How to continue using Twitter, Facebook and other sites in the event your government decides to ban them. ...
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How to unlock social media bans
How to unlock social media bans
How to continue using Twitter, Facebook and other sites in the event your government decides to ban them. Ghana, regarded as one of Africa’s stellar examples for best democratic practice, shocked civi ...
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Twitter predicts UK exit from EU
Twitter predicts UK exit from EU
The majority of people Tweeting about the forthcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU are goi ...
The majority of people Tweeting about the forthcoming referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU are going to vote “leave”. That’s the surprising finding in a study of more than 350,000 Tweets on the ...
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Niger Delta Avengers Claims It Blew Up Chevron Oil Well
Niger Delta Avengers Claims It Blew Up Chevron Oil Well
A militant group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), on Wednesday claimed it ...
A militant group in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), on Wednesday claimed it blew up Chevron Oil Well RMP 23 and RMP. The group said the attack on the facility occurred at ...
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Half Of “Misogynistic Abuse” On Twitter Comes From Women.
Half Of “Misogynistic Abuse” On Twitter Comes From Women.
Research for the Reclaim the Internet campaign gauged misogynistic tweets as those containing the words “ ...
Research for the Reclaim the Internet campaign gauged misogynistic tweets as those containing the words “slut” or “whore”. More than half of all misogynistic abuse posted on Twitter come from women, a ...
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Twitter moves away from 140 characters
Twitter moves away from 140 characters
Twitter announced this morning plans that will begin to distance it from its strict adherence to the rule ...
Twitter announced this morning plans that will begin to distance it from its strict adherence to the rule that tweets can only contain 140 characters. The company says that, among other changes design ...
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Uganda gags Social Media as President is sworn in for 5th term
Uganda gags Social Media as President is sworn in for 5th term
It seems the Ugandan government doesn't want people talking about its election or its once and future pre ...
It seems the Ugandan government doesn't want people talking about its election or its once and future president — certainly not online. The nation's government blocked access to Facebook, Twitter and ...
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Twitter to raise character limit in tweets
Twitter to raise character limit in tweets
Twitter Inc. may be preparing to raise its character limit for tweets to the thousands from the current 1 ...
Twitter Inc. may be preparing to raise its character limit for tweets to the thousands from the current 140, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The maximum number of characters in a post coul ...
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Twitter bans Azealia Banks for racist tweets
Twitter bans Azealia Banks for racist tweets
Outspoken Azealia Banks' Twitter account has been suspended following her hate-filled attack on singer Za ...
Outspoken Azealia Banks' Twitter account has been suspended following her hate-filled attack on singer Zayn Malik on Wednesday (11May16). The rapper took aim at the former One Direction star after he ...
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How social media messes with your brain
How social media messes with your brain
On a balmy summer evening in San Francisco, Bridget and her husband were out to dinner at a fancy restaur ...
On a balmy summer evening in San Francisco, Bridget and her husband were out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. Absorbed in the intimate conversation of married people, they didn't notice the pretty you ...
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ISIS threatens Facebook and Twitter founders
ISIS threatens Facebook and Twitter founders
Islamic State has issued a threat against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter chief Jack Dorsey. ...
Islamic State has issued a threat against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter chief Jack Dorsey. The extremists have reportedly released a new video which features images of the two internet ...
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