Researchers from five European universities are working on a system to sort the truth from the lies on social media by determining the accuracy of the content being shared.
Twitter has launched a new service called Twitter Alerts to help governments and aid agencies send warnings and alerts during disasters.
Twitter, everyone’s favourite 140 character messaging service, is planning an IPO and has filed an S-1 form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin that process according to a tweet from the company yesterday
Despite the lazy characterisations of much mainstream media, misogyny is not created by new technologies and it will take much more than an “abuse button” to resolve.
Twitter has come under fire for not currently offering a “report abuse” button on the service, after women’s rights campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez received death threats through the service for her campaign to have women represented on British banknotes.