January 31, 2017 Mistaken identity: British man Steve Bannon included in official White House Twitter group message A British man called Steve Bannon has been confused with Donald Trump’s chief strategist after he was added to an official White House group message on Twitter.
January 26, 2017 Saturn's moon sparks 'Death Star' comparisons This week NASA released an image of Saturn’s icy moon Tethys. The Twitterverse responded by comparing the heavenly body to the Death Star from “Star Wars”.
January 25, 2017 Trump's inauguration live-stream breaks Twitter records, pulls in over 6.8M viewers Twitter's live-stream of President Trump's inauguration broke viewership records on the platform by nabbing more than 6.8 million total views. The six-hour broadcast included PBS NewsHour's entire coverage of the event.
January 23, 2017 Twitter search connects the term 'a--hole' with Trump's account Donald Trump is known for his frequent use of Twitter, but on Monday profane terms typed into Twitter’s search engine produced a result that would likely not please President Trump.
January 23, 2017 Twitter glitch made 560,000 people follow Trump's @POTUS account The transition to a new administration hit a digital snag following President Trump’s inauguration when a Twitter glitch made over half a million people follow the new president’s @POTUS account.
January 20, 2017 Trump makes first tweets as president Donald Trump has sent out his first tweets as President of the United States.
January 20, 2017 Obama posts final tweets from official presidential Twitter account Friday marks not just the inauguration of Donald Trump, but a passing of the baton on Twitter from Obama to the 45th president.
January 17, 2017 Trump's Twitter: Could hackers wreak havoc from the White House? President-elect Donald Trump may have turned his Twitter account into a powerful political weapon, but experts warn that hackers could potentially use the same account to wreak havoc from the White House.
January 16, 2017 Donald Trump won't be using the POTUS Twitter account Donald Trump plans to keep using his personal Twitter account, the president-elect confirmed in a weekend interview, noting that he “can go bing bing bing” and make national news using his social media accounts.
January 12, 2017 Arizona lawmaker's push to criminalize fake Web identities raises free speech concerns Posers beware: Arizona’s tolerance for Internet bullies, brats and liars is at an all-time low. And now one lawmaker in the Grand Canyon state says she wants to crack down on people faking their identity on popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter – and she wants to send them to prison if they get caught.
