Twitter suspended several popular accounts from the platform for working together in exclusive groups to retweet each other's posts and force virality of tweets, BuzzFeed reports. This practice, known as "tweetdecking," can be lucrative for involved parties — individuals are willing to pay tweetdeckers to … Read More

The best-performing social media stock of 2018 isn't the group's long-standing leader Facebook or the resurgent Snap, but Twitter. Shares of Twitter have run up nearly 50 percent year to date, practically doubling Snap's 24 percent year-to-date gain and leaving shares of Facebook, up less than 5 … Read More

A statement by Tillerson aid Steve Goldstein led reporters to believe Tillerson found out he had been fired over Twitter – the platform Trump made the announcement on. Goldstein was promptly fired by the White house and conflicting reports claim that Tillerson was informed ahead of the announcement. Read More

United Nations officials have accused Facebook of spreading hate speech in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation where human rights experts are investigating a possible genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Marzuki Darusman, chairman of the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding … Read More

United Nations officials say that social media has had a “determining role” in anti-Rohingya Muslim violence in Myanmar, which the organization itself has called “ethnic cleansing.” And, “as far as the Myanmar situation is concerned, social media is Facebook, and Facebook is social media,” said Marzuki … Read More

UN human rights experts investigating a possible genocide in Myanmar have said that Facebook had played a role in spreading hate speech against the majority-Muslim Rohingya minority. The UN's Special Rapporteur on Myanmar also said that the Rohingya crisis in the Rakhine State "bears the … Read More

“Delta apologizes to customers on flight 2048 from Minneapolis who were delayed deplaning in Sioux Falls while Delta's ground crews worked to board another flight at an adjacent gate," airline representatives said in a statement. Delta's Sioux Falls crew prioritized an arrival from Atlanta because they … Read More

Social media can be pretty awesome. It's home to support groups, food blogs, and Mindy Kaling's Instagram account. Being exposed to different images, places, ideas, and people through the lens of apps such as Facebook and Snapchat can inspire us and broaden our worldviews, but social media can … Read More

The best-performing social media stock of 2018 isn't the group's long-standing leader Facebook or the resurgent Snap, but Twitter. Shares of Twitter have run up nearly 50 percent year to date, practically doubling Snap's 24 percent year-to-date gain and leaving shares of Facebook, up less than 5 … Read More

COLOMBO, March 13 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is likely to lift a ban on social media networks this week, a government minister said on Tuesday, almost a week after blocking access to prevent the spread of communal violence. At least two people were killed in clashes in early March when …