Twitter

Twitter Says It Has Shut Down 125,000 Terrorism-Related Accounts

9:03pm February 05, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The announcement comes just weeks after a woman sued Twitter, saying the platform knowingly let ISIS use the network "to spread propaganda, raise money and attract recruits."

Pop star and entertainer Michael Jackson performs a concert at the historic Berlin Reichstag on June 19, 1988. He died in 2009.

Let Twitter Be Your Guide Through This Michael Jackson Casting Mess

12:52pm January 28, 2016

by Leah Donnella

When the news leaves you speechless, let Twitter take the wheel.

#MemeOfTheWeek: Bernie Sanders And His @berniethoughts

2:11pm January 23, 2016

A parody Twitter account all about Bernie Sanders blurs the line between mockery and admiration. The account's creator says that's just fine.

Twitter's Support and other services were unavailable early Tuesday.

Twitter Goes Down Early Tuesday

12:46pm January 19, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The company hasn't provided details about what went wrong; some features such as search and direct messaging were still presenting problems Tuesday morning.

Can #OddEven Curb Delhi Pollution? Here's What Locals Are Tweeting

2:48pm January 11, 2016

by Esha Chhabra

The world's most polluted city (according to WHO) tries to get millions of drivers off the roads with a new license-plate-based plan.

In real life, Jonathan Sun is a Ph.D. candidate at MIT in the Department of Urban Studies + Planning. On Twitter, he's an alien who struggles with spelling and is baffled by human culture.

Arts

An Odd, Uplifting 'Alien': Meet The Man Behind A 'Weird Twitter' Star

6:19am December 19, 2015

Jonathan Sun, MIT student: "I thought it would be interesting to look at the world as an outsider." Jonnysun, Twitter celebrity: "*pets a skeleton* u used to b a baby"

Politics & Government

#MemeOfTheWeek: French Flags On Facebook

7:03am November 21, 2015

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, what could have been a unifying symbol of grief online turned out to be anything but.

Leslie Miley, former software engineer at Twitter

Economy

Q&A With The Black Twitter Engineer Who Left Over Diversity Problems

1:06pm November 06, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Leslie Miley says the company keeps an internal list of colleges and universities it wants to hire from — Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon — and says messaging like that is part of the problem.

Twitter changed its "favorite" star icon to a "like" heart icon prompting largely negative responses from Twitter users. But is it the heart they hate? Or the change itself?

Why No Love For Twitter's Hearts?

5:43pm November 03, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Twitter changed its "favorite" icon from a yellow star to a red heart. Twitter users aren't loving it, but NPR's social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam predicts it's just a matter of time.

Pope Francis' embracing of the digital world and social media has given new meaning to the word "followers" for the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis' Digital Reach Helps Put Him In Your Pocket

6:45am October 20, 2015

by Heidi Glenn

Pope Francis' social media feeds have blossomed while he's been pontiff, allowing followers to access his messages via Twitter, YouTube and also an app on their smartphones.