Snoopy fans angered by one account’s pro-Trump post
09 Oct
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Snoopy fans angered by one account’s pro-Trump post

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Politics tamfitronics Some Snoopy fans are enraged that an account dedicated to the beloved character is engaging with politics.Snoopy Weekly, a now-deleted popular X account unaffiliated with the “Peanuts” comic, got backlash for a post that endorsed former President Donald Trump in the election next month. The account, which had more than 19,000 followers, was among several Snoopy fan pages on social media that have amassed large audiences in the last few years amid the beagle’s resurgence in meme culture. The animated pup, who is primarily known as Charlie Brown's best pal, debuted in comic form in October 1950. But in recent years, he has garnered the love of a new generation of fans, made up of Gen Zers, who post everything from fan edits to memes about him across X, TikTok and Instagram."Snoopy hates...
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House GOP investigates why the feds didn’t give Elon Musk’s company more money
09 Oct
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House GOP investigates why the feds didn’t give Elon Musk’s company more money

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Politics tamfitronics Happy Tuesday. Here's your Tuesday Tech Drop, the past week's top stories from the intersection of politics and the all-inclusive world of technology. Musk's MinionsRepublicans in Congress are already hard at work doing billionaire Elon Musk’s bidding, in just about the most literal way possible. On Monday, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee announced an investigation into the Federal Communications Commission’s 2022 decision not to award a nearly $900 million bid for Musk’s Starlink to provide broadband internet to rural areas. The move comes after Musk, a staunch Trump supporter, used his social media platform X to claim that the government’s decision not to grant Starlink the bid was “illegal” and cost lives in North Carolina. In another tweet, he promoted false claims — later amplified by Donald Trump — that the government...
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On TikTok, pop culture prevails over news and politics
09 Oct
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On TikTok, pop culture prevails over news and politics

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Politics tamfitronics TikTok is growing fast as a destination for news, but news and politics accounts make up less than one percent of accounts followed by U.S. adults, the Pew Research Center says. Around half of all TikTok accounts followed by U.S. adults are influencers and creators, the study shows. Plus, content related to news and politics is considered rare, with only about 10% of the followed accounts that showed up in the study posting about these topics.When Pew ran a similar study in 2022 on the people users follow on X, it found that 1% of accounts followed belonged to political figures, while 3% belonged to media outlets and journalists. These numbers are still small, yet they’re more significant than those from TikTok, where media pundits and outlets account for 0.4% of people...
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