Twitter users are updating film and TV titles with puns to make them internet-themed
What better way to blow off steam on a Friday night than to come together on Twitter to make some brilliant film puns? That's what Twitter users have been doing with the hashtag #InternetAFilmOrTVShow, transforming some of the greats of the silver screen into more modern movies. Nanny McAfee. Read …
On Twitter, fake news spreads faster than truth, MIT researchers say
Rumors have always spread faster than the truth, and a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows just how much this is amplified by the power of social media. Disinformation on Twitter spreads “farther, faster, deeper, and more broadly” than facts, the researchers say in the study … Read …
Twitter’s solution to the blue tick controversy? Verify everyone
People are upset at Twitter. 'Twas ever thus. However, in this particular instance they're upset over the company giving out blue ticks to white supremacists. While the social network has gone to the end of the earth to point verification shouldn't be “interpreted as an endorsement or an indicator of … …
Bruno Mars Is the Center of Twitter’s Latest Cultural Appropriation Debate
That's the debate posed by The Grapevine's video panel that's sparked a heated Twitter debate on Friday causing the pop star to become a trending topic. Over the two-part discussion, which lasted over 50 minutes, the speakers broke down their sides of the argument. Some panelist argued that Mars … Read …
Twitter Is Revamping Its Verification Process
According to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the San Francisco-based social media platform is developing a process to allow users to become verified in order to better distinguish real people from Russian trolls and bots. According to Dorsey, the move could help improve the overall dialogue on the platform … Read More
Twitter might be opening that big blue “verified” checkmark up to us poor, unwashed schlubs
We're reasonably sure Thomas More didn't have Twitter in mind when he wrote his 1516 speculative political masterpiece, Utopia. (Citation needed.) And yet, the internet micro-blogging site may soon be about to usher its users into More's hypothetical perfect society, with The Verge reporting today that … Read More
Fake news spreads faster than real news on Twitter, study shows
Fake news is 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than real news. According to a study in March's Science Magazine, fake news also spreads farther than its genuine counterpart. The study comprised stories and tweets from 2006 to 2017. It looked at 126,000 stories that had been tweeted by …
Twitter wants to give everyone a verified account
The current verification process is controlled by Twitter, which Dorsey admitted can unavoidably appear as though the company is endorsing certain kinds of accounts. “The intention is to open verification to everyone, and to do it in a way that is scalable where [Twitter is] not in the way,” Dorsey …
After reports he is to depart Goldman, CEO Blankfein takes to Twitter
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein might not be leaving the bank immediately or even this year, but he's inching closer to saying outright that he will leave, eventually. On Friday, after The Wall Street Journal reported the CEO could be leaving by the end of this year and a spokesman …
Twitter goes wild after Tiger Woods grabs lead at Valspar Championship
Golf Twitter went crazy on Friday afternoon as Tiger Woods moved into the lead at the Valspar Championship in Florida. Woods hasn't been in contention in a tournament in almost three years. Fans and Tour pros alike basked in the joy and nostalgia of a Woods-topped leaderboard, some of them … …