takes Twitter seriously.  After all, he can boast of having almost 60 million Twitter followers, and he has tweeted more than 41,000 times.  Still, it was interesting to see, on the morning of April 23, that he tweeted out some considerable thoughts on the social-media platform

James Woods, one of the few conservative stars in Hollywood, has been locked out of his Twitter account for over a week now for “abusive behavior,” once again demonstrating the double standard the tech giant holds when it comes to enforcing rules.

Motherboard recently reported that a Twitter employee working on machine learning has claimed that using algorithms and A.I. to detect white supremacy on the platform would also target Republican politicians.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Tuesday about his company’s decision to allow President Donald Trump’s tweet that many mainstream media sources say sparked death threats towards the congresswoman. Dorsey promised to do more to combat alleged hate speech on the social media platform.

Social media website Twitter reportedly plans to allow users to report tweets that they feel attempt to mislead voters.

President Donald Trump met with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday, just hours after the president berated the platform for discriminating against his supporters.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discussed his lifestyle habits in a recent podcast interview, in which the billionaire divulged subjecting himself to starting every morning with an ice bath, eating one meal per day, and fasting on weekends.

Social media website Twitter has reportedly severed ties with the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center which previously operated as one of the site’s “safety partners.”

Members of the Women’s March and supporters of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) have called on Twitter and Facebook to suspend President Donald Trump following his posting of a video featuring Omar’s comments about 9/11 intercut with videos of the terrorist attack.

National pro-life leaders celebrated a Senate hearing Wednesday on censorship by tech giants of pro-life voices and films.

Twitter’s Director of Public Policy and Philanthropy froze during a hearing, Wednesday, after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) grilled him on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s previous declaration that the social network is not a neutral platform.

Twitter is reportedly considering adding special labels to President Trump’s tweets if it decides they “violate” the site’s rules.

Twitter admitted on Monday to “removing” a post from Federalist co-founder Sean Davis, but the journalist claims the platform actually shadowbanned, or hidden from other users.