March 9, 2018 Judge to Trump: Muting, not blocking followers, may end suit NEW YORK (AP) — A judge recommended Thursday that President Donald Trump mute rather than block some of his critics from following him on Twitter to resolve a First Amendment lawsuit.
March 1, 2018 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen charged over sharing brutal ISIS photos French prosecutors have filed preliminary charges against far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting brutal images of Islamic State violence.
February 27, 2018 Study shows minorities use Twitter to voice issues ahead of mainstream coverage In a study of over 46 million tweets, researchers commissioned by the Knight Foundation found how minorities on Twitter interact with the news. The Twitter study highlights how news is handled on the platform -- in both good ways and bad.
February 21, 2018 'Twitter Lockout': Apparent bot purge sparks outrage from conservative users An apparent move by Twitter to purge bots has sparked outrage from some conservative users of the platform, who say that their accounts are being targeted.
February 20, 2018 Russian bots sow social upheaval across US using Facebook, Twitter, experts say Russian bots aren't pro-Republican or pro-Democrat: they're simply anti-American.
February 15, 2018 How the Florida high school shooting unfolded on social media In a country familiar with scenes of students being evacuated during shootings, the massacre that claimed the lives of 17 people at a South Florida high school on Wednesday unfolded in particularly heartbreaking and harrowing fashion on social media.
February 8, 2018 Ex-Silicon Valley workers plead for help in battle against 'addictive' technology Think about the children.
February 7, 2018 Social media surveillance unfairly targeted Muslims, report says BOSTON (AP) — A social media monitoring tool used by the Boston Police Department to identify potential threats swept up the posts of people using the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter and a lawmaker's Facebook update about racial inequality, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
February 7, 2018 President Trump congratulates SpaceX on Falcon Heavy rocket success CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When SpaceX launched its giant Falcon Heavy rocket Tuesday (Feb. 6), President Donald Trump was apparently watching.
February 6, 2018 France to combat fake news with rapid response law A new judicial procedure would be established to stop the spread of fake news, said France’s culture minister as she introduced a new anti-fake news law.
