Saturday, February 28, 2015

Today"s Twitter News

​High school principal calls Twitter bullies "pathetic cowards"
WINCHENDON, Mass. – The principal of a Massachusetts high school is furious over hate-filled messages on a Twitter account. Murdock High School Principal Joshua Romano tells CBS Boston he could have chosen his words more carefully, but he is …
Read more on CBS News


Twitter Will Crack Down On Serial Trolls By Tracking Their Phone Number
The Verge reported that Twitter will begin tracking phone numbers for known trolls. The problem here is that serial trolls can easily (and quickly) open new accounts and resume their harassment if Twitter shuts their account down. Identifying them by …
Read more on TechCrunch


Twitter is surveying users about how much they get harassed online

Twitter, as its CEO Dick Costolo has put it, sucks at dealing with harassment and trolls. It"s been trying to get better — although its changes have sometimes misfired badly in the past. Right now, though, it"s apparently apparently trying to gauge …
Read more on The Verge


George Galloway demands £5000 from Twitter users over "anti-Semitism" libel
Later that day, Mr Galloway wrote on Twitter: “I have begun legal proceedings against Hadley Freeman of the Guardian on her defamatory comments about me. No one should repeat them.” The furore inspired the hashtag #libelGalloway to trend as people …
Read more on The Independent


Twitter has one major advantage over Google and Facebook

As of November, Twitter had just 60,000 advertisers, which is small fries compared to Google (4 million) and Facebook (2 million). But Twitter has one big advantage: It makes much more money per advertiser than either of those giant internet companies.
Read more on Business Insider



Today"s Twitter News

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