Mar 30 Judy Woodruff remembers the day Reagan was shot By Colleen Shalby Thirty-four years ago today, John Hinckley tried to kill President Ronald Reagan. Continue reading
Mar 11 Rap music not to blame for racist frat video, Twitter says By Eric Krupke During a discussion this morning on the recent video featuring members of a fraternity at Oklahoma University chanting racist slurs, the hosts of "Morning Joe" laid the blame on someone other than the fraternity brothers: the rapper Waka Flocka… Continue reading
Mar 02 Islamic State threatens Twitter employees and founder Jack Dorsey By Colleen Shalby The Islamic State group is encouraging supporters to kill Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and any employee of the social network, in retaliation for blocking the group’s Twitter accounts. Continue reading
Feb 05 Twitter CEO takes ‘full responsibility’ for lack of online harassment intervention By Colleen Shalby There’s a dark space on the Internet where crass remarks, seemingly fueled by hatred for hatred’s sake, live and thrive. They belong to “trolls” -- the term given to those who spew insults to people on Twitter, YouTube, in the… Continue reading
Feb 02 Heat map highlights key moments of most-tweeted Super Bowl ever By Justin Scuiletti Do you remember where you were during key moments of Sunday's Super Bowl? If the answer was on Twitter, then you were not alone. Continue reading
Jan 19 Creator of #JeSuisCharlie tries to protect its meaning By Colleen Shalby Graphic designer Joachim Roncin is trying to protect the original meaning of #JeSuisCharlie -- a phrase he coined after the attack on the Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Continue reading
Jan 12 Group claiming ties to Islamic State appear to have hacked key military command’s Twitter, YouTube accounts By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A group calling themselves CyberCaliphate with the tagline “i love you isis” apparently have hacked the Twitter handle for U.S. Central Command, CENTCOM. Continue reading
Dec 30 #RealLiveTransAdult emerges on Twitter following transgender teen’s death By Colleen Shalby Earlier today, Twitter user Red Durkin started the hashtag #RealLiveTransAdult -- a conversation that encouraged transgender men and women to share their stories with transgender teenagers. Durkin started the hashtag in response to the suicide note left by transgender 17-year-old… Continue reading
Dec 04 After the Eric Garner decision, what the Twitter conversation says about race and culture By Colleen Shalby Following the grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, people took to Twitter, where the conversation of race and culture in America took center stage, echoing the actions of protesters across… Continue reading
Nov 24 LIVE: News from Ferguson via Twitter By Nora Daly Keep up with the latest developments in Ferguson by following these journalists, local officials and individuals on the ground. Continue reading