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Comments from Arizona governor, others on COVID-19 order

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells NFT of first tweet for $2.9M

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a mobile phone user turns on the Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia. Russian authorities said Tuesday March 16, 2021, they would block Twitter in a month if it doesn't take steps to remove banned content, a move that escalates the Russian government’s drawn-out standoff with social media platforms that have played a major role in amplifying dissent in Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia threatens to block Twitter in a month

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Newt in the Twitter Cage Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

An open letter to Twitter

By Newt Gingrich

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Austin Police Association on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Texas AG says probe to continue despite Twitter lawsuit

By JAKE BLEIBERG - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Austin Police Association on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, wants legal battle with Twitter in his home state

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A mobile phone user turns on Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Russian authorities say they have moved to slow down the speed of Twitter over its failure to remove the banned content an action that reflects the government's effort to tighten rules for social platforms. The state communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said it took action Wednesday to slow down the speed of uploading photo and video on Twitter after it failed to remove the content encouraging children suicides and containing information about drugs and children pornography. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia says it will slow down Twitter access over censorship requests

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2017, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Twitter sues Ken Paxton, Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban

By Jake Bleiberg and Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

‘Meme stocks’ go mainstream: There’s now a fund for that

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Right-wing friendly Parler again sues Amazon

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Twitter to let users charge followers to see premium posts

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Atiba T. Edwards appears in his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Edwards is the cofounder of the arts nonprofit FOKUS, which offers arts education, hosts art events and publishes an online magazine. (Atiba Edwards via AP)

Pandemic art sales: Prettying up the walls we’re staring at

By COLLEEN NEWVINE - Associated Press

Dolly Parton arrives at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Dolly Parton to Tenn. lawmakers: Now is not the time to put ‘me on a pedestal’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. Trump is en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida resort. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Donald Trump slams ‘disgraceful’ Twitter, says platform has become ‘boring’ without him

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 file photo, Aadetailed view of the &quot;No room for racism&quot; badge on the shirt of Newcastle United's Callum Wilson during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Brighton at St. James' Park in Newcastle, England. The leaders of English soccer have asked the heads of Facebook and Instagram to show “basic human decency” by taking more robust action to eradicate racism and for users’ identities to be verified. There has been growing outrage that players from the Premier League to the Women’s Super League have been targeted with abuse on Twitter and Facebook-owned Instagram. (Alex Pantling /Pool via AP, File)

English soccer at breaking point over abuse on social media

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 1, 2015, file photo, James O'Keefe, president of Project Veritas Action, waits to be introduced during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Project Veritas suspended by Twitter after story on hate speech algorithms: ‘Wow! Locked down’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

David Hogg, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

David Hogg company to compete with Mike Lindell, My Pillow

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Rioters gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, near the Ohio Clock. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Capitol invaders aided feds with Facebook posts, analysis finds

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this March 30, 2020 file photo, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Twitter permanently bans My Pillow after CEO evades suspension

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a sign is placed outside of a polling place at the Boca Raton Library during the Florida primary election, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

Alt-right social media influencer charged with interfering in 2016 election

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times