• Twitter chat: America's unhealthy relationship with opioids

    Twitter chat: America's unhealthy relationship with opioids

    Sep 29, 2017 01:28 AM EDT

    ... How did this start? And what are we doing about it? As a part of the PBS NewsHour series "American Addicted," NewsHour (@NewsHour) hosted a Twitter chat at 1 p.m. ET Friday, Sept. 29 to talk about opioid use and substance abuse with Dr. Leana Wen (@DrLeanaWen), Baltimore City ...

  • Schiff: Russia turned Americans against each other on Twitter, Facebook

    Schiff: Russia turned Americans against each other on Twitter, Facebook

    Sep 28, 2017 10:51 PM EDT

    ... attempt to use social media to influence the 2016 presidential elections. But new revelations today about the role of social media giants like Facebook and Twitter add to the issue. Hari Sreenivasan has our report. HARI SREENIVASAN: In fact, officials with Twitter met behind closed doors today with staff on ...

  • Twitter says it suspended accounts linked to Russia

    Twitter says it suspended accounts linked to Russia

    Sep 28, 2017 09:05 PM EDT

    ... committees have been investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and any possible coordination with Trump associates. They have specifically been looking at Twitter and Facebook and their roles in the spread of misinformation and propaganda during the election. Twitter says the ads it provided came from three ...

  • Twitter to meet with House, Senate committees in Russia probe

    Twitter to meet with House, Senate committees in Russia probe

    Sep 28, 2017 03:33 PM EDT

    ... Twitter allows users to register anonymously and has more public accounts than Facebook. Many lawmakers have expressed concerns about the proliferation of anonymous "bots" on Twitter and their potential to spread misinformation. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence panel, said Wednesday that he hopes Twitter ...

  • President calls Facebook 'anti-Trump' on Twitter amid Russia probe

    President calls Facebook 'anti-Trump' on Twitter amid Russia probe

    Sep 27, 2017 03:25 PM EDT

    ... its platform more transparent. Several committees are investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump also says on Twitter that "the people were Pro-Trump!" He adds: "Virtually no President has accomplished what we have accomplished in the first 9 months-and economy roaring." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/913035855509491712

  • Twitter chat: Is online learning the future of college and grad school?

    Twitter chat: Is online learning the future of college and grad school?

    Sep 19, 2017 08:22 PM EDT

    ... higher ed? Are the skeptics who are worried about the quality of online degrees justified? To discuss online degree programs, the PBS NewsHour hosted a Twitter Chat on Thursday, Sept. 21 with Shanna Jaggars, director of Student Success Research with the Office of Distance Education and E-Learning at Ohio ...

  • Twitter chat: Millennials stagger under extreme debt, but why?

    Twitter chat: Millennials stagger under extreme debt, but why?

    Sep 13, 2017 04:16 PM EDT

    ... become financially solvent? And just what can be done to decrease this debt? To answer those questions and more, the PBS NewsHour was joined on Twitter at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday by Gaby Dunn (@gabydunn), vlogger and host of the podcast "Bad with Money," Young Invincibles (@younginvincibles), a millennial ...

  • Twitter chat: Why suicide rates are on the rise, especially among teen girls

    Twitter chat: Why suicide rates are on the rise, especially among teen girls

    Sep 06, 2017 06:07 PM EDT

    ... the findings of the CDC's study, risk factors and what parents and educators can do to support teens, the PBS NewsHour was joined on Twitter Sept. 7th at 1 ET by mental health counselor and educator Dr. Christina Connolly (@CConolly_psych), Chief Medical Officer at the American Foundation for ...

  • Twitter chat: Are apprenticeships more lucrative than a college degree?

    Twitter chat: Are apprenticeships more lucrative than a college degree?

    Aug 30, 2017 02:32 PM EDT

    ... with the education policy program at New America (@McCarthyEdWork); and Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed, who has reported on apprenticeships (@PaulFain), joined a @NewsHour Twitter chat on Thursday, Aug. 31.Check out this recap of #NewsHourChats below. [View the story "Twitter chat: Are apprenticeships more lucrative than a college ...

  • Twitter chat: How do we solve the student debt crisis?

    Twitter chat: How do we solve the student debt crisis?

    Aug 23, 2017 02:55 PM EDT

    ... director for postsecondary education at the Center for American Progress (@EduBenM); and Jon Marcus of The Hechinger Report (@JonMarcusBoston) joined the PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) on Twitter for the latest edition of #NewsHourChats.Follow our conversation below: [View the story "Twitter chat: How do we solve the student debt crisis?" on ...