USA

Social media giants called to testify by US Congress

Google, Facebook & Twitter gave been called to testify by the Congressional Investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

28/09/2017

World News

Twitter tests doubling up its character limit

The social network platform says the 280 character limit extension is a response to "extremely frustrated" users

27/09/2017

France

How did the Internet react to Juncker's State of the Union speech?

Google searches, tweets and controversy.

13/09/2017

USA

Protests greet Trump's scrapping of DACA

From Washington to Denver protesters condemn Trump's decision to scrap DACA immigration programme

06/09/2017

Spain

Spanish respond to ISIL threats with humour

Internet users mock spokesman who warned of further attacks in Spain.

24/08/2017

USA

Hashtags entered Twitter like a 'Trojan horse', says creator Chris Messina

The idea of hashtags was initially rejected by Twitter's founders as 'too nerdy', says their creator Chris Messina

24/08/2017

USA

Twitter hashtags are celebrating their tenth birthday

23/08/2017

United Kingdom

UK crackdown on social media hate crime

The Crown Prosecution Service says online hate crime must be dealt with just as seriously as face to face abuse.

21/08/2017

USA

Trump hits out at China over North Korea's missile programme

US President Donald Trump has hit out at China for not doing more to reign in North Korea's Kim Jong Un and his missile programme.

30/07/2017

USA

Trump tweets about Presidential 'power to pardon'

Donald Trump says 'US President has complete power to pardon' in a Twitter rant against Russia probe.

23/07/2017

World News

Yellowstone earthquake causes Twitter users to predict apocalypse

Earthquakes in the USA and the Philippines caused a social media buzz on Thursday, July 6, with some Twitter users declaring an apocalypse was coming.

06/07/2017

USA

Donald Trump's CNN wrestling tweet sparks fresh outrage

Donald Trump's latest tweet gets him into hot water again

02/07/2017

USA

Trump defends Twitter attacks

02/07/2017

United Kingdom

May Day on twitter

How has twitter responded to an election result widely considered to be a catastrophic failure for Theresa May?

09/06/2017

USA

Trump causes a “covfefe” over enigmatic midnight tweet

31/05/2017

USA

Trump warns former FBI boss against speaking to the press, hints at White House "tapes"

President Trump warns ousted FBI boss James Comey against talking to media, hints there may be tapes he would use to counter Comey's accounts.

12/05/2017

Business Series

Could Twitter be enjoying a Trump fuelled turnaround?

Twitter - the social media platform beloved by US president Donald Trump - saw its shares surgeafter it added a lot more users that had been expected.

26/04/2017

USA

Trump approaches 100 days in power

For American presidents, this is an important milestone.

25/04/2017

Germany

Dortmund fans offer beds to stranded Monaco supporters

After thousands of AS Monaco supporters found themselves stranded in Dortmund following the postponement of their Champions League match, Twitter users came to the…

12/04/2017

Germany

Germany threatens tech firms with €50m fines for hate speech

German ministers have approved a draft law aimed at tackling the growing problem of cyber hate and false information of a criminal nature on the web.

05/04/2017