June 10, 2018 'The Wire' creator David Simon reveals in profanity-laced post that he was banned from Twitter after wishing death on Trump supporter David Simon, the creator of HBO’s “The Wire,” says he’s been banned from Twitter after sending a tweet that wished death upon a supporter of President Donald Trump.
May 30, 2018 Twitter carrying out 'concerted attack' on free speech, feminists claim Fair Play for Women, a self-described "group of ordinary women" who say they are concerned their voices will not be heard when it comes to transgender laws, have accused Twitter of making a "concerted attack on women's free speech."
May 24, 2018 Twitter users blocked by Trump since he's taken office A professor, a doctor, a police officer — these are just a few of the Twitter users President Trump has blocked in recent years.
May 24, 2018 President Trump's Twitter typos cause massive spike in search for misspelled words President Trump often takes to Twitter to announce public policy, changes to his Cabinet or bloviate on socio-economic issues. However, there are a number of times where the president misspells words on Twitter and that leads to a huge spike in search for these misspellings.
May 23, 2018 Trump can't block Twitter users over their political views, NY federal judge says A New York federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block Twitter users for their political views after the President was sued in July 2017 by a free-speech group saying the president's actions violated the First Amendment.
May 7, 2018 Millions of tweets spread anti-Semitic messages, report says A study by the Anti-Defamation League found millions of anti-Semitic messages on Twitter, spreading negative stereotypes and conspiracy theories about Jews across the social media platform.
May 4, 2018 Twitter urges users to change their passwords after discovering bug Twitter is urging users to change their passwords after discovering a bug in its system that left passwords exposed.
May 2, 2018 Cambridge Analytica shutting down, company says Cambridge Analytica, the marketing research company at the heart of the Facebook data breach, is shutting down, the company said.
May 2, 2018 Why Europe's privacy clampdown may not solve Facebook's data scandal woes Think about your interaction with Facebook, Twitter and Google as a relationship.
April 25, 2018 UK politicians slam Facebook over illegal content A U.K. Parliamentary committee has called foul on what it perceives to be a lack of action by social media companies to take down illegal content.
