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That Time #Ramona Made Everyone Smile For A Few Minutes

11:21am October 03, 2017

by Tanya Ballard Brown

A snafu on NPR's Facebook account on Monday night revealed how some people needed something else to focus on in the aftermath of Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, Florida and Houston.

What Can We Learn About The Effects Of Social Media Ads?

6:06pm October 01, 2017

Amid news that Russian operatives may have bought ads to fuel social and racial unrest, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Scott Tranter, a director of analytics for a data and technology firm.

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New York City-based poets Dorothea Lasky and Alex Dimitrov — the voices behind the viral Twitter account "Astro Poets" — aim to change the way the Internet sees the zodiac.

Arts

2 Viral Twitter Poets Are Rewriting The Book On Astrology

11:51am September 29, 2017

by Danny Nett

Dorothea Lasky and Alex Dimitrov of Astro Poets want to bring astrology up to speed with shifting views of gender, sexuality and pop culture.

Russia Continues To Use Social Media To Influence Public Opinion In The U.S.

7:56pm September 28, 2017

by Ryan Lucas

Congressional investigators are continuing to talk with social media companies about what is known about the role Russian bots played in last November's election and how to prevent the next onslaught.

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Ready Or Not, Twitter Is Doubling A Tweet's Character Limit To 280

6:06pm September 27, 2017

A global beta group will go through initial testing with the new character limit before Twitter slowly rolls the change out more widely.

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Paul Horner, Fake News Purveyor Who Claimed Credit For Trump's Win, Found Dead At 38

5:06pm September 27, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Horner made his living making bogus reports go viral and said he didn't expect for his stories to believed by Trump supporters. Authorities say they do not suspect foul play.

Twitter To Try Giving Users 280 Characters — Whether They Want Them Or Not

3:36pm September 27, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The company says it wants to give users more room to express themselves. But many users worry it will rob Twitter of its microblogging soul.

Arts

Katharine Hepburn's Brownies: A Recipe For Home-Wrecking?

5:04pm September 24, 2017

by Maquita Peters

Two years ago in The New York Times' food section, Sydne Newberry commented on this recipe — and the bittersweet end to her marriage. The comment went on to become Internet legend.

Facebook and Twitter appear to be key platforms in Russia's interference in the 2016 election; investigators want to know more.

The Next Big Focus In The Russia Investigations: Social Media

11:43am September 22, 2017

by Ryan Lucas

Social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter played a larger role than first thought in Russia's influence campaign against the 2016 U.S. presidential race — and Congress wants answers.

Equifax is facing criticism because after the security incident it chose to create an entirely new domain for customers to check whether they were affected.

National

After Massive Data Breach, Equifax Directed Customers To Fake Site

6:40pm September 21, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The credit reporting agency set up a website to help people determine whether they had been affected by a cyberattack. But on Twitter, Equifax repeatedly pointed people to a phishing site.