Bots are flooding Twitter with political propaganda and conspiracy theories in an apparent attempt to sway a number of upcoming local and state elections in the U.S., including Pennsylvania's special election, Illinois' gubernatorial election, and California's congressional election. The Outline has … Read More
Twitter has suspended a number of popular accounts after they were accused of stealing tweets or "tweetdecking" – the practice of mass retweeting posts in order to force them to go viral. Accounts including @Dory, @GirlPosts, @SoDamnTrue, @reiatabie, @commonwhitegiri, @teenagernotes, @finah, … Read More
The day is Nov. 6, 1869. The scene is an empty field where, someday, a gymnasium for the college that calls this place home will be built. The event is the historic first collegiate football game between Rutgers and Princeton — and, to no one's surprise, people losing their minds …
Over the weekend, Twitter suspended some of its most popular accounts, some of which had millions of followers, for violating rules regarding spam. Those accounts include “@Dory, @GirlPosts, @SoDamnTrue, Girl Code/@reiatabie, Common White Girl/@commonwhitegiri, @teenagernotes, @finah, … Read More
When the sun sets on Sunday afternoon you know very well what that means as Twitter fans await Sunday night Twitter, and If you know you are easily bruised log out of social media because Black Twitter is ready to snatch wigs. However, things played out a little differently last …
MLS will also provide Twitter with a package of live, on-demand content every week, enabling fans to follow via @MLS, @FutbolMLS and the individual Twitter handles of the league's 23 clubs. Finally, the two parties will work together to create unique content around big MLS events, as they have in …
This deal includes at least 25 matches per season produced by Univision networks for their Spanish language television audience but will now include an English simulcast for streaming on Twitter, produced in a studio in Miami. The games will be available on the @UnivisionSports and @MLS Twitter … Read More
Facebook is streaming Major League Baseball, and now Twitter will stream Major League Soccer. The company announced on Friday a new three-year streaming deal that will bring at least 25 of soccer matches that broadcast on Univision networks in Spanish to Twitter's network, where they'll be … Read More
South Africa's AB de Villiers celebrates at St George's Park after reaching his centruy. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings. Durban – Proteas batsman AB de Villiers brought up his 22nd Test hundred in fine style against Australia in the second Test match at St. George's Park on Sunday. De Villiers was … Read …
After vowing to crack down on bots and spammers, Twitter has suspended several high-profile accounts for attempting to game the system by using mass-retweets and stolen content to gain popularity. Some of the suspended accounts, including @dory and @memeprovider, had millions of followers. Read More