The Verge

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

But right-wing supporters have a wildly different view of events: figures like Tucker Carlson have portrayed the convoy as a working-class rebellion, and Trudeau’s response has been treated as enacting martial law, leading Elon Musk to tweet (and then delete) a meme comparing Trudeau to Adolf Hitler. And engagement hasn’t really come back.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

13, removing all of its posts and uploading a cryptic Instagram story complete with suspicious eyeball emojis and an "I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me" meme. Conservative commentators suggested the account was shutting its doors as it bowed down to the far right campaign to defund the vital clinic network.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2012

Since the moment that President Obama stated that he supports same-sex marriage, there’s been a flurry of social media activity, both pro and con, on the issue. It’s obvious by now that social media has played a huge role in shaping Americans’ attitudes toward LGBT issues. But I would go a step further. Here’s why: 1.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Several tweets referred to them as bots, potentially deployed to divide Americans after the election, similar to the Russian Internet Research Agency’s coordinated meme warfare. But as social media bot researcher Conspirador Norteño has pointed out , this almost certainly isn’t a coordinated misinformation campaign.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 5, 2025

Tweet may have been deleted It's hard to pinpoint an exact starting point for the JD Vance babyface edits, but Know Your Meme attributes it to X user @ DaveMcNamee3000, who posted an edited photo of Vance with a rounder face and larger cheeks on Oct. The meme snowballed. For instance, these baby-faced memes of Vice President JD Vance.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 28, 2025

Soon after “Images for ChatGPT” was unveiled on Tuesday, a tsunami of images generated in the distinctive Studio Ghibli style flooded social media. X users posted Ghiblified versions of their personal photos, popular memes, and public figures like President Donald Trump. years, then for 2.5

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

Similarly, most people watching the spectacle play out on live TV were probably not expecting Vances role in the meeting to explode into a meteor shower of memes among people of all political stripes. The meme pokes fun at how petulant some say Vance came across by getting angry at Zelenskyy for his apparently insufficient gratitude over U.S.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

In its lunatic whipsawing between companies, issues, and conspiracy theories , Wednesday’s antitrust hearing resembled nothing so much as an endlessly scrolling social media feed. Are you biased against conservatives?) 1, also requires the social media companies to store user data inside Turkey, raising privacy concerns.

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The Verge

JUNE 2, 2020

We are now far beyond the petty fight over “conservative bias.” Right-wing complainants have already declared social media platforms irreparably biased, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It will only take a few people with dignity and bravery to make a difference inside of social media companies.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

A social media advertising boycott that began with some outerwear brands picked up steam over the weekend, and has been joined by some of the giants of consumer brand advertising. Trump fans and conservative politicians are flocking to the social media app Parler. Microsoft did so quietly in May.)

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Reuters reported that one email said Texans “‘are put at risk’ by the company, ‘whose executives clearly display anti-conservative and anti-Republican bias, subtly controlling what Americans see when they search for information about national political issues.’”. Data from The New York Times. Test data from The COVID Tracking Project.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

In keeping with Republican tradition, there will also be bad-faith questions about conservative bias.). Tesla CEO Elon Musk told the New York Times that his Twitter direct messages are mostly made up of memes, and he isn’t overly worried about them being hacked. Zoe Schiffer / The Verge ). Kim Lyons / The Verge ).

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

DOGE, a nod to Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency meme coin, was initially presented as a blue-ribbon commission that would exist outside government. After the election, however, Musk hinted there was more to come, posting to his social media site, X, Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!

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