Paris Saint-Germain went into Camp Nou -- albeit in front of empty stands -- and thoroughly trounced Barcelona in the opening leg of their Round of 16 match in the Champions League on Tuesday.
John Gant, the 28-year-old right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, has hardly been a topic of conversation this offseason. But Monday night he was a topic trending on Twitter.
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden had been the nation's 46th president for just 36 minutes when he made use of a powerful presidential tool newly at his disposal. He tweeted from the @POTUS account on Twitter. "There is no time to waste when it comes to tackling the crises we face," Biden tweeted minutes after wrapping up his inaugural address at the U.S.
A Black columnist who is routinely trolled on Twitter has now had her own account suspended. She said the social network's algorithm couldn't distinguish between racist tweets and her ironic anti-racist tweet. She's been waiting nine days to have the problem corrected.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is keenly aware of the issues with abuse on his social media platform. When interviewed by Recode co-founder Kara Swisher, Dorsey gave his social media platform a "C" when it came to "tech responsibility," adding that his company was not doing enough to combat online abuse.
By Anna Sturla, CNN (CNN) -- A University of New Hampshire faculty member has resigned after a school investigation into "serious allegations of misconduct" on social media, according to the university. A male assistant professor allegedly posed as a woman of color under the handle @piney_the, with the tagline "The Science Femme, Woman in STEM," campus newspaper The New Hampshire reported in October.
Acknowledging a woman's right to put her grievance even after decades, a Delhi court today acquitted journalist Priya Ramani in a criminal defamation case filed by former minister MJ Akbar. Ramani has accused Akbar of sexual misconduct.
The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has announced that he will not be proceeding with the appointment of Aaron Forde as chairman of Shannon Group. Mr Ryan had announced his appointment earlier on Tuesday. In a phone conversation later on Tuesday, Mr Ryan indicated that Mr Forde's use of social media was "below the standard expected of the chair of a state board."
Chaudhary Sukhram Singh Yadav, a second-generation member of parliament for India's opposition Samajwadi party, has a fairly limited online presence. His Twitter account, created last February, boasts fewer than 250 followers. But the suspension of his account last week reflected the dilemma facing Twitter as it navigates a deepening stand-off with New Delhi.
Twitter has banned replies, retweets and likes on a Valentine's Day-themed tweet from Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita that implied the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. The social media giant took punitive measures against Rokita a day after the state's top lawyer published a meme on his personal account with floating red hearts and the text "You stole my heart like a 2020 election."
Nowhere was the national divide more apparent than across social media platforms, notably Twitter, on this President's Day. Even as Parler, the social media platform that has been seen as an alternative outlet for conservatives, made its return on Monday, it was on Twitter where Donald Trump was the focus of some 60,000 plus tweets by the afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO - A California appeals court ruled that Twitter had the right to ban a Canadian writer for her "hateful" tweets about transgender women, court records show. The 42-page published opinion by the First District Appellate Court, issued late last month, upholds the dismissal of a 2019 lawsuit by Meghan Murphy, a writer, journalist and founder of the Canadian-based website Feminist Current.
Twitter is reportedly looking to add a new stream of revenue by offering premium features through a monthly subscription. A report from Bloomberg states the motivation behind adding subscription-based features is to ease Twitter's dependence on advertising. This is something Twitter has wanted to do for years, Bloomberg says, as a majority of the company's revenue comes from advertising.
New Delhi, February 15 Twitter today removed a post by Home Minister Anil Vij, but rescinded the move hours later. The post by Vij read, "Seeds of anti-nationalism must be destroyed, no matter in whose mind they germinate - Disha Ravi or whosoever."
Twitter has only frustrated me since I opened an account 13 years ago this week. I blame myself, not my 2,889 followers or the massively popular social media platform, which turns 15 next month and boasts more than 330 million users worldwide.
Twitter has banned replies, retweets and likes on a Valentine's Day-themed tweet from Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita that implied the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. The social media giant took punitive measures against Rokita a day after the state's top lawyer published a meme on his personal account with floating red hearts and the text "You stole my heart like a 2020 election."
Twitter has added a warning label to a Valentine's Day-themed meme about the 2020 election posted by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) and blocked users from interacting with the tweet.
A University of New Hampshire faculty member has resigned after a school investigation into "serious allegations of misconduct" on social media, according to the university.
On January 26, Navreet Singh, a twenty-five-year-old farmer from Uttar Pradesh, in the north of India, hopped on a blue tractor and accelerated toward a police barricade erected in the middle of the street. It was supposed to be a celebratory day for India-the seventy-second anniversary of India's democratic constitution-but instead, tens of thousands of [...]
Without fans in the stands, teams have decided to put tarp covers over the seats. So, when the game ball rolled under the tarp on the seats behind the basket Monday night during Wizards vs. Rockets, Bradley Beal got his hands dirty and dug it out.