Digital Life

This April 3 photo, taken in Washington, DC, shows President Donald Trump's Twitter feed. Some Twitter users argue Trump is violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted negative comments.

Politics & Government

First Amendment Advocates Charge Trump Can't Block Critics On Twitter

10:02am November 08, 2017

by Laura Sydell

Some First Amendment advocates joined a suit against the president for blocking people from his Twitter account — and they are making a novel argument about the right to communicate in a digital age.

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The Pokémon Go location-based mobile game running on a smartphone in Russia.

World News

Caught Up In Anti-Putin Arrests, Pokemon Go Players Sent To Pokey

9:39am November 08, 2017

by Scott Neuman

A group of Pokémon Go players in Moscow were caught in a police dragnet amid a crackdown on anti-Putin protesters. They say they were just playing a game, but Russian authorities aren't listening.

Trump's Twitter Account Down For 11 Minutes

6:24pm November 03, 2017

Mary Louise Kelly speaks to NPR's Laura Sydell about security questions raised after a Twitter employee briefly deactivated President Trump's Twitter account on Thursday.

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Twitter Employee Blamed For Deleting President's Account

3:46pm November 03, 2017

by Scott Neuman

For 11 minutes around 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Trump's Twitter feed fell silent. Twitter says it was the work of a "customer support employee" on their last day on the job.

Tourists enjoy the beach in Tulum National Park in Mexico's Riviera Maya region. Some travelers have raised concerns about safety at some resorts in the region, including in a forum post on TripAdvisor this summer asking about blackouts and the risk of as

World News

TripAdvisor Deleted Reviews Warning Of Rape, Assault, Users Tell 'Journal Sentinel'

3:21pm November 02, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

More than a dozen tourists have told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that posts about attacks at Mexican resorts were deleted. In one case, warnings about the same resort — years apart — were pulled.

Lindy West's writing has appeared in The Stranger, Jezebel and The Guardian.

Columnist Lindy West Sees 'Straight Line' From Trolls Who Targeted Her To Trump

4:30pm November 01, 2017

by Terry Gross

The New York Times columnist knows what it's like to encounter a barrage of hate from Internet trolls. She says she heard many of their messages repeated by Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign.

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George Papadopoulos is a personal finance adviser — not a Trump foreign policy adviser who admitted to trying to form an alliance with Russian interests.

National

George Papadopoulos Says He's Not 'That' George Papadopoulos

1:11pm October 31, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"Frankly, I hope the indicted George just goes away for a while," says George Papadopoulos, a certified public accountant from Michigan who shares a name with the former Trump adviser.

Learning To Spot Fake News: Start With A Gut Check

12:12pm October 31, 2017

by Anya Kamenetz

A new approach seeks to equip university students with the tools of fact-checkers.

It has become increasingly common for politicians at all levels of government to block followers, whether it's for uncivil behavior or merely for expressing a different point of view.

Fed Up With Uncivil Discourse Online, Lawmakers Block Their Constituents

11:14am October 31, 2017

by Julia Ritchey

It's a challenge for officials at all levels of government, including a state lawmaker in Utah who recently had to talk it out with someone he blocked.

Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano updates the media on evacuation and search-and-rescue efforts on Oct. 11, as wildfires devastate the county. At a more recent news conference, Giordano struck down wildfire-related rumors circulating on social media.

Are Social Media Sites Doing Enough To Combat Rumors And False News?

8:58am October 30, 2017

by David Schaper

As they struggle with disasters and other crises, police, fire and other public officials are spending an increasing amount of time and resources knocking down rumors spreading on social media.

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