How can a government turn off Twitter?
Calls to “shut down Twitter” don’t only come from prime ministers facing corruption allegations: during the 2011 riots former MP Louise Mensch suggested the same thing.
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Novelist David Mitchell is publishing a short story on Twitter over the next week. In tribute, so is Channel 4 News – with your help. Our Economics Editor Paul Mason has written the first line…
Women’s legs – in denim, leggings and other fabrics – pop up all over Twitter after a Ukip party donor told Channel 4 News women should be banned from wearing trousers.
The ugly face of Twitter emerges again as violent threats and insults are levelled at a wannabe celebrity who has chosen to have an abortion to further her career.
Forget exploding cigars. The latest from the fractious relationship between the United States and Cuba brings things into the 21st century: via social networking.
Calls to “shut down Twitter” don’t only come from prime ministers facing corruption allegations: during the 2011 riots former MP Louise Mensch suggested the same thing.
Turkish premier Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to shut down Twitter in his country is a signal moment when a once-respected statesman turns into a Canute-like clown.
Turkey blocks access to Twitter days before elections after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who is battling a corruption scandal that has been aired on the site, vowed to “wipe (it) out”.
The Conservatives have been hit with a Twitter “takedown” after a “patronising” advert on how the Budget 2014’s beer and bingo cuts help “hardworking people”.
Former Tory MP Louise Mensch and the Russian embassy in the UK engage in an unusual Twitter spat on the weekend over the deteriorating situation in Ukraine.
Ex-footballer Stan Collymore criticises Twitter for failing to combat racist and abusive tweets – hours after Olympian Beth Tweddle was the victim of a torrent of abuse during a Twitter Q&A.
Two people in their 20s plead guilty to sending “menacing” tweets to Caroline Criado-Perez, who campaigned successfully to get a woman’s image on British banknotes.
From royal babies and twerking, to boy bands and Andy Murray: Twitter reveals the hot topics of 2013.
Journalists often use Twitter for information on breaking stories – but when the story of three women held in domestic “slavery” broke on Thursday, one social media user decided to play a prank.
For the last 24 hours, you’ve been telling us how you use your phone, and when, through the #datababy Twitter trial. From morning alarm to lights out – here’s what we found out.
As Channel 4 News monitors what your phone is up to over 24 hours, we want your help: tell us how you use your phone, and when, by following the #datababy Twitter trial.