Paul Mason
The Greek crisis: on the ground and on Twitter
Last night I responded sharply to an anonymous Greek troll known as @GreekAnalyst, comparing his right-wing network of abusive and unaccountable people…
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Celebrities and politicians boycott Twitter for 48 hours over response to Wiley anti-Semitic posts
Celebrities, politicians and religious leaders have joined a 48-hour boycott of the social media site Twitter, accusing it of failing to act swiftly enough to take down anti-Semitic posts by the grime artist Wiley.
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Trump threatens to ‘close down’ Twitter after it marks tweet with factcheck warning
President Trump has threatened to “close down” the social media platform Twitter – after it flagged up two of his posts for fact checking – linking to an article describing Mr Trump’s claims about postal ballot fraud as “unsubstantiated”.
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Trump launches live Twitter attack on impeachment witness as she testifies
President Trump has been accused of intimidating a witness at his impeachment hearing by attacking her on Twitter while she was testifying.
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Twitter bans all paid political advertising – but Facebook holds firm
The election ground war has begun, but will the rules of engagement be fair?
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John Barnes: ‘What is more harmful for the black community? Pogba being racially abused on Twitter, or the fact young black kids in inner cities can’t get jobs.’
Paul Pogba’s Manchester United teammates have called for action against social media trolls after he was racially abused online.
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Trump UK state visit begins with Twitter attack on London mayor
It has been a day of royal welcomes, of smiles for the cameras and elaborate pageantry for Donald Trump.
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US-Iran Twitter war of words raises fear of conflict
The weekend’s Twitter war between the White House and Tehran has yet again raised tension and concern over a potential US-Iran conflict.
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Trump attacks Iran’s Rouhani on Twitter
It was late on Sunday night when President Trump took to Twitter with a verbal attack on Iran’s leader Hassan Rouhani. Tweeting entirely in capital letters, Mr Trump vowed to respond to any threat from Iran with dire consequences – a warning echoed today by his national security adviser John Bolton, who said any negative…
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How Twitter users were wrongly labelled as Russian bots after a government briefing
Media reports claimed a “government analysis” had linked specific Twitter accounts to the Kremlin – and highlighted two “bot” accounts in particular. But people who run these accounts have both denied it, and even appeared on camera to prove they are real people. So what’s caused the confusion?
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Morning Joe presenters over Donald Trump Twitter row
Two US breakfast show hosts targeted by President Trump in a bizarre Twitter tirade have told Channel 4 News that everything he said was false. Trump lashed out at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, claiming they had “spoken badly of him”.
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Trump defends himself on Twitter over ‘obstruction’ claims
Over in Washington, President Trump has lashed out at reports that the Special Counsel investigating Russian influence in the US election, is now looking into whether the President himself has “obstructed justice.” Our Washington Correspondent, Kylie Morris, joins us live from outside the FBI headquarters.
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Donald Trump’s latest Twitterstorm
Another early morning Twitterstorm from the American president. This time, explosive claims that the Obama administration wire-tapped Trump’s phones during the election campaign. It comes in the middle of a growing scandal around the Trump administration’s contacts with Russian officials.
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Donald Trump uses Twitter to vent his anger
Donald Trump has been venting his fury in another series of early morning tweets.
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#Distractinglysexy female scientists fight sexism on Twitter
After scientist Sir Tim Hunt says “girls” in labs can put male colleagues off their work, women scientists express their disapproval of his views using the ironic hashtag “distractingly sexy”.
