• WATCH: Facebook, Twitter, Google testify in Senate hearing on Russia

    WATCH: Facebook, Twitter, Google testify in Senate hearing on Russia

    Oct 31, 2017 12:55 AM EDT

    Representatives from Facebook, Twitter and Google will testify before a series of congressional panels this week about how Russia may have used the social media platforms to influence the 2016 presidential election. Colin Stretch and Sean Edgett, the general counsels for Facebook and Twitter, and Richard Salgado, Google’s director ...

  • Why Tom Hanks posts photos of lost things on his Twitter feed

    Why Tom Hanks posts photos of lost things on his Twitter feed

    Oct 27, 2017 06:11 PM EDT

    ... a single glove, a lone shoe. Some of the accompanying captions are funny... https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/883805621170130944 Others are poignant or sad. https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/828969723173937152 And several comment on the passage of time. https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/905771922557992960 https://twitter.com/tomhanks/status/920676681446313984Recently ...

  • Twitter chat: What #MeToo says about sexual abuse in society

    Twitter chat: What #MeToo says about sexual abuse in society

    Oct 25, 2017 05:07 PM EDT

    ... of solidarity with just two words. It has netted 1.7 million tweets in 85 different countries since it appeared on actor Alyssa Milano's Twitter on Oct. 15. While millions reached out with stories of abuse, others critiqued the hashtag, saying it created undue pressure on survivors to "out ...

  • Twitter to disclose info on political ads amid scrutiny

    Twitter to disclose info on political ads amid scrutiny

    Oct 24, 2017 08:27 PM EDT

    ... committed to stricter policies and transparency around issues-based ads" and that it will work with other companies and policy makers to define them. Neither Twitter's new policies nor the "Honest Ads" bill addresses election meddling efforts outside of advertisements. Twitter, Facebook, Google and others are also dealing with ...

  • Twitter chat: How the gun control debate mirrors larger issues of partisanship in America

    Twitter chat: How the gun control debate mirrors larger issues of partisanship in America

    Oct 18, 2017 04:12 PM EDT

    ... might this issue change in light of recent mass shootings like Las Vegas, Orlando and Newtown? To discuss the data, the PBS NewsHour hosted a Twitter chat 1 p.m. EDT Thursday with data journalist Dante Chinni (@Dchinni), professor and chairman of political science at the University of Kansas Don ...

  • Trump attacks Democrats on Twitter over his tax overhaul plan

    Trump attacks Democrats on Twitter over his tax overhaul plan

    Oct 16, 2017 01:01 PM EDT

    ... plan. Trump says on Twitter Monday that "Democrats only want to increase taxes and obstruct." He adds "that's all they are good at!" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/919901190376259586 In another tweet, Trump cited an economist appearing on Fox News who criticized Democrats. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/919900022409449474 ...

  • Twitter chat: How senior citizens can address student debt

    Twitter chat: How senior citizens can address student debt

    Oct 13, 2017 06:54 PM EDT

    ... did we get here, and what can senior citizens do about student debt? To answer those questions, the PBS NewsHour Weekend will be joined on Twitter on Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. ET by Ashley Norwood, consumer and regulatory advisor at American Student Assistance (@cca_asa); Anthony Orlando, assistant ...

  • Twitter chat: The realities of opioid addiction and recovery

    Twitter chat: The realities of opioid addiction and recovery

    Oct 11, 2017 04:00 PM EDT

    ... and methadone play in recovery, and their thoughts on media coverage of the epidemic. To share those stories, the PBS NewsHour will be joined on Twitter on Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. ET by NewsHour reporter/producer Frank Carlson (@frankncarlson), chief medical officer of Boston Health Care for the ...

  • Twitter chat: Americans are pessimistic about the opioid crisis. What does that mean for a solution?

    Twitter chat: Americans are pessimistic about the opioid crisis. What does that mean for a solution?

    Oct 05, 2017 01:26 AM EDT

    ... To discuss additional poll findings as well as how this insight can be used to help end the addiction crisis, the PBS NewsHour hosted a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. ET Oct. 5 with NewsHour’s data producer Laura Santhanam (@laurasanthanam), Director of The Marist College Institute for Public ...

  • Google cooperating with Russia probe after Twitter slammed

    Google cooperating with Russia probe after Twitter slammed

    Sep 30, 2017 03:01 PM EDT

    MENLO PARK, Calif. — Google says it is digging into its vaults for evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, after Virginia Sen. Mark Warner slammed Twitter for a response to a congressional probe he called inadequate. The search giant said in a statement Friday evening that it is cooperating ...