January 23, 2019 Covington row: Lawmakers want details from Twitter on account that promoted viral video, report says Lawmakers have reportedly asked Twitter for details of the shadowy account that circulated a controversial video of students from Covington Catholic High School and their encounter with a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial.
January 21, 2019 Russia accuses Facebook, Twitter of failing to comply with data laws Russia launched administrative action against Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. on Monday for failing to comply with its data laws, a move that comes just days after Facebook removed the accounts of what it said were two misinformation campaigns based in the country.
January 18, 2019 Twitter CEO won’t reveal if tweet threatening murder would get Trump banned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey dodged a question about whether he’d ban President Trump from his favorite bully pulpit if he’d ask his followers to murder journalists.
January 18, 2019 Twitter 'very sorry' for security flaw that made private tweets public Twitter has discovered a long-running security flaw that exposed private tweets for some users of the platform on the Android operating system.
January 17, 2019 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speech broke C-SPAN record Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., made C-SPAN history on Wednesday during her first speech on the floor of the House of Representatives.
January 17, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez's latest role on Capitol Hill: Twitter tutor for House Democrats As the youngest member of Congress, it's no surprise that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has used social media effectively in her campaigning and in her first weeks as a member of Congress. Now she's offering other House Democrats a chance to learn the techniques she has used.
January 11, 2019 Cuban government accused of censoring negative text message about new constitution The Cuban government has been accused of censoring text communications that oppose the new proposed constitution.
January 8, 2019 Japanese billionaire's Twitter post becomes historic after offering people cash A Japanese billionaire has become the author of the most retweeted post ever on Twitter after offering to pay people to retweet him.
January 6, 2019 GOP’s Steve Scalise shuts down Twitter debate on taxes with Ocasio-Cortez after ‘radical followers’ allude to Virginia shooting U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., abruptly ended a Twitter debate with newcomer Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York early Sunday after at least three commenters made references to the June 2017 shooting in which Scalise and three other people were shot by a left-wing activist.
January 3, 2019 Hackers spread ISIS propaganda by hijacking dormant Twitter accounts Hackers are exploiting an old flaw to hijack dormant Twitter accounts to spread ISIS propaganda.Â