NY Times stands by new hire Sarah Jeong over Twitter furor
The New York Times is reaffirming its support for new hire Sarah Jeong after social media criticism of her tweets from several years ago that were derogatory of white people.
Turkish justice minister expects new animal rights bill to pass in parliament 'within shortest time'
The new bill on animal rights will be approved by the parliament "very soon," the Turkish justice minister has said in a message posted on his Twitter account.
'Modern cultures must promote courage, curiosity and compassion,' says hashtag pioneer
"There's been a considerable amount of graft and corruption in Greece, which is incredibly challenging to root out once it infects the culture.
'Fair trade, fool trade,' Trump's tweets spew ire on NATO allies, Trudeau
U.S. President Donald Trump fired off a volley of tweets on June 11 venting anger on NATO allies, the European Union and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of a divisive G-7 meeting over the weekend.
Like Trump, Serbian President Blocks Twitter Critics
As the US Justice Department prepares to appeal against a federal judge's ruling that Donald Trump may not block Twitter users from following the presidential account on the social network, his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic has continued to block people seen as critical of his administration, stopping them from directly responding to his posts.
Arabs encourage visiting Turkey on social media
Arabs on Twitter have started a social media campaign encouraging people to spend their summer holidays in Turkey.
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BBC: Bulgarians Tweeting in Cyrillic Confused for Russian Bots
Cyrillic is an ancient script dating back more than 1,000 years with the earliest form of the alphabet emerging in Bulgaria in the 9th Century.
But some Bulgarians have found their Twitter accounts suspended and tweets hidden because they are thought to be the work of Russian bots, as Russian also uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
The Court Banned Trump from Blocking his Followers on Twitter
US President Donald Trump has no right to block his Twitter followers who criticize him on the social network. This decision was ruled by the court in New York, NBC reported, transmits "Darik".
The lawsuit was filed in July 2017 by seven Twitter users by Trump, along with the Knight First Amendment Institute, a human rights organization at Columbia University.
More than a Million Turks Say "Enough" to Erdogan on Social Media
ANKARA, May 8 (Reuters) - More than a million Turks piled onto social media to call time on President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, making the word "Tamam" ("Enough") a trending topic worldwide after he promised to step down if the people wanted it.
"If one day our nation says 'enough', then we will step aside," he said in a speech in parliament.
Twitter Recommends Its Users to Change Their Passwords
Twitter recommended its 330 million users to change their password because an error was detected in the system. Uncoded passwords were collected in an internal log, the French press and the Associated Press reported.
"The error is corrected and there are no signs of unauthorized use of the passwords revealed," a social network statement said.