Twitter claims government surveillance plans will leave firm open to lawsuits

Twitter says online activity of non-UK citizens could be collected unwittingly under plans, leading to foreign privacy lawsuits. By Josh Halliday

New Manchester blog on Tumblr builds picture of the city’s people

Who needs The Sartorialist? Deansgate and Liverpool Road have as much fascination as New York or Milan. Allan Russell introduces an online gallery which could get to include...You

Follow the leader: five top fashion bloggers pick their favourite high street styles

Top-level fashion bloggers are now stars in their own right, says Imogen Fox, so who better to ask for tips from next season's high street collections

The Samsung controversy and the murky world of tech blogging

Indian pair were stranded in Berlin after they refused to work on Samsung booths. By Charles Arthur

Citizen Khan: who was offended by it, and why?

Mark Lawson: The Muslim sitcom supposedly generated a lot of controversy – but do bloggers and tweeters represent all viewers?

George Galloway criticised for ‘window licker’ tweet

Respect MP causes further controversy over use of derogatory term for disabled person following recent comments about rape

How many Twitter followers do they really have?

UK firm develops software to unmask fake Twitter accounts

Is Twitter anything more than an online echo chamber?

Laura Marcus: Columnists Suzanne Moore and Peter Hitchens rarely see eye-to-eye on anything, but they do seem to agree that Twitter tends towards a leftwing mob mentality

A virtually ad-free Olympics on Twitter was never meant to last

Helen Lewis: Athletes enjoyed a surge of new followers during the Olympics and their sponsors will be keen to capitalise