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Twitter Users Blocked by Trump File Lawsuit
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 11.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, politics, Twitter
Summary | President Donald Trump is being sued for blocking users who are American citizens on Twitter on the grounds of violating the First Amendment. Twitter is like a modern-day town hall which the president has chosen to use and he cannot expell people from a public forum. Legally, the case is not very straightforward. Different experts disagree.
Image Description | Donald Trump waving while walking away from an aircraft.
Image Tags | male(s)
Twitter's Passion Politics
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 8.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | politics, research/study, Twitter
Summary | In a study analyzing political discourse on Twitter, the researchers found that Republicans tend to get more retweets when they use emotional-moral language than Democrats do. This also rang true when looking at the presidential candidates: Donald Trump could impress far more people by using emotional language than Hillary Clinton. Ms Clinton was interestingly far further below the Democratic average retweet rate for emotional tweets.
Image Description | Illustration of a man blowing into the fire in a tablet.
Image Tags | male(s), tablet
Like Father Like Son, Using Twitter as a Foil To Skewer Political Foes
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 30.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | politics, Twitter
Summary | Both President Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. like to use Twitter to control the media narrative about the Trump administration. When the newspapers print a story that they do not like, they respond to it on Twitter. They claim that many readers also take to Twitter to get their news when they feel that the traditional media outlets are not reporting an a neutral enough manner.
Image Description | Donald Trump Jr. taking a picture on his smartphone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Germany vs. Twitter
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 21.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, threat, Twitter
Summary | The German government demands that Twitter remove illegal content (some offensive language is illegal in Germany) from the platform within 24 hours. If they fail to do so, Germany threatens to fine them up to 50 million euros. Now social media platforms have begun deleting German accounts which are even just coming close to illegal content so as not to risk a fine.
Image Description | Hand holding a lens over the Twitter logo.
Image Tags | hand(s), logo, Twitter
I'm O.K. - You're Pure Evil
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 17.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, politics, threat, Twitter
Summary | Social media has made the political discourse cruder. In order to be heard in the millions of users one needs to provoke in just 140 characters. This is a threat to democracy because violent statements about people in office have become the norm because it is appropriate on social media. But now even serious news outlets begin using similar language that does not help a healthy political discussion.
Image Description | Illustration of facial features with mouse cursor arrows.
Less Tweeting, Lawyers Beg. ‘Covfefe,’ the President Says
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 31.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | politics, Twitter
Summary | President Trump has begged by his advisers to refrain from Tweeting, now his lawyers are advising him to do the same. He has shown that he is capable of not Tweeting on his trip to the Middle East and Europe which lasted nine days without a single Tweet. Now he is back and sent out a Tweet containing the mysterious term "covfefe". His advisers have previously said that they try to keep him busy for 12-15 hours a day so he does not Tweet.
Image Description | A reflection of President Trump on a polished wooden table.
Image Tags | male(s)
He Tweeted About Chinese Government Corruption. Twitter Suspended His Account.
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 26.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, law, privacy, Twitter
Summary | A Chinese billionaire has publically denuciated Chinese government officials on Twitter by posting images of documents that evidence corruption. His account was suspended by Twitter for a few hours because the shared documents contained personal information which Twitter usually flags.
Image Description | Portrait of Guo Wengui.
Image Tags | male(s)
What Happened to Who?
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 8.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | abbreviations, grammar, language threat, politics, Twitter
Summary | More and more politicians have begun replacing the relative pronoun "who" with "that" in sentences like ''people that come with a legal visa and overstay''. Although some dictionaries say this is an acceptable for, the New York Times' style sheet does not condone using "that" instead of "who". It denies the mentioned persons their humanity. This trend is unsurprising considering that our communication is increasingly happening on platforms like Twitter that only allow 140 characters so that we invent loads of abbreviations like "LOL" and "TTYL".
Image Description | Artwork copying Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and a few high-profile Tweets with spelling mistakes.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), Twitter
In a Tiny Digital Icon, Big Aspirations
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 27.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Twitter
Summary | A new emoji representing the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags was added to Twitter; this digital recognition was significant. Emojis are everywhere and everyone uses them; they have become an important part of our communication. The new emoji was added to Twitter on a special day: during Australia's 50th anniversary of the vote to include indigenous people in the national census. The new emoji can thus be shared easily. Although adding the new emoji might seem insignificant, an associate professor of indigenous studies says that adding the flags represents an important move by Twitter.
Image Description | N/A
China Disrupts WhatsApp Service in Online Clampdown
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 18.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook, Google, Instagram, privacy, threat, Twitter, WhatsApp
Summary | The Chinese government has partly shut down the use of WhatsApp within their borders. The app is widely used around the globe and was used by some in China do communicate with people outside of Chine with end-to-end encryption. Other popular social media platforms and internet sites like Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are blocked under the "Great Firewall" in China.
Image Description | Woman using a smartphone and women standing in front of Facebook and Instagram logos as well as emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, Facebook, female(s), Instagram, logo, smartphone
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