twitter incidents

No, seriously. The Trump DoJ under William Barr, used a Federal Grand Jury to obtain a subpoena for Twitter's records in an attempt to force them to reveal the identity of a number of Twitter accounts that trolled US Rep. Devin Nunes...

Twitter are undertaking a crackdown on conspiracy theory related content on their platform https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-bans-7-000-qanon-accounts-limits-150-000-others-n1234541 Let the Freeze Peach teeth-gnashing begin!

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/danielle-stella-ilhan-omar-threat-banned-twitter-919956/ One of Ilhan Omar's potential 2020 GOP opponents wants the Congresswoman hung. Danielle Stella, currently running for her party's nomination to unseat Omar stated that she should be...

Seems bizarre, but what is it really? Who wrote it? ETA: I voted "Troll".

This one's almost too rich for words. Basically, young man at college football game holds up sign asking for more beer money and including his Venmo account name. Sign gets shown on ESPN's gameday, and whaddya know, a day or so later young man discovers that there's $600 in the account. So he...

https://news.grabien.com/story-rep-ilhan-omar-goes-anti-semitic-twitter-rampage A series of tweets sent Sunday night from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) are another addition for the latter category. The tweets began after a writer for the Intercept, Glenn Greenwald, posted a story about Rep...

Sarah Jeong Joins The Times’s Editorial Board as lead writer on technology. Unfortunately she is a racist. (maybe) https://i.imgur.com/yuS8loE.jpg But that's OK, she was just trolling the real(TM) racists and the NYTimes is good with that...

Trump supporters attempted to get the hashtag #ThankYouTrump to trend on Twitter, only to have it be hijacked by people pointing out facts and thanking Trump for things his supporters likely wouldn't appreciate. A lovely sampling is included in the link if you care to be amused and saddened all...

Martin Shkreli lost his Twitter account, evidently for That Guy-ing a female journalist who had rejected his request for a date. After his banning, he changed his Periscope streaming profile to feature the same stalky images that got him punished by Twitter, and was eventually kicked off...

After she shared a story about Donald Trump's ex-wife, Marla Maples, on Facebook reporter Olivia Nuzzi received threatening messages from Mike Krawitz including; I. Hope. Somebody. Rapes. You. Today. :) Hope. You. Get. Raped. By. A. Syrian. Refugee. :) In fact the messages are nothing new...

Sky News did a Special Report on McCann Trolls. Police gathered a dossier of hateful tweets, Facebook posts and comments attacking the McCann family. Sky news reported on the dossier outing a twitter troll known as @sweepyface. The reporter outed @sweepyface as 63 year old Brenda Leyland from...

Anthony of 'Opie and Anthony' Fame Fired For Twitter Rant So, I wonder if the "Duck Dynasty" wing of the Free Speecher Brigade of Conservative Real 'Murricans will defend this radio host? Where's that popcorn?

I'm kidding, of course. Tea Party Activist Offends With Tweets About Shooting Victims Edited for Rule 10.

Some PR genius decided that it would be a good idea to solicit photos of the NYPD on Twitter, with the #MyNYPD hashtag. Do you have any nice photos stored away with your friends the police? Me neither. Needless to say, the community has enthusiastically responded with photos of the hands on...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/gideonresnick/alec-baldwin-deletes-homophobic-tweet-to-former-romney-aide I liked him in a lot of his movies and especially on 30 Rock, but he does seem to be an ******* in person.

In a NY Times Magazine article that tries to focus on his post-scandal life: No particular surprise, he's sticking with the limited hangout, much like the original twitter photo that got him in trouble: Another "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," bit of BS? C'mon, he wasn't...

An interesting article which as me in two minds, as a victim of 'old skool' bullying it's nice to see someone going after them, but I'm not sure this is the right way. http://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/latest/a/-/newshome/15191781/charlotte-dawson-fights-back-against-twitter-trolls/ However, the...

In any other news cycle I would find it ridiculous that a Tweet be the subject of national news. But for the last two or three days Jack Welch has been making a string of media appearances in which he defends the substance of a Tweet in which he accuses the Obama team ("those Chicago guys") of...

There's a wee stramash developing on twitter at the moment that seems to indicate it may not be the ideal medium for rational debate. Basically, PZ Myers may or may not have blocked a twitter user. When he was asked why, Rebecca Watson chimed in with certain allegations concerning the user. I...

A high school girl sends a disparaging Tweet about Sam Brownback during his appearance and is forced to apologize to him and the school. I wonder if the staffer responsible for monitoring social media is on the state payroll.

So Congressman Weiner tweeted an inappropriate photo (no nudity but sexually suggestive) to a college coed over the weekend. He has since tried to claim that his account was hacked, but as far as anyone knows he hasn't contacted the police or the FBI, and he's now lawyering up. What are the...