George W Bush has done it, but Barack Obama won’t budge. David Cameron has just been nominated to get soaked in ice-cold water too – so who’ll be first to step up to the bucket?
Islamic State Twitter accounts report a major victory in Syria, bringing the jihadist group closer to the Turkish border – and an ancient town associated with the countdown to Armageddon.
The Foreign Office tweets extracts from diplomatic telegrams, dispatches and letters in real time to mark the start of world war one, 100 years on. Here are just some of the key moments.
As a crop of Hitler-related hashtags emerge on social media over the past month, Simon Israel asks whether there is a rise in anti-Semitism in Britain.
A laughing matter? Pictures of women chuckling and guffawing sweep Twitter in protest at Turkey’s deputy prime minister, who says women should not laugh in public.
For the first time in a major Arab-Israeli conflict, the world has access to non-traditional sources of reality such as Twitter – and it means Israel is losing the battle for hearts and minds.
The USA might be out of the World Cup, but an inspired performance from goalkeeper Tim Howard has earned him the best respect Twitter can offer the hashtag #thingstimhowardcouldsave.
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (Isis) is not just battling its way into the cities of Iraq it is also fighting for global support and action via a major social media campaign.
Fans of the Netherlands took Twitter by storm after their team beat Spain 5-1 in their opening World Cup match – here are a few of the more tasteful creations we’re able to share.
We live much of our lives in the digital sphere in Britain in 2014, from dating to food shopping. But art?
Facebook’s phone app will soon be able to listen in to your music and TV shows – and identify them, in a new Shazam-like feature aimed at hoovering up even more of your personal data.
Not just the preserve of the Oscars or Facebook profile pictures, the “selfie” could give us clues as to what is happening in Thailand, after the military there declared martial law.
The #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign has reached more than a million tweets – as people across the world wear red to show solidarity with more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.
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.