Billionaire X owner Elon Musk has announced that hashtags will no longer be allowed in advertisements on his social media platform. Calling hashtags an “esthetic nightmare,” Musk has taken another step towards his peculiar vision of what a perfect social network should look like.
Following President Joe Biden’s speech on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) blasted the current administration’s “failed” use of of sanctions and “hashtag diplomacy.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the use of Twitter hashtags in the ongoing Ukraine crisis, despite the fact that similar tactics failed to prevent or reverse the Russian invasion of Crimea in Ukraine when Psaki last tried it in 2014.
The hashtag “#WriteInBernie” was the number one trending topic in the United States on Wednesday morning, as supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) struggled to cope with a stunning string of primary losses after Tuesday.
Pope Francis tweeted out thanks for newly canonized Catholic saints Sunday, but mistakenly used the hashtag of the New Orleans Saints football team, bringing down an avalanche of jocular commentary.
Democrats showed their support for embattled House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Thursday by launching a hashtag, “#IStandWith Schiff,” as he stood by his allegations of Russian collusion.
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Twitter hashtag, which was first implemented in 2007. To celebrate the anniversary, several statistics have been released about their usage.
Lefties on Twitter are using their constitutional right to free speech, fought for by the founding fathers, to trash America…. On the Fourth of July.
Resentful black activists and their comrades started a backlash against the huge public sympathy for the Parisian victims of the Islamist terror war. On Sunday, they used Twitter’s hashtag #FuckParis to reveal their emotional reaction to their loss of attention. Breitbart News’ Milo
Does the West yet have the resolve to deal with the Islamist threat? Douglas Murray thinks not. As he argues here and here it will take more than the deaths of a mere 128 people in Paris – and the wounding of
When Baltimore broke out in riots this week, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) once again took advantage of the turmoil to spread its propaganda on social media.
