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Meta denies ‘forcing’ people to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance on social media apps | Science, Climate & Tech News

Meta denies ‘forcing’ people to follow Donald Trump and JD Vance on social media apps | Science, Climate & Tech News

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Facebook owner Meta has denied claims from some users that they have been “forced” to follow social media accounts belonging to the Trump administration. Users on Facebook and Instagram have claimed they found they were “automatically” following the official accounts of Donald Trump and JD Vance following their inauguration on Monday. The claims come after Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta made a number of policy changes to its social media apps which better aligned them with the Trump administration. But Meta has denied it forced anyone to follow the accounts, and highlighted that the president and vice president’s accounts are linked to the US offices rather than the individual, meaning supporters who followed those accounts for the previous president and vice president still do so despite Mr Trump and Mr Vance taking them over from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Some users had made further claims that they were being forced to follow the accounts, and had been unable to unfollow them when trying to do so. Read more:Meta offers creators $5,000 to join Facebook and InstagramWho …

Justin Bieber shares poignant Martin Luther King Jr quote amid Donald Trump’s inauguration

Justin Bieber shares poignant Martin Luther King Jr quote amid Donald Trump’s inauguration

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Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free Justin Bieber celebrated Martin Luther King Day with a poignant quote from the late Civil Rights activist. This year, MLK Day, which always falls on the third Monday in January, coincided with the second inauguration of Donald Trump held on January 20. In honor of the federal holiday, intended to honor the life and legacy of the former minister, the 30-year-old pop star and new father shared an image of Dr. King on Instagram. “Hate can’t drive out hate only love can do that,” Bieber wrote in the caption. “Love you happy MLK DAY.” The Grammy-winning singer’s message was met with an outpouring of support in the comments below, with one user responding: “YES it’s MLK day and not trump TELL EM.” “Only man worth celebrating today,” a second declared. Justin Bieber wished his fans a happy MLK Day (Getty …

Donald Trump reveals plan to deport millions of migrants after inauguration | US | News

Donald Trump reveals plan to deport millions of migrants after inauguration | US | News

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Donald Trump has announced a plan to deport millions of “illegal aliens” after he was sworn-in as President during his inauguration on Monday. Mr Trump began his first speech as the 47th US President by declaring that “the golden age of America begins right now” before pledging to declare a “national emergency” at the US-Mexico border and launch a large-scale migration drive. He said he would sign an executive order today declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border, causing all illegal entry to be “immediately halted” and beginning the return of millions of “criminal aliens”. Mr Trump also attacked the former Biden administration’s handling of the US’ migration crisis, suggesting that it had sparked a crisis of “trust over [a] radical and corrupt establishment”. After overcoming impeachments, two assassination attempts and criminal indictments to win another term in the White House, the President is wasting no time in enacting the policies promised on his campaign trail. Executive orders to clamp down on border crossings, increase fossil fuel development and end diversity and inclusion programmes …

Donald Trump to wrench US out of landmark Paris climate agreement – again | World News

Donald Trump to wrench US out of landmark Paris climate agreement – again | World News

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Donald Trump will pull the US, the world’s second-largest climate polluter, out of the most important global treaty for tackling climate change for the second time. The White House announced the move to withdraw from the Paris Agreement shortly after Mr Trump’s inauguration on Monday. The decision would place the United States alongside Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries in the world outside the landmark global 2015 pact to limit global warming. Mr Trump also withdrew the US from the Paris deal during his first term, but it was reversed by Joe Biden on his first day in office. Last month, the UK’s climate envoy warned Paris was “more fragile than ever” due to countries disagreeing over whether the agreement goes too far – or not far enough. The withdrawal will form part of a suite of measures designed to exploit every last drop of oil and gas from US soil – something Mr Biden somewhat tempered, though he still oversaw record oil production. Mr Trump says the moves will lower prices and …

Donald Trump appoints Gibson, Stallone and Voight as ‘special envoys’ to Hollywood | US News

Donald Trump appoints Gibson, Stallone and Voight as ‘special envoys’ to Hollywood | US News

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President-elect Donald Trump has announced the appointment of actors Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as ambassadors to help make Hollywood “bigger, better and stronger”. Mr Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social the actors, all supporters of the president-elect, had been appointed as his “special envoys” to the world-famous filmmaking hub, which he described as a “great but very troubled place”. The 78-year-old Republican, who will take over from President Joe Biden after he is sworn in on Monday, said it was “my honour” to announce the appointments of “these three very talented people”. He said: “They will serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK-BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!” Image: Mel Gibson at a special screening of the film Monster Summer in Los Angeles in September. Pic: Reuters Mr Trump said the actors “will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest”. He continued: “It …

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and MrBeast: The Last-Minute Scramble to Save TikTok

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and MrBeast: The Last-Minute Scramble to Save TikTok

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TikTok CEO Shou Chew will reportedly join Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos as guests of honor at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration—just one day after the embattled app is slated to go dark across the U.S. TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app beloved by its 170 million American users, has existed in a state of legal and political limbo for months. Trump tried to ban the app by executive order during his first term, but the effort fizzled out in court. Later, citing continued national security concerns, Congress passed a similar law that required TikTok’s corporate parent, the tech firm Bytedance, to divest its American operations to a non-Chinese owner or face removal from American app stores. The deadline for that divestiture is now mere days away, and TikTok has—as of this writing—secured neither the Supreme Court decision nor the eleventh-hour deal that would keep it widely available. But that’s not for lack of trying—on the part of TikTok or American policymakers. Ironically, after fighting so hard to ban the app, both Trump and departing …

How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump

How NASA Might Change Under Donald Trump

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Although the details remain in flux, the transition team reviewing NASA and its activities has begun to draft potential executive orders for changes to space policy under the Trump Administration. Sources familiar with the five people on the team, who have spent the last six weeks assessing the space agency and its exploration plans, were careful to note that such teams are advisory in nature. They do not formally set policy nor is their work always indicative of the direction an incoming presidential administration will move toward. Nevertheless, in trying to set clear goals for NASA and civil space policy, the ideas under consideration reflect the Trump administration’s desire for “big changes” at NASA, both in terms of increasing the effectiveness and velocity of its programs. Not Business as Usual The transition team has been grappling with an agency that has a superfluity of field centers—ten spread across the United States, as well as a formal headquarters in Washington, DC—and large, slow-moving programs that cost a lot of money and have been slow to deliver …

Ellen DeGeneres’s UK home floods weeks after her move to the UK following Donald Trump’s victory

Ellen DeGeneres’s UK home floods weeks after her move to the UK following Donald Trump’s victory

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Ellen DeGeneres’s new home in England has flooded. The former talk show host and her wife, Portia de Rossi, recently bought a house in the Cotswolds, which is around a two-hour drive from London. She moved to England after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidental election. The flood was caused by Storm Bert in the U.K., which featured days of torrential rain and wind speeds of up to 80mph. During the storm, the River Thames broke its banks, which happened to be right next to DeGeneres’s and de Rossi’s 43-acre property. “The flood waters are rising by the hour. This is the worst I have seen it in years,” a local resident told The Mail about the aftermath of the storm. The couple’s …

Donald Trump’s Big Tariff Plan Will Cost Americans

Donald Trump’s Big Tariff Plan Will Cost Americans

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Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada when he enters office next year—a move that would make good on a central campaign promise but that would likely crush American consumers who already say they’re struggling with the high cost of living. Trump said he would sign an executive order on the first day of his presidency putting the tariffs in place, claiming that “thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing crime and drugs at levels never seen before.” Trump posted on TruthSocial, “It is time for them to pay a very big price!” In a separate post, he also said he would charge an additional 10% on China unless the country implemented the death penalty for drug dealers: “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he wrote. The threat to America’s top trading partners—wielded through social media posts Monday evening—shook global markets and drew warnings that inflation could worsen, an issue, incidentally, that likely helped Trump defeat Kamala Harris in this month’s election. …

Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health

Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would nominate former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It’s the fulfillment of an implied promise that Trump made at a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York in late October, where he said he would let Kennedy “go wild on health.” Kennedy, a former Democrat and scion of the wealthy political family, first rose to prominence as an environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist. Around 2015, he joined the board of the nonprofit Children’s Health Defense, which alleges that conditions like autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are caused by environmental factors, including harmful agents in vaccines. Kennedy has repeatedly spread misinformation about vaccines and in 2021 was named by the Center for Countering Digital Hate as one of the “disinformation dozen,” spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic across Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. He has suggested, in contradiction to all reputable scientific research, that Covid-19 may have been “ethnically targeted” to spare Ashkenazi Jews and …