Scotland's three most prominent female politicians have backed calls for Twitter to clamp down on online abuse against women. Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson and Kezia Dugdale said they had received death and rape threats on the social media platform. They are supporting an Amnesty International … Read More

Today is a bad day if you're a popular social media platform. The fallout from revelations about the misuse of Facebook user data by Cambridge Analytica continues, and now government agencies are reportedly investigating Mark Zuckerberg's enormously powerful platform. But Facebook isn't the only … Read More

Twitter reports that the Ryan Coogler-directed superhero story has surpassed Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: The Last Jedi andis the top-tweeted movie of 2018. Before the movie was even released, Twitter was flooded with the hashtag #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe. Attendees of early … Read More

"Terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah have moved to Twitter instead of Facebook," Shaked wrote in an emailed statement to Bloomberg on Tuesday. "Through Twitter, the terrorist organizations promote terror and incite to violence, including public activity that they carry out without fear.". Read More

NEW YORK: Twitter shares were hammered on Tuesday (Mar 20) at midday following reports that Israel was weighing action against the company, adding to the growing woes of social media stocks. Twitter shares closed down 10.4 percent at $31.735 following comments by Israeli Justice Minister … Read More

The Nation is an old beloved weekly publication known for its progressivism. It's not known for disseminating hate and violence. And yet, for some reason, Twitter decided to ban the magazine from using its ad platform because its content supposedly included “hate, sensitive topics, and violence.”. Read More

The days of wondering whether we would ever see Daniel Bryan compete in a WWE ring again are over, folks. On Tuesday — just a few weeks out from WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans, the same host city that saw Bryan win the undisputed heavyweight championship at WrestleMania 30 — …

While it may seem counterintuitive that Facebook's competitors are not benefiting from its current woes, concerns about data and privacy breaches on social media networks like Twitter and Snap are a longstanding concern, and FB's latest scandal has shone a blaring spotlight on the issue. Read More

Twitter and Facebook are evolving their approach to news, and have started to become the opposite of their former selves. Where Facebook is trying to shed its association with news, Twitter is building it into its platform — but it'll need to avoid Facebook's problems with fake news. Facebook, whether …

Twitter shares were down 10 percent midday Tuesday, Facebook fell nearly 6 percent, and Snap shares were 4 percent lower. The Israeli government is considering legal action against Twitter over failure to remove content from "terrorist organizations," Bloomberg reported. A report from The New York … Read More