Digital Trends Live: Twitter bots, Amazon’s June event, Sega’s micro Game Gear
On this Digital Trends Live, we discuss the top tech stories of the day, including the surge in bot activity on Twitter, Amazon’s June sales event, and more.
Elon Musk is taking a Twitter break, but why is a mystery
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO announced he was taking a break from Twitter in a short tweet posted on Monday, but didn't say when he would return to the platform.
Twitter hides Republican lawmaker’s tweet for ‘glorifying violence’
Twitter has restricted the viewing of a tweet by a Republican lawmaker for "glorifying violence." Similar action was taken last week against President Trump.
Sen. Ron Wyden: Trump wants to force Twitter to ‘play host to his lying’
Sen. Ron Wyden sees Trump's order as an attempt to recast Section 230 as a troublesome loophole, rather than the pillar of online freedom that it has become.
Twitter hides Trump, White House tweets on Minnesota for ‘glorifying violence’
Twitter hid and issued a public interest notice on a Trump tweet about the Minnesota protests for violating its “glorification of violence” policy.
What is Section 230? Inside the legislation protecting social media
President Donald Trump continues his efforts to repeal Section 230, a law that protects social media platforms from being liable if a user posts something illegal or controversial. Here's what you need to know
Trump signs executive order targeting social media companies
President Trump signed an executive order making social media platforms liable for content posted on their sites by removing the protections of Section 230.
Zuckerberg: Facebook wouldn’t have fact-checked Trump
Amid President Donald Trump's feud with Twitter over fact-checking messages on his tweets, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has weighed in — on Trump's side.
Trump plans executive order targeting social media after Twitter fact-check spat
After threatening to regulate or even shut down social media networks, President Donald Trump plans to soon sign an executive order regarding social media.
Trump threatens to shut down social media platforms
In response to a new Twitter feature that fact-checked the President for the first time, Trump tweeted a threat to shut down or regulate social media.
Twitter just added a new feature that it should’ve had years ago
Twitter's latest "conversation settings" feature lets people pick and choose who can reply to their tweets. This is what users have been waiting for.
What happened to Vine?
Vine erupted onto the scene, allowing users to share six-second videos. Vine quickly grew in popularity, but then it was shut down by Twitter -- what happened?
Twitter is struggling to keep viral ‘Plandemic’ conspiracy video off its platform
Since the "Plandemic" conspiracy video went viral, Twitter's policies and algorithms have largely proved ineffective to keep it off the social network.
Digital Trends Live: Twitter stays home forever, Amazon Fire HD, and more
On this Digital Trends Live we discuss the top stories in tech, including Twitter allowing stay-at-home work forever, Apple brings some employees back.
Twitter now lets you easily see retweets with comments. Here’s how
The new feature, which brings retweets with comments into one place, is likely to prove popular among those who see a lot of engagement with their tweets.
Digital Trends Live: Musk risks arrest, Hamilton on Disney+, PlayStation Studios
On this Digital Trends Live, we break down the top tech stories, including Twitter’s new coronavirus misinformation labels, Hamilton comes to Disney+, and more.
Digital Trends Live: Virtual graduations, Fitbit heart study, NASA and Cruise
On this Digital Trends Live, we discuss the top tech news of the day, including virtual graduations, combating zoombombing, the Fitbit Heart Study, and more.
Twitter test lets you reword potentially offensive replies
Twitter is testing a new feature with select users that offers the chance to reword a reply if it uses language that has the potential to cause offense.
Digital Trends Live: YouTube turns 15, NFL draft goes virtual
On this Digital Trends Live we discuss the top tech stories including YouTube turning 15, Twitter may ban 5G conspiracies,robotic tele-medicine, and more.
Bot or not? A.I. looks at Twitter behavior to sort real accounts from fake
How do you distinguish real accounts on Twitter from fake bot accounts? It's a tough problem to solve, but a new A.I. just might be able to help.
Twitter will remove potentially harmful, unverified claims about 5G, coronavirus
Twitter has announced that it will start removing unverified tweets related to 5G and coronavirus that could cause harm, like the destruction of radio towers.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will spend $1 billion to help fight coronavirus
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey plans to move $1 billion of his Square equity -- or about 28% of his overall wealth -- to help fund global COVID-19 relief efforts.
Big Tech to discuss coronavirus action at White House meeting
Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Twitter will address ways the government can work with the tech industry to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
Digital Trends Live: Latest on coronavirus, robot submarines, and more
On this Digital Trends Live we discuss the top stories of the day, including more coroavirus cancellations and fallout, Twitter’s “manipulated media” label.
Twitter’s new story-like ‘fleets’ disappear after just 24 hours
With the launch of a new feature called fleets in South America, Twitter is one of the last social media platforms to chase the latest tech trend: Impermanence.
Coronavirus: Google, Twitter tell some employees to work from home
More technology companies are responding to the spread of COVID-19, with Twitter telling its employees around the world to work from home if possible.
Digital Trends Live: Twitter fact checks, Whitney’s hologram, and more
On this episode of Digital Trends Live, we dig into the biggest tech topics, including Twitter’s fact-check feature, Whitney Houston’s hologram tour, and more.
A huge number of tweets denying climate change came from bots, study finds
A new study released to The Guardian found 25% of tweets in support to President Trump's intent to leave the Paris climate agreement were generated by bots.
Twitter moves to ban deepfakes that ’cause harm’ ahead of 2020 election
Twitter announced a new policy about manipulated media — namely deepfakes. Twitter’s new policy states that you may not “deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.”
Twitter says state-backed attackers may have nabbed phone numbers
Twitter recently shut down a large network of fake accounts that may have been attempting to match a huge number of generated phone numbers to other accounts.
Elon Musk says Bitcoin scammers impersonating him on Twitter are ‘not cool’
For more than a year, bots and trolls have used Twitter to scam cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, and used Elon Musk’s name to do it. Musk called out the scammers.
The Twitter app is crashing for Android users: Here’s how to fix it
If you have the Twitter app downloaded on your phone, you may have noticed it hasn’t been working right. A recent update makes the app crash before opening, but there’s a way to fix it. The latest version of the Twitter app (version 8.28) crashes as soon as it is opened on your phone.
5 alternatives to Instagram and Facebook for photographers
Social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter changed the way we share our photographs. But as photographers become more frustrated with algorithms and ads, it might be time to consider some alternatives.
Twitter may let you select who can reply to your tweets
Twitter is planning a new feature that aims to give you more control over your conversations. It lets you control who can reply to your tweets, for example, you can choose to let only your followers reply, or only those mentioned in your tweet. It even lets you prevent anyone from replying.