Twitter blocks access to political transparency organisation Politwoops
Group that archives deleted tweets from legislators has its access to social network shut off
New UK vlogger guidance issued in wake of Kim Kardashian’s banned selfie
Advertising watchdog says video bloggers have complained of pressure to keep commercial tie-ups secret from their fans
‘Cuckservative’: the internet’s latest Republican insult hits where it hurts
Portmanteau of ‘cuckold’ and ‘conservative’ shames Republican candidates for selectively leaning left and belittles their manhood. For example, see Jeb Bush
‘Is nothing sacred?’: Twitter responds to news of Jumanji remake
Sony Pictures’ slate for 2016 and 2017, which includes remakes of the Robin Williams family film and sequels to the Will Smith action movie Bad Boys, has prompted cries of ‘too soon’ and ‘travesty’
Celebrity lifestyles for sale
It started with Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop – now everyone from Zooey Deschanel and Reese Witherspoon to Lena Dunham is selling you their way of life
It’s fast, global, engaged and influential – so why isn’t Twitter flying?
While Facebook and Snapchat soar, the most immediate social media channel in the world has many experts worried
Ministers back campaign to give under-18s right to delete social media posts
iRights campaign says young people should be able to easily edit or delete comments or pictures they have posted on sites such as Facebook and Twitter
Turkey releases bombing suspect details as Twitter temporarily shut down
Officials say DNA evidence points to Turkish student whose ID was found at the scene in Suruç, near Syria
Carter Reynolds’ Twitter spat is a poor advert for social media
A banal spat between two teenagers tells a sorry tale of oversharing, the currency of teenage sexuality, and the vulnerability of growing up in public
Salman Rushdie parody Twitter account drops name at the author’s request
Popular @RushdieExplains feed switches handle after the novelist himself appeals for the joke to end
Twitter’s shares jump after fake story on company’s $31bn takeover offer
The story fairly accurately mimicked the look and feel of Bloomberg News and carried the byline of a staff writer but the website address and errors gave it away
If you are single and whine about it online prepare to stay that way
Have you ever seen someone ranting and raving about not having a boyfriend or girlfriend and said: ‘I’m so turned on by this display of bitterness’?
How to get generation YouTube reading books…
Publishers understandably want to cash-in on those with huge online followings, but they’re missing a trick by ignoring book lovers in favour of gamers and fashionistas
Glastonbury: Instagram beer for 1D and trolls for the Dalai Lama
Worthy Farm’s temporary residents are tweeting furiously – probably because they hate music, sunshine and fun
Syrians respond to ‘summer in Syria’ tweet with photographic realities of war
Users hijack hashtag of PR tweet from state news agency to share images of injured civilians and devastation from four-year conflict