Twitter says it plans to fight a court order from the Turkish government that is trying to force the company to block or remove the account belonging to a Turkish newspaper,… Read more »
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has posted public statements on his personal page about his commitment to free speech in the wake of the killings in Paris last week, but the behavior… Read more »
A teenager’s perspective on how he uses different social networks is useful, but sociologist danah boyd warns that generalizing about what this means for all teenagers inevitably marginalizes some users who… Read more »
A description from 19-year-old Andrew Watts provides a fascinating glimpse into how some teenaged users approach different social-media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat Read more »
Twitter is trying to appeal to new users with enhancements like its “while you were away” feature, which recommends content a user might have missed — but every tweak risks pushing… Read more »
Many Twitter users found themselves unable to log in to the service on Sunday night, due to what appeared to be an authentication error — an issue that seemed to affect… Read more »
Facebook is moving quickly to try and cement its position in video with a new deal to show NFL highlight clips and split the ad revenue — which comes on the… Read more »
Sony is threatening Twitter with a lawsuit unless it removes accounts and tweets that have posted screenshots or excerpts from its hacked emails, but the legal basis for such threats is… Read more »
The fact that Facebook and Twitter have come to dominate the way that news and information travels online has its downsides as well — how do we reach potential readers who… Read more »
Research into how the Obama and Romney campaigns used Twitter during the presidential election shows not only has the news cycle been compressed by a factor of ten, but the media… Read more »