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President-elect Joe Biden, shown here in August 2019, is poised to take over the White House's Twitter accounts.

Twitter Will Reset @POTUS Account To Zero Followers After Biden Transition

The president-elect's transition team is pushing back against Twitter's decision, which is a reversal from the last presidential transition.

Florance Eloi works the omelet station at Hilton's Conrad Miami. By the time Eloi gave birth, a new company policy guaranteed her 10 weeks of fully paid parental leave.

From Cooks To Accountants: Hilton Extends Paid Parental Leave To All

The growth in paid parental leave has largely left out hourly employees. But the Hilton hotel chain this year extended it to all its workers. Demand by millennial employees helped drive the decision.

Volunteer Firefighter Discovers $8.2 Million In His Bank Account

Charles Calvin expected his account to hold the money the government is sending Americans. Instead he found much more. Days later, the $8.2 million vanished — though he still has his relief payment.

Blogging service Tumblr has suspended, but identified, more than 80 accounts that it says were associated with Russia's active measures against the United States and the West.

Tumblr's Ban Of Russian Accounts Adds Detail To Targeting Of Black Americans

The blogging platform has made public a list of accounts that it said were operated as part of the active measures campaign against the United States.

President Barack Obama might have just gotten his own Twitter account, but he's been tweeting for years, such as during this "Twitter Town Hall" in 2011.

President Gets His Own Twitter Account: 'It's Barack. Really'

Obama's bio on @POTUS says he is "Dad, husband and 44th President of the United States."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks May 13 during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, in Sioux Center, Iowa.

The new Twitter account @DeSantisJet tracks the Florida governor's air travel

The page was created by Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old who also started the popular Twitter account tracking billionaire Elon Musk's private jet.

A man walks past a Wells Fargo branch in Philadelphia. The banking company says it wants to make good by its customers, but figuring out how to do that will be a tall task.

Wells Fargo's Unauthorized Accounts Likely Hurt Customers' Credit Scores

Regulators say millions of unapproved credit card and bank accounts were opened for Wells Fargo customers. A big question is how to compensate those whose credit scores were hurt by what the bank did.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University say nearly half of all accounts tweeting about the coronavirus appear to be bot accounts.

Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots

Researchers culled through more than 200 million tweets discussing the virus since January and found that about 45% were sent by accounts that behave more like computerized robots than humans.

A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts

It’s unclear who runs the network of social media accounts that has gotten millions of views amplifying trending claims about alleged voting fraud.

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, shown here in August, had a Twitter account associated with him suspended after suggesting Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded.

Twitter Permanently Suspends Steve Bannon Account After Beheading Comments

Twitter permanently suspended an account from former Trump adviser Steve Bannon after he suggested Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded.

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