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Ottawa-area activists face online threats in Twitter war over Stanley fundraiser

Miranda Dyck, a senior policy analyst with Health Canada, said she received telephone and Twitter threats after posting information about people who donated to Stanley's GoFundMe page. The fundraising effort, launched after Stanley was acquitted in the August 2016 shooting death of Colten Boushie, … Read More

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Twitter melted down over these ‘pervy’ Team USA uniforms

One Twitter user said the pattern must have been approved by the fictional “Pervy Tom the crotch ogler.” Another said: “So who designed the US speed skating uniforms? That crotch-highlighting look is a little tone-deaf.” One more posted: “WTF is with the women's speed skating outfits? Crotch bullseye … Read More

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Veldon Coburn’s Twitter Account Partially Suspended By Mistake: Twitter

Outrage greeted what appeared to be the suspension of an Indigenous academic's Twitter account, but Twitter said it was all a mistake. The social media saga began when Veldon Coburn, who teaches Indigenous issues at McGill University, received a threat on Twitter Monday morning. A user named … Read More

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How Investors Will Benefit As Facebook And Twitter Replace Traditional News

Social media is already a source of news for about two-thirds of U.S. adults according to the Pew Research Center. But, the traditional media's focus on Facebook's problems with fake news and President Trump's tweets have kept investors from seeing that Facebook and Twitter have already replaced … Read More

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Adding insult to injury twitter users rushed to mock the heartbroken athlete

Social media users have rushed to mock British speed skater Elise Christie following her calamitous performances at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. The injury plagued athlete, who was widely considered to the best in the world in the run up to the games, suffered a nightmare showing … Read More

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Here’s some Twitter options for Mac users now that the official app is going away

Tweetbot is probably the best Twitter app out there to begin with, so if you were using the service's official app, consider Twitter pulling support a sign that you should be making the jump to Tweetbot anyway. It has a clean interface (with no algorithmic timeline or sponsored tweets), outstanding …

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Step By Step: How Twitter Addresses User Complaints

Twitter has come under increasing scrutiny for the way it handles user complaints, with some critics saying the social media site infringes on their free speech and others alleging it doesn't go far enough. The Onion presents a step-by-step guide showing how Twitter addresses user complaints. Read More

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The Galaxy S9’s remaining secrets were quietly spilled on Twitter

For a few months now, Galaxy S9 leaks dominated most news cycles, with more and more details being revealed about Samsung's next big thing. However, the biggest revelations came over the past few days, thanks to Reddit posts from users who have actually used Galaxy S9 prototypes, as well as … …

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‘For years people had mixed up Twitter and Facebook’

Social media platform Twitter has turned profitable for the first time in the 12 years of its existence. The company reported a USD 91 million profit after years of negative revenue and user growth. In a conversation with Ajita Shashidhar, Matt Derella, Vice-President, Global Business Operations, Twitter, … Read More

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A Facebook executive learned a valuable lesson about using Twitter after he publicly contradicted …

"Never tweet" is a common refrain used by people on Twitter. It's essentially used to encourage people to think before they tweet. Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman learned this lesson the hard way over the long holiday weekend. On Friday, roughly eight hours after special counsel Robert Mueller … Read …