Meet the Palo Alto Pastor Who Resigned After His ‘Disgruntled, Beer-Burping’ Tweets Caused Community Outrage
Gregory Stevens explains what happened when the community he'd called an "elitist shit den of hate" found out about his online life.
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Fake News Is Our Fault
Falsehoods spread faster and deeper into the Twittersphere—and humans, not bots, are to blame.
Are Foreign-Influenced Social Media Campaigns Part of the New Political Playbook?
Foreign governments, taking a page from the Russian election playbook, have begun to realize the outsized impact subliminal social media campaigns can have on Americans. Have social media campaigns become the new lobbying de rigueur?
Can a Tweet Start a War? A Political Scientist Talks Trump.
A University of California–Berkeley professor explains the president's divisive rhetoric and the need for delicate diplomacy.
Twitter and WikiLeaks Greatly Helped Trump
New research finds Hillary Clinton faced far more criticism on social media than her opponent during the campaign's final two months.
Why I’m Suing the President
By blocking people from his Twitter account, our lawsuit argues, the president has violated the First Amendment.
Should We Child-Proof the Presidency?
Trump's Twitter feed has some calling for a ban on the president's use of social media, but that—and other restrictions—could set a dangerous precedent.
Trump Won’t Drop Twitter, but Twitter Should Drop Trump
In his late-night and early morning messages, the president has undoubtedly and repeatedly violated several of the social media platform's abusive behavior clauses.
The Trend of Blocking Constituents on Twitter Goes Beyond Trump
As elected officials increasingly turn to social media to communicate with constituents, some are blocking those who disagree with them.
How Facebook Sees the World
By acknowledging the existence of an editorial compass, the technology giant tacitly accepts its role as a de facto censorship power—and opens itself to government attack.