Geoff White
The porn dilemma facing Twitter
Twitter faces a porn dilemma: introduce age controls and force every user to re-register, or ban porn from the site and monitor as many as 25 million images a day.
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JK Rowling Twitter row: support for author over poll abuse
Twitter users rally to show their support for JK Rowling after she became a target for online abuse in the wake of the election results.
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Sue Perkins leaves Twitter after Top Gear death threats
The Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins has left Twitter following death threats after she had been touted as Jeremy Clarkson’s successor to front the Top Gear TV show.
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Azealia Banks on politics, hip-hop and Twitter spats
American rapper, Azealia Banks, tells Channel 4 News she would consider running for office as she speaks about the release of her new album Broke with Expensive Taste.
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Government requests for Twitter account details surge
Government requests for information on Twitter accounts increase by 40 per cent in the last 6 months of 2014, with Russia sending more than 100 requests.
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Are Twitter finally taking online trolls seriously?
Twitter chief executive says that the company “sucks at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform, and we’ve sucked at it for years.”
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British Army unveils ‘Twitter troops’ for social media fight
The British Army is to create a new unit for psychological and social media warfare to help Britain “fight in the information age” and control the “narrative” of warfare.
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How Twitter reacted to rail travel misery
Trains in and out of King’s Cross station are cancelled leading to overcrowding and misery for commuters at Finsbury Park.
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Top IS Twitter propagandist arrested after investigation
Indian police arrest a man suspected of operating the most influential pro-IS Twitter account, following a Channel 4 News investigation.
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Unmasked: the man behind top Islamic State Twitter account
The most influential pro-Islamic State Twitter account to be followed by foreign jihadis – Shami Witness – is shut down after a Channel 4 News investigation uncovers the identity of the man behind it
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Facebook, Twitter told: be clear about how data used
Social networks must simplify terms and conditions, to ensure that their users are clear over how their personal data will be collected and used, MPs say.
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Twitter users in Syria live tweet air strikes on Raqqa
Social media users in the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, are among the first to report US air strikes on the city. One told Channel 4 News that the west must consider civilian casualties.
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IS calls for assassination of Twitter employees
Twitter is investigating after an Islamic State user issued a direct call for the assassination of Twitter employees over the firm’s suspension of IS accounts.
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Kylie Morris
Twitter and tear gas – why Ferguson won’t stop yet
Social media and police tactics have combined to turn the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, into an intractable conflict that shows no sign of going away.
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Twitter bot will monitor government Wikipedia changes
Want to know if Wikipedia is being edited from government computers? Follow the new Channel 4 News Twitter bot, which will monitor every time anyone makes a change from those machines.
