Alexandria Ocasio

Photo: J. Scott Applewhite (AP)With calls for a national ban against TikTok growing more and more common by the week, particularly in Congress, it’s never been a tougher time to be a lawmaker publicly supporting the app. Still, a vocal minority of House and Senate Democrats—no Republicans—are defying those calls and doing so on the platform despite recent federal laws barring the app on government devices.The few politicians willing to stick their necks out on the short-form video app overwhelmingly come from one party.…

The list comes from Twitter engineers monitoring the site’s recommendation algorithm.Image: Tom Williams-Pool (Getty Images), Phillip Faraone (Getty Images), Jason Kempin (Getty Images)As us plebeians are getting our legacy blue checkmarks yanked out of our hands and CEO Elon Musk tweets about “treating everyone equally,” I regret to inform you that there is a shadowy group of 35 VIPs that Twitter has been pushing onto your timeline.According to a report from Platformer, Twitter isn’t really interested in treating…

Photo: Leonardo Munoz (Getty Images)Five former Twitter employees who were fired on Thursday have already filed a lawsuit against the social media company for failing to adhere to California’s WARN Act, a law that requires large employers to provide 60 days of notice to employees before mass layoffs. And the lawsuit even calls out another company run by Elon Musk for doing the exact same thing.01:25Randall Park's Favorite SuperheroesMonday 5:02PMTwitter employees started receiving layoff notices late Thursday, and while…