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August 18, 2016

Twitter shuts down 235,000 more extremist accounts

Twitter is cracking down on users that promote violent extremism and has suspended 235,000 accounts in the past half year, the company announced on Thursday.

August 18, 2016

Bias alert: Twitter bans Breitbart bad boy, but not ISIS-linked London loudmouth

The Twitterverse must have more to fear from a gay conservative than a fire-breathing ISIS recruiter if the social media giant’s treatment of a pair of prolific and provocative posters is to be reconciled.

August 16, 2016

London is setting up a police force to deal exclusively with online trolls

The London Mayor's office recently announced the creation of a new specialized police force charged with investigating digital hate crimes, which include abusive content on Twitter and Facebook.

August 15, 2016

Hacker Guccifer 2.0 back on Twitter after leaking Democrats' contact info

A shadowy hacker who uses the name ‘Guccifer 2.0’ was briefly suspended from Twitter this weekend following the latest dump of information stolen in cyberattacks on Democratic organizations.

August 12, 2016

Trump's angriest tweets are sent from Android while nice ones are sent from iPhone

After looking at two months worth of Trump tweets, someone noticed that most of Trumps more abrasive and hyperbolic tweets were sent from Android devices.

August 11, 2016

Twitter is not liable for the rise of ISIS, rules US District judge

A lawsuit alleging that Twitter was legally responsible for facilitating ISIS attacks that saw two U.S. government contractors killed in Jordan has been dismissed by a California District Court judge.

August 10, 2016

Judge dismisses suit claiming Twitter liable for killing of Americans by ISIS

A federal judge in San Francisco has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Twitter of supporting the Islamic State (ISIS) group.

July 28, 2016

Trump vs. Clinton battle goes digital

Hillary Clinton ramped up her online presence with the launch of a new app this week – and a bulked up staff to keep it running. But which candidate looks set to win the digital election battle?

July 27, 2016

Facebook, Twitter cooperated with Brazil's probe into suspected Olympics terror plot

For you, Twitter and Facebook may be little more than a way to waste some time at work, but for investigators in Rio, the two social media giants were key tools in taking down a suspected terror plot.

July 20, 2016

Breitbart's Milo permanently suspended from Twitter after feud with Leslie Jones

Under a barrage of hateful posts on Twitter, "Ghostbusters" star Leslie Jones said she was "in a personal hell" and urged the social networking service to do more to eradicate abuse.