Teen Accused Of Threatening Police On Twitter

(Reuters) – A Texas teenager was arrested on Monday on suspicion of posting a photo on social media showing an air rifle that was accompanied by text that police saw as a threat of violence against Fort Worth officers, police said. The 17-year-old has been charged with making a terrorist threat for a Dec. 22 tweet that showed an image

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Twitter Under Fire As Users Spread Information About Alleged Rape Victim

Twitter is under fire for failing to quickly stop the spread of personal information allegedly belonging to “Jackie,” the woman who described being brutally gang raped in a November Rolling Stone article, despite recent efforts to beef up anti-harassment measures. Last week, Rolling Stone reported that it had doubts about the accuracy of Jackie’s description of being raped at a

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Twitter horrifies third-party developers with warnings of cutoffs

Twitter has horrified third-party developers by hinting that it will in future limit their size by preventing them having more than a certain number of users, as part of a wide-ranging shift in the company’s strategy – apparently part of a growing attempt to generate money from adverts. In a post on its developer blog, Twitter’s director of consumer products

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