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Twitter’s stock took a tumble this week thanks to some bad PR and lower-than-expected results. But their business strategy is reassuring.
Twitter is as famous for its trolls as for its usefulness. Will its new anti-abuse measures turn the tide?
The increased virtual presence of athletes continues to have a darker side.
From Grant Shapps to the Cameronettes, the best and worst of the internet for the last week of #GE2015.
Why be a fan of what people expect you to be when you can embrace Milifandom instead?
Should cyberbullies be isolated and shamed? Or should they be helped ? Victims of cyberbullying could take to being cyberbullies themselves.
Public shaming has a long history and has now gone online through social media. But shame can also be a powerful force to encourage positive behavioural change.
In one of my previous articles, I likened social media to a war zone during elections. If this is the case, then the Respect Party candidate in Bradford West is a the political equivalent of Rambo. A one-man…
The social media giant has taken a tougher line on abuse. But is it enough?
Understanding public opinion can help officials target messages during a health crisis. But current survey methods aren’t good at generating representative samples. Can Twitter fill in the gaps?
UPDATED March 27, 11:45am: These live infographics continue to show the most tweeted about people and parties in the New South Wales election.
Social media is being actively used in the public debate on Common Core, with an unprecedented 35,000 to 40,000 tweets each month.
Social media companies and the law are both beginning to seriously combat revenge porn.
While party leaders shun direct engagement on Twitter, other MPs are really engaged
One wants to spend £60,000 on a council house the other thinks it costs the same to build a conservatory.
Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. So said Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years. Now that we spend so much time online, our digital…
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo recently admitted in a leaked memo to staff how serious a problem online abuse and trolling on Twitter was, one that the social network has so far failed to tackle…
Checking social networks is a morning ritual for many, and when that routine is disrupted – as it was recently when Facebook’s servers went down – its absence can come as a surprise. But what also becomes…
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s announcement of a knighthood for Prince Philip on Australia Day sparked both a mainstream and social media storm. But Abbott’s response to this backlash, when he casually dismissed…
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