This really cements where they had been headed, which is a fully virtual convention.MARTIN: But for so long, the Republicans just hadn't thought that way, right? So, you know, despite Zuckerberg's reluctance, Facebook is acting sometimes sort of as a traffic cop.BOND: Well, Twitter has taken a much more aggressive approach than Facebook, especially lately. Some of them have had their own homes damaged. And, the pandemic is changing the National Conventions. Rescue workers in Beirut are still hoping to find survivors in all of the rubble after that massive explosion at the city's port. There had been a thought that former Vice President Joe Biden would go to Milwaukee to accept the nomination in a sort of socially distanced setup with a lot of protocols. Manal Abdel-Samad was the most prominent resignation of at least... Let's talk about this with NPR's Shannon Bond, who covers all things tech. Of course, that's not true. But what are the campaigns going to be missing out by not being able to hold these?KEITH: They're missing the energy, the party loyalists coming together, the balloons, the crazy hats and really that bump of energy that comes out of one of these events.MARTIN: All right.

As for Twitter, it temporarily banned the Trump account, the Trump campaign account, which is who tweeted this video. Something remarkable happened on social media yesterday.GREENE: Yeah. So we're in this brave, new world. And so there had been these Facebook groups set up where people were bartering goods to survive that. Asia Times. What was President Trump trying to share?SHANNON BOND, BYLINE: So like David just said, this was a video clip from a Fox News interview from Wednesday morning. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I mean, what are you hearing from Lebanese friends, colleagues, others?SHERLOCK: Yeah. We appreciate you, Tamara.

And just to give you a sense of what they're up against, the landlord of our Beirut bureau, which is also damaged, is an architect who restores these beautiful traditional Lebanese buildings. And they warned of the dangers of keeping this volatile (ph) substance, you know, in the middle of a crowded city.

The death toll is now at least 137 with more than 5,000 wounded. And, the pandemic is changing the National Conventions. Those Facebook groups are being used to coordinate the worst areas. I mean, where are rescue efforts right now?

Twitter; LinkedIn; RSS; Close Skip to content. And then it was abandoned by the Russian businessman who leased it. They banned the account from tweeting until it removed the video. Senator John Thune, a Republican, asked whether it was legal, and he said, I think anything you do on federal property would seem to be problematic. What do we know now?KEITH: We now know that there will be a very small gathering in Charlotte, N.C. That's where the convention was originally supposed to be until the president searched for another venue that would let him have that big, bold, in-person event with no social distancing and masks. Here we go.MARTIN: Red, white and blue hats, biographical videos that go on way too long, Clint Eastwood talking to his chair.MARTIN: Ding, ding, ding. Shannon, good morning. Conventions are going online. Ready? There are aid groups on the ground, and the rescue effort is ongoing.

But then both Twitter and Facebook stepped in saying their rules against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus were broken. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Now Twitter has labeled President Trump's tweets as misinformation before, but this is the first time Facebook has actually removed one of his posts about the coronavirus.MARTIN: All right. That's an admission on their part they really need Twitter. And the campaign also accused social media platforms of anti-conservative bias. And in it, the president was urging schools to reopen. Would you like to receive desktop browser notifications about breaking news and other major stories? There'd be very little in terms of that tremendous traveling security with airplanes and everybody flying all over the place.KEITH: It would also bust norms and take down any remaining separation between the official and the political at the people's house.KEITH: Well, he has already gotten some pushback. ET And that's something we've heard from a lot of conservatives, you know, for a while now, even though it's not backed up by much evidence. His running mate won't be going either. But you're already seeing spontaneous protests with young people marching through the streets shouting revolution. But that doesn't mean that anything goes. Thank you so much, Ruth.MARTIN: All right. And this video crossed that line. Most conventiongoers have been told not to go. Did they just take it down? So it just wasn't true.MARTIN: Right. And President Trump said yesterday that he would consider giving his acceptance speech at the White House.PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think it would be a very convenient location. And as for those conventions, both parties are talking about the conventions, the events, being forced online. They're briefing that the explosion was caused by the eruption of 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, which is used for fertilizers and bombs. Lebanese are really trying to put together the pieces of their shattered lives right now. So it all started with President Trump and his campaign sharing an interview he did on Fox News, which is hardly remarkable, right? And members of Congress already had been told not to go. They had been insisting on something in person. Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia Menu. Local media is now saying that the issue might even have been flagged up to the prime minister's office last year. And the, you know, state corruption and dysfunction has already been driving Lebanon into financial destitution. So David mentioned Twitter has labeled Trump's tweets as misinformation before. But initial responses now from officials suggest that this might have been actually a tragic accident. View author archive; Get … Yesterday, stones were thrown at the convoy of the former prime minister, Saad al-Hariri.

Yes. He was merely saying that children are less susceptible to the disease. So people are still very much trying to come to terms with this.