Tag: X (Formerly Twitter)

There are hundreds of comments on the poll, in both Arabic and English, criticizing Sen. Paul. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Saudi accounts hijack Rand Paul’s Twitter poll on arms deal

Red Alert Politics · August 11, 2016 7:22 pm

Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo purportedly ordered the creation of an algorithm to suppress the messages and used employees to manually scrub any critical content missed by the software. (AP Photo)

Report: Twitter censored messages critical of Obama

Rudy Takala · August 11, 2016 5:38 pm

A man attempted to scale the external glass walls of Trump Tower, located on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Trump praises NYPD for ‘saving’ climber

Anna Giaritelli · August 11, 2016 2:58 am

"As horrific as these deaths were ... Twitter cannot be treated as a publisher or speaker of ISIS's hateful rhetoric and is not liable under the facts alleged," wrote Judge William Orrick of the Northern District of California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

National Security

Judge dismisses suit against Twitter for aiding Islamic State

Rudy Takala · August 10, 2016 11:55 pm

Police nab man who scaled Trump Tower

Police nab man who scaled Trump Tower

Anna Giaritelli · August 10, 2016 8:43 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, "Congress should increase the share of government revenue generated from taxes on big corporations — permanently." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Warren: Trump ‘makes death threats’ because he ‘can’t handle … losing to a girl’

Kelly Cohen · August 10, 2016 1:26 pm

Erica Smegielski, the daughter of the late Sandy Hook Principal Dawn Hochsprung, hit back at Donald Trump Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Daughter of Sandy Hook victim takes on Trump for gun comments

Anna Giaritelli · August 10, 2016 12:23 am

"Many people are saying" things about Donald Trump, but not in the way the Republican nominee may want. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

‘Many People Are Saying’ hashtag takes over Twitter, to Trump’s dismay

Anna Giaritelli · August 9, 2016 3:26 am

Trump's agenda on jobs, taxes and trade "was written by rich corporate insider advisors to make the economy even greater for rich corporate insiders," Elizabeth Warren claimed. (AP Photo)

Warren goes off on Trump’s economic agenda in fiery tweetstorm

Gabby Morrongiello · August 8, 2016 9:53 pm

According to a study, actor Leonardo DiCaprio's acceptance speech for his Best Actor award didn't cause a huge increase in media coverage of climate change. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Energy and Environment

Study: Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar speech inspired more climate change passion

Kyle Feldscher · August 7, 2016 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted Friday morning that the plane footage he saw was that of the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, and not the plane carrying the Iran ransom payment. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump takes back claim that Iranians provided video of ransom payment

Sarah Bedford · August 5, 2016 11:56 am

Twitter’s Crybaby

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2016 5:20 am