Facebook has banned former US president Donald Trump for two years citing “gravity of the circumstances” that led to his initial suspension in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection by his supporters at US Capitol. Trump’s Facebook account will remain suspended till January 7, 2023. Facebook had also suspended Trump’s Instagram account then. “Facebook’s ruling is an insult to the record-setting 75M people, plus many others, who voted for us in the 2020 Rigged Presidential Election,” Trump said in a statement repeating false claims the election was rigged. “They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with this censoring and…
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump won’t access his Facebook account after the social media platform announced that it is extending his account ban at least by January 7, 2023. (Photo : Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)In this photo illustration the Social networking site Facebook is displayed on a laptop screen on March 25, 2009 in London, England. The British government has made proposals which would force Social networking websites such as Facebook to pass on details of users, friends and contacts to help fight terrorism. This is a very long time since it will be two years from when his…
The United States added over half a million jobs in the month of May, a new report by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics stated on Friday, adding fuel to President Joe Biden’s claims of a “historic progress” in job gains amid a ramped up vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and hopes of post-pandemic economic recovery. “This is historic progress,” the New York Times quoted US President Joe Biden as saying, “Progress that’s pulling our economy out of the worst crisis it’s been in 100 years.”Also Read: UN says Covid-19 pandemic created an ‘unparalleled’ employment crisisThe employment report…
Senate Republicans on Friday panned President Joe Biden’s latest infrastructure proposal and are expected to make a new offer as talks grind toward next week’s deadline for progress on a bipartisan deal.Speaking after the release of a modest May jobs report, Biden made the case for his robust investment package to push the economy past the Covid-19 crisis and downturn, and into a new era.“Now is the time to build on the progress we’ve made,” Biden told reporters from Rehoboth Beach, Maryland. “We need to make those investments today to continue to succeed tomorrow.”Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has indicated that…
(Photo : Pixabay/B_A) Cybercrime attacks A ransomware attack has affected Cox Media stations, which resulted in disruption on TV and radio broadcasts. Numerous Cox Media-owned TV and radio stations were taken off air on June 3, and a lot of radio stations remain unavailable online. The Cox Media Group has not commented about the issue, but reports stated that the media conglomerate was targeted by ransomware. Cox Media Ransomware Attack According to The Record, the incident took out solely the Cox live streams, but it did not affect the company’s websites. A Cox employee told The Record that they were told to shut…
Rosstat, the Russian state statistics service, keeps its own records and said on Friday that around 270,000 people had died in Russia from Covid-19 and related causes since the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020 to April 2021. Reuters | PUBLISHED ON JUN 04, 2021 10:49 PM IST Russia recorded nearly 425,000 excess deaths from April 2020 to April 2021 when it was in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, Reuters calculations based on data released by Russia’s state statistics service showed on Friday.The number of excess deaths, which some epidemiologists say is the best way to measure the…
A faction of the key Madhesi Janata Samajwadi Party has joined the Nepal Cabinet on Friday, a move which is likely to strengthen the minority government being led by beleaguered Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.Oli has also expanded his Cabinet with the inclusion of eight ministers and two ministers of state from the Madhes-based JSP, according to sources of the party.A ceremony to administer the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-appointed ministers is expected to take place soon.Rajendra Mahato has led the team with the portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development, according to…
Facebook Inc on Friday suspended former US President Donald Trump from its platform until at least January 2023 in a decision that has been watched closely for signals on how the company will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future.The social media giant’s independent oversight board in May upheld its block on Trump, which was enforced in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol over concerns that his posts were inciting violence.However, the board ruled it was wrong to make the ban indefinite and gave it six months to determine a “proportionate response.”Trump’s suspension was effective…
India is expected to get possibly the largest share of the 25 million Covid-19 vaccine doses that the United States announced it will send to partner countries and those dealing with ongoing surges. India figures in two categories of prospective recipient countries.Out of the 25 million doses, 19 million will go through Covax, the WHO-led initiative for global equitable distribution, to countries earmarked by the US. Of this, 7 million will go to Asia, including India and 15 other countries, according to a factsheet issued by the White House.India also figures on a list of recipient countries described by the…
The ban is due “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence,” Bloomberg | UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2021 10:16 PM IST Nigeria is suspending operations of Twitter “indefinitely” in the country, Minister of Information Lai Mohammed said in a statement Friday.The ban is due “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence,” Mohammed said in the emailed statement, which was also posted on Twitter. The minister has also directed its broadcast commission to “immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT (over-the-top) and…