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Lauren Boebert in front of Shooters Grill in 2020. File GLENWOOD SPRINGS — After being sued in federal court for allegedly violating free-speech rights, Rifle business owner and Congressperson Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., argues through her attorney the motion be denied because the allegations ignore the distinction between personal and private Twitter accounts.Bri Buentello, a former Democratic state representative based in Pueblo, brought legal action in January against Boebert after the Rifle Republican blocked her from accessing her Twitter account.Buentello told the Post Independent on Tuesday that she originally told Boebert to resign following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.“I Tweeted that at 6 p.m. that day,” she said. Boebert was accused by some of potentially endangering other elected officials with her tweets that day. “I was blocked by 5 a.m. the next day.”Buentello’s attorney, David Lane, argued that Boebert cannot legally bar constituents from access to her Twitter feed since she shares official policy on it.Buentello said it’s worth noting the law makes no difference between personal and “so-called professional accounts.”“The bottom line is, when you use that public platform to talk about policy, to talk about public stances and to talk about how you’re representing Congress, the Supreme Court…

Lauren Boebert in front of Shooters Grill in 2020. File After being sued in federal court for allegedly violating free-speech rights, Rifle business owner Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., argues through her attorney the motion be denied because the allegations ignore the distinction between personal and private Twitter accounts.Boebert was elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020.Bri Buentello, a former Democratic state representative based in Pueblo, brought legal action in January against Boebert after the Rifle Republican blocked her from accessing her Twitter account.Buentello told the Post Independent on Tuesday that she originally told Boebert to resign following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.“I Tweeted that at 6 p.m. that day,” she said. Boebert was accused by some of potentially endangering other elected officials with her tweets that day. “I was blocked by 5 a.m. the next day.”Buentello’s attorney, David Lane, argued that Boebert cannot legally bar constituents from access to her Twitter feed since she shares official policy on it.Buentello said it’s worth noting the law makes no difference between personal and “so-called professional accounts.”“The bottom line is, when you use that public platform to talk about policy, to talk about public stances and to talk about how you’re…

Clubhouse’s list of competitors is growing. LinkedIn has now confirmed it’s also testing a social audio experience in its app which would allow creators on its network to connect with their community. Unlike the Clubhouse rivals being built by Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn believes its audio networking feature will be differentiated because it will be connected with users’ professional identity, not just a social profile. In addition, the company has already built out a platform that serves the creator community, which today has access to tools like Stories, LinkedIn Live video broadcasting, newsletters and more. And just today, LinkedIn formalized some of its efforts in this area with the launch a new “Creator” mode that lets anyone set their profile as one that can be followed for updates, like Stories and LinkedIn Live videos, for example. This focus on creators puts LinkedIn on competitive footing in terms of expanding its own Clubhouse rival, compared with other efforts by Facebook, Twitter, Telegram,  » Read More

Two weeks ago, after YouTube revealed its definition of hate speech was so narrow that it couldn’t remove a wildly racist tirade for being wildly racist, we wondered out loud what it would take for YouTube to stop promoting conservative commentator Steven Crowder as an official YouTube Partner and allowing him to profit from those tirades. Today, we have a partial answer: YouTube has officially suspended Steven Crowder’s main channel from the YouTube Partner Program indefinitely, which includes removing his ability to run ads. It’s also banning him from uploading videos for a full week after his latest infraction: a now-removed video that reportedly challenged the legitimacy of the vote in Nevada. YouTube has a policy against false claims that the election was stolen. Crowder has already announced his intent to upload videos to his other Crowder Bits channel, however. Here’s YouTube’s statement (including links): In order to monetize on YouTube, channels must comply with the YouTube Partner Program policies, which include our Community Guidelines, Google AdSense program policies, and Advertiser-Friendly Guidelines. Channels that repeatedly violate our policies are suspended from the partner program. In addition, we removed a video from Steven Crowder’s channel for violating our presidential election integrity…

LinkedIn is in the early stages of testing audio features similar to the app Clubhouse. It's the latest platform to try audio-only content, following Twitter, Facebook, and Spotify. "We're looking at how we can bring audio to other parts of LinkedIn such as events and groups," a LinkedIn spokesperson said. See more stories on Insider's business page. LinkedIn is testing out new ways to bring audio-only content onto its platform as interest in the medium surges. The Microsoft-owned company is the latest tech platform to dip its toe into audio. Newcomer audio chat-room app Clubhouse has added millions of users in the last year and inspired a slew of copycat products from companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Spotify.One feature LinkedIn appears to be testing is live audio rooms featuring a set of speakers and listeners (similar to Clubhouse), a mock-up of which was first shared on Twitter by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi.  » Read More

Snapchat is reportedly developing a new, fully AR-enabled version of its Spectacles smart glasses, which would be a major advance for the product, and for Snapchat's broader plans with augmented reality. As reported by The Information, Snap's currently developing a more advanced version of Spectacles, which will include in-lens AR displays. As per The Information: "Unlike past models of Snap’s smart glasses though, this version of the product is not meant for the consumer market but is instead aimed at developers and creators. Those groups are already the creative force behind many of the wildly popular AR effects on the Snapchat app for mobile phones, known as lenses. Snap likely hopes the developers will come up with software experiences that can work on the new device, which could be offered to a wider group of customers at some point in the future." So, rather than take on the full development load of AR-enabled glasses and their various offerings alone, Snap is seemingly looking to expand its pool of development resources externally, which could help it take that next step. Given its past development of AR tools and camera-enabled glasses, this likely comes as little surprise. But still, Snapchat has experienced…

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Paul Foundry is pleased to announce the publication of the St. Paul Foundry Tour video. The video is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/eRjLx_xf7PM and on Vimeo at St Paul Foundry Tour on Vimeo. St. Paul Foundry Plant Tour Video St. Paul Foundry is a 152-year-old manufacturer of brass, bronze and aluminum cast components located in St. Paul, Minnesota. According to Tim Hartigan, President of St. Paul Foundry, "The video is a 14-minute introduction to our capabilities. We wanted to emphasize the unique strength of our workforce. We think this came through well in the video. It's the experience and dedication of our employees that makes it possible to make aerospace quality non-ferrous castings." "The video was completely filmed, narrated, and edited by our employees. Our goal was to avoid the overly slick marketing feel that is so often found in industrial videos. I'm very proud of the work they did." St. Paul Foundry is certified to AS9100D(2016) and ISO 9001:2015. The Foundry supplies aerospace quality castings and manages the value-add supply chain for the following OEM markets: Aerospace, Navy, Marine, Energy, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, Pumping, Pressure Equipment (PED), Refrigeration, Electric Generation, Compressed…

James Charles has been accused of sending flirtatious messages to a 16-year-old boy in a series of revealing videos and screenshots that follow a number of previous allegations in February.  Beauty YouTuber and social media star James Charles has faced a number of accusations in recent weeks. In February, a 16-year-old fan alleged in a TikTok video that the YouTuber sent nude pictures of himself before “pressuring” the fan to do the same. Showing screenshots of the alleged exchange in the video, the fan said that “he started making the conversation very sexual, and it made me really uncomfortable.” The 21-year-old responded afterward with an online statement, calling the accusations “completely false.” He claimed that the fan had initially said they were 18, and said that when he found out the fan was underage, he told the fan he was “really uncomfortable” with the situation and unfriended him. YouTube / James CharlesJames Charles has faced a number of accusations in the past few weeks. Shortly after, two other accusations came to light from other fans who had been conversing with James on Snapchat. One 17-year-old claimed that he’d been upfront with age towards James, but the YouTuber had continued…

In this way, it is already used by all types of users practically all over the world, and for different purposes and purposes. For example, it can even become a useful tool to integrate into the business environment, in order to carry out different transmissions and share them with other users. This is due to Twitch is basically a video streaming platform, whose main function, yes, continues to be the live video game streaming. In other words, it is not only possible to view content related to games, especially after the platform passed into the hands of Amazon, whose use was finally extended to the general public.

It can be easy to fall for people onscreen, but remember that the relationship between viewers and influencers is transactional. Graphic by Byanca Morales Cabrera. Ludwig Ahgren’s Twitch “subathon” livestream started on Mar. 14 — and it just kept going. Over 280 hours later, he was the second most subscribed person on Twitch of all time. He ate, slept and even showered (with swim trunks on) under the diligent watch of tens of thousands of viewers.  The broadcast began as a classic “subathon,” a type of stream in which creators add a certain amount of time to a count-down clock every time someone donates or subscribes, and they have to keep streaming until the clock reaches 00:00. Ahgren expected to be live for 24 hours, maybe a bit more, figuring that viewership and donations would die down after a little while. Except they did not. Tens of thousands of viewers tuned in to watch Ahgren sleep on that first night, and he woke up to more hours on the clock than when he went to sleep.  But why? Why have so many people spent actual, real world money to add seconds to a clock? Why does a livestream of a…