Twitter Is Suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Prevent the Unmasking of a ‘Rogue’ Account
Twitter is suing Customs and Border Protection to oppose an agency summons demanding that Twitter turn over personal…
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What Happens When Blackness Becomes Integral to the Culture of Twitter
Social media has given corporations unprecedented access to blackness online, but the relationship is one of consumption without credit.
Why Some Tweets Are More Believable Than Others
Korean researchers report a high number of retweets makes a message seem more trustworthy. By Tom Jacobs (Photo:…
The Twitter Age of the Presidency
New research looks at the content and frequency of presidential candidates’ Twitter activity in 2016. By Seth Masket…
How Does Twitter Influence the Way We Communicate?
How does the technology behind the social-media platform influence the way we communicate? By Rick Paulas (Photo: Mike…
Why Are Donald Trump’s Lawyers Making Such a Big Deal Over His Tweets?
Earlier this week, plaintiffs in one of the presidential candidate’s three ongoing Trump University lawsuits mocked Trump’s law team’s attempt to remove his own campaign statements from the court room.
Should You Live-Tweet the Presidential Debate?
What does the research say? By Francie Diep (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) It’s the most important question of…
Danger Predates the Internet
(Photo: esthervargasc/Flickr) “Online harassment” is no longer useful, or adequate, as a shorthand for the sustained campaigns of…
Leslie Jones Has Busted Ghosts and Twitter Trolls—Internet Privacy Is Another Issue
In a hack of her website on Wednesday, the Ghostbusters star confronted a foe plaguing celebrities and the general public alike: the nastily persistent nature of private and malicious information on the Internet in the U.S.
The Martin Shkreli Email Affair Is Sort of Sad, Really
Journalists spent the morning having a laugh — but should we really be so happy about turning our villains into…