As many as two-thirds of the tweeted links to the Internet's most popular websites were shared by bots, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. The study was limited to 1.2 million tweets from English language users sharing links to 2,315 websites. Around 90% of the links …

Twitter, Google Pushed to Adopt Political Ad Disclosures … have called on the CEO's of Twitter and Alphabet (Google) to follow Facebook's lead and voluntarily institute political ad disclosures the legislators … Twitter has also made a political ad disclosure pledge, which the legislators acknowledged. Read More

It's no secret that Twitter is largely populated by bots, automated programs that often act under the guise of being an actual human, but new findings out … like Facebook and Twitter, potentially influencing votes from the United Kingdom's Brexit referendum to the 2016 United States presidential election. Read More

Before moving to Spark Capital, Horowitz served as Director of Technology Communications at Facebook. At Twitter she worked on scaling the communications team and developing company narrative. Horowitz joined Twitter early on and worked there during its initial public offering (IPO). She said of … Read More

A spat on Twitter that turned toxic appeared to lead to a declaration from composer Mark-Anthony Turnage that he is to write no more operas. Turnage is one of the UK's leading composers who has written numerous orchestral and chamber works, and three full-length operas, including Anna Nicole, … Read More

Bill Nelson, the ranking Democrat on the Commerce Committee, said executives from Twitter and Google should have to testify. “Absolutely, because it's not just Facebook,” he told reporters after meeting with Zuckerberg Monday. “He happens to be the point of the spear, but all of these other app sites … Read …

… first time since acquiring international star Zlatan Ibrahimovic. As part of the innovative streaming partnership introduced for the 2018 MLS season, fans nationwide are able to follow their favorite teams and players via MLS's Twitter handles, @MLS and @FutbolMLS. Please note, the Twitter live stream … Read More

Did you know the Stanley Cup has a verified Twitter account? Well, now you do. The account, which was created in March, posted its first tweets Monday, just two days before the start of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Who has no thumbs, 126 years of memories, and a brand-new …

The suspension on Sunday of @Bitcoin, one of the oldest and most popular Twitter accounts, has raised a raft of questions. Suspensions of high profile Twitter accounts are rare and are usually accompanied by some sort of official explanation, with doxxing or harassment usually cited. With no official … Read More

The Pew Research Center examined roughly 1.2 million English-language tweets over a six-week period last summer, and found that 66% of links to the internet's 2,315 most popular websites came from suspected automated accounts. For pornography websites (which Pew calls “adult content”), 90% of … Read More