Donald Trump on social media

After more than two years of radio silence, Donald Trump has returned to Facebook, officially. “I’M BACK,” the former president (and once again presidential hopeful) posted to the social media site on Friday afternoon, along with a clip from his 2016 election win.His last post prior to today’s was on January 6, 2021. “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!,” he wrote as his…

Image: Gizmodo / Theo Wargo/WireImage (Getty Images)Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion just two weeks ago and he’s already made a complete mess of the social media company. Advertisers are fleeing, literal neo-Nazis are getting verified, and impersonator accounts are running rampant. And Musk needs to figure out a way to make $1.2 billion in debt payments each year or risk the company going bankrupt.Musk is clearly just trying to change Twitter based on vibes and the input of the worst people on the planet, with…

Photo: Jed Jacobsohn (AP)Twitter, which has a spotty history of applying policies governing misinformation, hate speech, and inciting rhetoric from government officials, elected representatives, and unverified propagandists, said Thursday that it is working to ensure “healthy civic conversation” ahead of the U.S. midterms.In a blog post, the company said it had reactivated its civil integrity policy, which works to limit messaging designed to deceive users about “when, where, or how” to vote. While the company says…