The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has made its first public foray into the world of social media by opening official accounts on Twitter and Facebook.
In a major breach of security, the passport numbers of every squad member of both England and Ecuador were handed out to the press box before their friendly World Cup warm up game in Miami.
UKIP may have thought they would be riding a wave of support from the public when they launched the Twitter hashtag #WhyImVotingUKIP, but the ever sarcastic British Twitterati were quick to mock the campaign.
Twitter feeds can become unwieldy streams of bite-sized information at times, especially if someone on that feed is live-blogging an event or sharing just a bit too much at the moment. To address this, Twitter has been slowly rolling out a “mute” feature, where you can still follow people, but their updates will no longer appear in your Timeline.
Transport for London (TfL) has found itself embroiled in a Twitter spat with a commuter, after @LDNOverground told a commuter complaining about trains being late to “leave early”.