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President Donald Trump. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Trump is in talks with obscure social media app FreeSpace as he eyes his own network, Axios reported. The app has just 20,000 downloads and says it's "built on the power of positivity." Trump's advisors have repeatedly teased a new media platform since he was banned by Twitter . See more stories on Insider's business page . Twitter banned then-President Donald Trump on January 8, two days after the attacks on the US Capitol, cutting off his access to a bully pulpit of nearly 90 million followers. Facebook followed the next day, severing ties between Trump and another 33 million accounts. Some initially thought Trump might reappear on Parler , a far-right haven that the Trump Organization had previously held talks with, as an anonymous " Person X " - but those efforts fell through. Since then, Trump's advisors have repeatedly teased new media companies that the former president might create to broadcast his message, including one built by his former campaign manager Brad Parscale . But Axios reported Wednesday that Trump is also in talks with a relatively obscure social media app called FreeSpace, an affiliate of Skylab Apps, that has just 20,000 downloads and not many users. By comparison, Twitter has 192 million daily users , according to its latest quarterly earnings report. The details of a Trump-FreeSpace deal, if one is reached at all, aren't yet clear, according to Axios. A spokesperson for Trump did not respond to a request for comment. FreeSpace says its app is backed by science that makes people "'addicted' to doing good," "built on the power of positivity," and wants to "make social media fun again." It would appear to be an odd partnership for Trump, who is one of the world's largest promoters of misinformation and has consistently used racist , sexist , xenophobic , and violence-inciting language that eventually got him booted from mainstream platforms. Read the original article on Business Insider New MediaMedia CompaniesDownloadsPoliticsMainstream MediaSocial BusinessGetty Images TrumpFreeSpaceAxiosTwitterFacebookThe Trump OrganizationSkylab AppsObscure Social MediaPositivityDonald TrumpBrad Parscale

Jay Leno has apologized for a number of jokes he made at the expense of the Korean and Chinese communities, particularly racist stereotypes about what Korean and Chinese people eat. “At the time I did those jokes, I genuinely thought them to be harmless. I was making fun of our...Read Full StoryAsian PeopleBlack PeopleCelebritiesRacismComedian PresidentRacial StereotypesRacial HatredAsiansChineseMedia Action NetworkAsian AmericansMANAAKoreansAGTNBC EntertainmentJay LenoGuy AokiGabrielle UnionSimon Cowell

WA – The Washington State Department of Health started a podcast series called ‘Coping with COVID,’ where each week health experts talk about some of the difficulties we’ve been facing with the COVID-19 pandemic. This week’s episode was on suicide prevention and how to help someone having suicidal thoughts. The...Read Full StorySuicide PreventionPodcastSuicidal ThoughtsMental HealthPublic HealthHealth DepartmentWACOVIDHealth ExpertsTraumaProgram DirectorMD.StrategiesSocial Work GuestLizzie Cayden

In the month that both Judas and the Black Messiah and The Trial of the Chicago 7 have racked up multiple Oscar nominations, it’s another film, one well outside the Hollywood awards circuit, that’s bringing us up to date on the struggle for Black liberation. Unapologetic is an independently made documentary, following two young activists during four of the most tumultuous years in recent Chicago politics, as community anger mounted over the fatal police shootings of 22-year-old Rekia Boyd and 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Director Ashley O’Shay was herself just 22 and fresh out of film school when she moved to the city and began filming: “Like, if you were in Chicago in the fall of 2015, you must have been living under a rock if you were not aware of what young, Black folks were doing.”Read Full StoryBlack PeopleChicago MayorRacial InjusticeMoviesActivismQueer StoriesQueer FilmBlack HistorySocial MovementsBlack Youth ProjectO'ShayGambrellChicago PDBoratUnapologetic ChallengesRahm EmanuelFred Hampton

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform.The company also removed more than 12 million pieces of content about COVID-19 and vaccines that global health experts flagged as misinformation, it said in a blog bit.ly/394arNi post.False claims and conspiracies about the coronavirus vaccines have proliferated on social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter during the pandemic.Facebook’s disclosure of data on misinformation comes ahead of an inspection by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce into how technology platforms including Facebook are tackling misinformation.BlogSocial Media PlatformsU.s.Covid-19Facebook Inc.Twitter Inc.False ClaimsMedia CompanyReuters394arNi PostMisinformationGlobal Health ExpertsDisclosureCoronavirusOctober

Davido’s alleged 4th baby mama Larissa has caused quite a lot of reactions on social media – The little boy whom she named Dawson clocked one and she took to social media to show the world what he looks like – Nigerians, however, are convinced that the baby belongs to Davido as the resemblance is glaring Award-winning Nigerian singer, Davido, is in the news again and this time, it is because of his alleged 4th baby mama, Larissa London, and her son, Dawson.Read Full StoryNigeriansBaby MamaLarissa LondonCelebritiesFaceReactionsDawsonSocial MediaDavido

Late night host and comedian Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of jokes told over his career targeting Asian communities. The apology comes after nearly 15-year campaign from the activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), for remarks as recent as Variety‘s 2020 report that Leno cracked about Koreans eating dog meat — a complaint that offended numerous players on the set of NBC’s “Americas Got Talent.”Read Full StoryAsian PeopleHate CrimesAsian AmericansPoliticsCelebritiesNBCAsiansMedia Action NetworkKoreansAAPIMANAAFox Television StationsJokesOffended Numerous PlayersTruthJay LenoGuy AokiTom Werner

Split Screen is an interesting experiment carried out by The Markup that visualizes the radical difference between the way the news to which US citizens who voted for Joe Biden and those who voted for Donald Trump are exposed on Facebook, and how the political environment on social networks essentially polarizes people and reinforces the echo chamber effect.Read Full StoryUs CitizensSocial EnvironmentPoliticsAlgorithmsSocial EngagementCommunity EngagementSocial NetworksBenefit SocietyFacebookSocial DynamicsCapitolMarkupUsageDefinitionSpecial InterestsJoe BidenDonald Trump

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that school social distancing requirements could soon shrink. CDC director Rochelle Walensky told lawmakers a recent report found that 3 feet of distance — along with the use of masks — was sufficient to keep schools safe. “As soon as our...Read Full StoryCdcSocial DistancingTeachers UnionPublic HealthCDCDisease PreventionDisease ControlPrimary SchoolSocial CommerceAsian AmericansNYPOSTSchoolsStudentsIn-person SchoolingLawmakersRandi Weingarten

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications chief executive, Hans Vestberg, has been nominated to join the board of BlackRock Inc, the world's largest asset manager said on Wednesday. Vestberg will be included as a nominee in BlackRock’s 2021 proxy statement and, if elected, will join the board as an independent...Read Full StoryBlackrock IncCeoVerizon CommunicationsCEOTechnology CompanySocial FinanceReutersBlackRock IncSwiss ReSustainabilityLarry FinkSustainable FinanceAnnual MeetingRe-electionMathis CabiallavettaHans Vestberg