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My Take: Presidents Day is different for some presidents
On My Take, Clinton Yates discusses compares President Trump to his predecessors.
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Patton Oswalt helps man who insulted him on Twitter pay his medical bills
Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt has taken the concept of “when they go low, we go high” to a new level. A man on Twitter criticized him for his political affiliation, but after looking through the man’s timeline, Oswalt decided to donate to his GoFundMe.
4 weeks ago -
Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter
The account claimed to belong to a California schoolteacher. Its profile photo was not of a schoolteacher, but of a blogger based in Brazil, CNN Business found.
1 month ago -
My Take: Social media is not the same for lawmakers as citizens
On My Take, Clinton Yates uses a court case in Loudoun County, Virginia, to explore why privacy laws on social media don’t work for same for elected officials as they do for citizens.
2 months ago -
Japanese billionaire pens most retweeted post of all time
A Japanese billionaire has entered the record books as the author of the most retweeted post ever — after getting a boost by offering cash to random Twitter users who retweeted him.
2 months ago -
Some women are attacked on Twitter every 30 seconds: Amnesty International
A study of tweets received last year by 778 female U.S. and U.K. journalists and politicians revealed that they were attacked on Twitter approximately every 30 seconds.
2 months ago -
UPS Store Twitter account gets heat for icy tweet on letters to Santa
“What’s your problem?” went one typical reply. “WHO HURT YOU?” went another. “Bah Humbug,” went a third. “This pretty much sums of 2018.” And so on.
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Annapolis photojournalist: My colleague was no one’s ‘enemy’
In a viral response to the President on Twitter, a Capital Gazette photojournalist mourned, remembered and celebrated his beloved colleague, Wendi Winters, and four other staffers killed when a gunman walked into the newsroom of the Annapolis paper.
3 months ago -
‘Monopoly for Millennials’ causes outrage among Generation Y on Twitter
Monopoly is targeting millennials and actual millennials are sounding off. Hasbro said in a statement that it created the game to poke fun at the oft-teased generation.
3 months ago -
Teens recount positive experience laying off social media for 14 days
Some new studies associate excessive screen time with mental health issues or increased anxiety. ABC News’ technology correspondent Becky Worley led a group of 10 teens through a social media detox.
4 months ago -
How Russian trolls brought ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ debate to the Dark Side
According Dr. Morten Bay, Russian trolls may have jumped in on Twitter conversations about the film, making them political.
5 months ago -
Catholic University dean suspended for critical tweets of Kavanaugh accuser
The dean who was suspended tweeted that Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has accused Kavanaugh of inappropriate behavior, was a perpetrator and not a victim.
5 months ago -
Facebook, Twitter pledge to defend against foreign intrusion
Executives assured Congress that they are working to root out foreign attempts to sow discord in America, and they pledged to better protect their social networks against manipulation.
6 months ago -
Newspaper sues ex-reporter over control of Twitter account
BH Media Group Inc., the parent company of The Roanoke Times, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging Virginia Tech football beat reporter Andy Bitter has misappropriated trade secrets by using the account at his new job at The Athletic website.
7 months ago -
Crackdown on ‘bots’ sweeps up people who tweet often
Some political die-hards are getting caught up in an expanded effort by Twitter to crack down on nefarious tactics suspected of interfering in the 2016 election, being flagged as “bots,” or robot-like automated accounts, because they tweet prolifically.
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