Scottish police apologise to Toby Young over ‘right tit’ tweet
The police in Scotland have apologised to journalist Toby Young after an official tweet said he’d made a “right tit…
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Police arrest rape-threat tweet man as shadow home secretary calls for tougher action to tackle Twitter abuse
Police have arrested a man over a barrage of hostile tweets to a female journalist, including threats to rape and…
By Twitter not quicker than newswires on breaking news say researchers after studying 51 million tweets
Twitter is not set to replace traditional newswires as a source for breaking news, researchers have found. Academics from the…
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The Times, paywalls and social media
When your journalism is behind a paywall how do you make social media work for you? It’s a conundrum The…
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Like Twitter before, Vine is worth your attention
Where its social networking rivals are all bells and whistles, Twitter is a lowest common denominator platform. At 140 characters…
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Social media users who shared pictures claiming to identify James Bulger killers given suspended sentences
Two social media users have been given nine-month suspended sentences for breaching an injunction by sharing pictures of people they…
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High Court set to rule on Bercow’s ‘innocent face’ McAlpine tweet
The High Court decides today whether a tweet by Commons Speaker's wife Sally Bercow about Tory peer Lord McAlpine was…
ByTwitter tightens security following spate of media hacking attacks
Twitter has reacted to a series of hacking attacks on high-profile media organisations by beefing up its security. The social…
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