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Twitter Crashes, World Reels
 Twitter Crashes, World Reels 
Jul 27, 2012 12:00 AM CDT

Twitter Crashes, World Reels

Twitterverse taken down by 'double-whammy'

(Newser) - The Twitterverse came to an unexpected halt for more than an hour yesterday, and tweeters around the globe nearly panicked. Twitter apologized for the worldwide outage, and blamed it on a technical glitch—not on overwhelming traffic triggered by the Olympics, as tweeters later speculated, reports CNN . "We are...

WSJ Editor's Batman Tweet Stirs Angry Backlash

James Taranto makes controversial comment about Aurora shooting

(Newser) - A Wall Street Journal editor is in hot water after an "errant" tweet about the Dark Knight massacre. Referring to the three men who died shielding their girlfriends during the attack, James Taranto tweeted, "I hope the girls whose boyfriends died to save them were worthy of the...

Olympian Booted From Team Over Racist Tweet

Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou won't be traveling to London

(Newser) - One athlete's Olympic journey is over before it began. Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from Greece's Olympic team today for comments she made on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. The Hellenic Olympic Committee said Papachristou, who is currently in Athens, had...

Biden Demands Twitter Embargo

Veep doesn't want press talking about comments until conference over

(Newser) - Veep Joe Biden has added an unusual new embargo for his on-the-record press calls: No publishing anything about the call until it's over, reports Politico . Call it a reaction to the Twitter age, as reporters increasingly try to get out information as it is happening. The White House apparently...

Jason Alexander Stirs the Pot on Gun Rights

Offers lengthy post on 2nd Amendment

(Newser) - George Costanza's political stature just keeps growing. Former Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander has taken to Twitter to voice his stance on gun control, noting that the weapon on the Dark Knight massacre was "a military weapon. Why should it be in non-mil hands?" After that prompted online debate,...

Teenage Rape Victim Tweets Names of Her Attackers

Savannah Dietrich, 17, broke the rules of juvenile court

(Newser) - An angry teenage rape victim turned to Twitter for what she considered greater justice, and she got it. Savannah Dietrich, 17, shocked her attackers by violating a court order and tweeting their names. “There you go, lock me up,” she tweeted. “I’m not protecting anyone that...

Rapper Kicks Fan Out of Concert for Critical Tweet

Then issues tearful apology on YouTube

(Newser) - Nerdcore rapper MC Chris landed himself in hot digital waters this week, after kicking a fan out of one of his shows for a critical tweet about his opening act. Mike Taylor had been unimpressed with opener Richie Branson, and tweeted, "Dear nerd core rapper opening for Powerglove/mc chris....

Twitterverse Hails Massive NYC Storm With Boffo Pics

Millions transfixed by weather

(Newser) - New York City's 100-degree heat finally exploded yesterday in a spectacular rainstorm that spawned " ground-shaking " thunder, hail, high winds—and spectacular photographs that ricocheted across the Twitterverse and Facebook like lightning itself. Photos of massive clouds, quarter-size hailstones, drenched city streets, and a flooded Penn Station joined...

Judge to Twitter: Turn Over Writer's Protest Tweets

Malcolm Harris' tweets not protected speech, judge rules

(Newser) - Freewheeling speech on Twitter isn't the same as protected speech, a judge has ruled. In a decision with major repercussions for social media communication, a Manhattan criminal court judge has ordered Twitter to turn over tweets sent by a New York writer during Occupy Wall Street protests last fall....

Social Media Makes Girls 'Seem More Aggressive'

Twitter, Facebook changing how we speak, expert says

(Newser) - Rapid-fire Twitter and Facebook communication is making young women more "to the point" in ways that can seem aggressive, an expert tells the Daily Mail . "It’s not intentional," says Oxford University language professor Deborah Cameron. "Curtness tends to be short, sharp and to the point....

Murdoch to Romney: Stop 'Playing It Safe'

Grumpy mogul complains Mitt doesn't 'look like a challenger'

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is flummoxed by Mitt Romney's campaign. "When is Romney going to look like a challenger?" he said yesterday in a tweet spotted by Mediaite . "Seems to play everything safe, make no news except burn off Hispanics." This shouldn't be so hard, the media...

Not a Peep From Tweeters as Twitter Crashes

Hacker group UGNazi boasts it gummed up works

(Newser) - Tweeters were squawking yesterday when Twitter crashed hard. The system was down from noon to 1 pm ET, but then crashed again an hour later and intermittently throughout the afternoon when Twitter admitted the "issue in ongoing," reports CNN . Most service was restored by late afternoon. The problem...

Finally: 'Expanded Tweets' Bust 140-Character Limit

It's about time: Farhad Manjoo

(Newser) - Twitter's 140-character limit is all but sancrosanct, as Slate's Farhad Manjoo discovered a while back when he suggested doubling it. Diehards were horrified, and company honchos ridiculed the notion. But what's this? Twitter has just unveiled "expanded tweets" that allow a lot more characters and "...

Facebook's New Buy Had Huge Security Hole

Face.com app's flaw allowed Facebook, Twitter hijacking

(Newser) - Facebook has made a new acquisition, snapping up Israeli facial recognition firm Face.com in a deal believed to be worth up to $100 million. But while Face.com's technology—which is already used to auto-tag photos on Facebook—has plenty of fans, its KLIK mobile app had a...

Matt Lauer Joins Twitter, With Questionable Strategy

So far, he's only tweeted about one thing: Justin Bieber

(Newser) - We assume that, at some point, Matt Lauer plans to tweet about something, anything, other than Justin Bieber. But since launching his Twitter account this morning, the Biebs has been Lauer's sole topic of conversation. "Twitter Newbie Matt Lauer Already Has the Whole Thing Figured Out," declares...

Raunchy, IKEA-Hating Mom Running Sweden's Twitter

'Swede of the week' makes controversial comments about Jews

(Newser) - Sweden's seven-month democratic experiment in handing the country's official Twitter account to a different citizen every week has thrown up an interesting twist this week, CNN reports. Sonya Abrahamsson, a 27-year-old mother of two from western Sweden, has become the most controversial tweeting Swede yet with her dirty...

Twitter's New Logo: Just the Bird, Please

'Twitter is the bird, the bird is Twitter'

(Newser) - Twitter unveiled a new logo today, and it looks like the site is kind of pulling a Prince. It seems that from now on, the word "Twitter" won't be part of Twitter's branding: The new logo is nothing but a redesigned, simplified version of the site's...

China Demands US Stop Tweeting About Its Air

They complain US standards unfair, and data may not be 'rigorous'

(Newser) - China isn't just happy censoring its own tweets anymore. China told foreign embassies today to stop publishing their own reports on air quality in the country, escalating its objections to a popular US Embassy Twitter feed that tracks pollution in smoggy Beijing. Only the Chinese government is authorized to...

Where to Find Politicians&#39; Deleted Tweets
Read the Tweets That Politicians Deleted
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Jun 3, 2012 5:26 PM CDT

Read the Tweets That Politicians Deleted

Politwoops keeps a stash of those hasty deletions

(Newser) - Note to tweeting politicians: Watch what you post, because Politwoops will remember it forever. The transparency-minded website is safeguarding politicians' deleted tweets, enabling the rest of us to giggle or ponder over them at our leisure, The Atlantic reports. The site's current 6-month stash includes a few doozey deletions,...

Facebook Outage Sparks Surprise, Tweets

Rare crash lasted up to two hours for some

(Newser) - Facebook had a rare hiccup last evening leading to surprise, complaints—and more than a few jokes about its stock price. The site was sluggish or completely down for millions of users for close to two hours, during which many social media addicts turned to Twitter to complain. "The...

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