• Trump lashes out on Twitter ahead of social media gathering

    Trump lashes out on Twitter ahead of social media gathering

    Jul 11, 2019 02:37 PM EDT

    ... said in a statement. He added that the companies "succeed and grow by building a broad user base regardless of party affiliation or political perspectives." Twitter spokeswoman Katie Rosborough, in a statement, said Twitter enforces its "rules impartially for all users, regardless of their background or political affiliation.""We are ...

  • Appeals court says Trump can't block critics on Twitter

    Appeals court says Trump can't block critics on Twitter

    Jul 09, 2019 03:10 PM EDT

    NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump can't ban critics from his Twitter account, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the First Amendment calls for more speech, rather than less, on matters of public concern. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower court ...

  • Twitter says Trump's future tweets might come with warning labels

    Twitter says Trump's future tweets might come with warning labels

    Jun 27, 2019 04:48 PM EDT

    ... Twitter deems to involve matters of public interest, but which violate the service's rules, will be obscured by a warning explaining the violation and Twitter's reasons for publishing it anyway. Users will have to tap through the warning to see the underlying message. Twitter said the new policy ...

  • Twitter deletes accounts linked to foreign governments that use fake personas

    Twitter deletes accounts linked to foreign governments that use fake personas

    Jun 13, 2019 06:21 PM EDT

    SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government's agenda. Twitter is adding those accounts and their tweets to a public database it launched last year to track its battle against government-linked misinformation. It ...

  • Trump meets with Twitter CEO after complaining about bias

    Trump meets with Twitter CEO after complaining about bias

    Apr 23, 2019 09:50 PM EDT

    ... keeping an open dialogue!" While some tech company executives may lean liberal, they have long asserted that their products are without political bias. Trump had tweeted earlier Tuesday that Twitter didn't treat him well and that he would have more followers "if Twitter wasn't playing their political games."

  • With 'angry' weekend Twitter storm, Trump took on GM, McCain

    With 'angry' weekend Twitter storm, Trump took on GM, McCain

    Mar 18, 2019 10:30 PM EDT

    President Trump has long been a prolific Twitter user, but this past weekend, he tweeted with even greater frequency than usual, including more than 30 times on Sunday alone. In his fiery posts, the president attacked the news media, the late Republican Sen. John McCain, General Motors and "Saturday Night Live." Judy Woodruff talks to...

  • Twitter Chat: Will big wins for women, Michelle Obama appearance help Grammys bounce back?

    Twitter Chat: Will big wins for women, Michelle Obama appearance help Grammys bounce back?

    Feb 11, 2019 06:36 PM EDT

    ... the Grammys bounce back from last year’s criticism? To discuss this and the night’s biggest moments, the PBS NewsHour will be joined on Twitter at 3 p.m. ET Monday, Feb. 11 by Rolling Stone Staff Writer Charles Homes (@ottergawd,) NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson (@idislikestephen) and Rodney ...

  • President Donald Trump blasts arrest of confidant Roger Stone on Twitter

    President Donald Trump blasts arrest of confidant Roger Stone on Twitter

    Jan 25, 2019 04:55 PM EDT

    ... Witch Hunt in the History of our Country! NO COLLUSION!" Trump also tweets that "Border Coyotes, Drug Dealers and Human Traffickers are treated better." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1088832908494888961 He complains "who alerted CNN to be there?" in an apparent reference to the network's footage of Stone's ...

  • Twitter Chat: Helping millennials step into the role of family caregiver

    Twitter Chat: Helping millennials step into the role of family caregiver

    Jan 23, 2019 05:01 PM EDT

    ... How can these younger Americans balance the stress and responsibility? The PBS NewsHour will explore that and more in our next edition of #NewsHourChats on Twitter Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. EST. Jennifer Levin (@ClassicLevin), previous caregiver and creator of the Facebook support group Caregiver Collective, as well as ...

  • Twitter chat: How do we fix the planet’s plastics problem?

    Twitter chat: How do we fix the planet’s plastics problem?

    Oct 08, 2018 09:11 PM EDT

    ... found, the PBS NewsHour was joined on Twitter Wed, Oct. 10 at 12 p.m ET by NewsHour’s national correspondent Amna Nawaz (@IAmAmnaNawaz) and producer Lorna Baldwin (@lornabaldwin.)Read a recap of the conversation below via Twitter Moments: Twitter chat: How do we fix the planet’s plastics problem?