Social Media

A nonprofit organization was unable to promote several tweets that included the terms “illegal alien” and “criminal alien” on Twitter after the social-media platform invoked its “Hateful Content” policy. Twitter eventually reversed the decision, saying it was “made in error,” after the issue received significant media attention. The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which advocates […]

Homer’s “Iliad” is usually thought of as the first work of European literature, and many would say, the greatest. It tells part of the saga of the city of Troy and the war that took place there. In fact, the “Iliad” takes its name from “Ilios,” an ancient Greek word for “Troy,” situated in what […]

Text messaging is now the most popular form of communication among teenagers, according to a survey conducted by Common Sense. Teenagers overwhelmingly preferred in-person communication six years ago, with almost 1 in 2 saying it was their favorite way of communicating in 2012. But face-to-face conversations have given way to text messages as teens’ preferred […]

An apparent Iranian influence operation targeting internet users worldwide is significantly bigger than previously identified, Reuters has found, encompassing a sprawling network of anonymous websites and social media accounts in 11 different languages. Facebook and other companies said last week that multiple social media accounts and websites were part of an Iranian project to covertly […]

A New York man charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg is fighting extradition from Ecuador where he was arrested after fleeing before his trial in the United States more than three years ago. Paul Ceglia, 45, a wood pellet salesman, faced charges of mail fraud and wire fraud over his alleged […]

NEW DELHI—India said Facebook-owned WhatsApp had pledged on Aug. 21 to develop tools that would combat fake messages, to help the country crack down on people whipping up public anger through mass message forwards on social media. WhatsApp chief executive officer Chris Daniels gave the assurance to India’s information technology minister during a meeting in […]

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Vice President Del Harvey said they plan to further “evolve” the social-media platform’s policies to counter “hate speech,” after discussions with company employees regarding controversial radio host Alex Jones. While Facebook, Apple, Google, Spotify, and others booted many of Jones’ pages, channels, and podcasts for violating “hate-speech” policies, Twitter didn’t […]