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The Source Code: Feminista Jones

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Feb 16, 2018
How Black Twitter is influencing the American conversation.
Hundreds of demonstrators, many of them Howard University students, march down the middle of U Street Northwest after a grand jury did not indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer, for killing Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.
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Inside social media's black market

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 30, 2018
New York Times reporter Nick Confessore tells how many celebrities have bought their followers from a company called Devumi.
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The economy as seen from Trump's Twitter feed

by Kimberly Adams and Arjuna Soriano
Dec 19, 2017
The president leverages his Twitter feed to promote his economic agenda and narrative.
President Donald Trump.
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RIP AIM, the instant messaging service that shaped our teenage lives

by Reema Khrais
Dec 15, 2017
AOL's service primed a generation for the 24-7 social media world we have today.
A Brazilian woman logs onto AOL at a cybercafe in Sao Paulo in 1999.
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What tech companies are saying about the repeal of net neutrality rules

by Jana Kasperkevic
Dec 14, 2017
In a 3-to-2 vote, the FCC ruled to roll back net neutrality policy established under the Obama administration.
A small group of protestors supporting net neutrality protest against a plan by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) head Ajit Pai, during a protest outside a Verizon store on December 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. 
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Why is the internet so sick?

by Anu Anand
Oct 30, 2017
The head of the Mozilla Foundation warns that the internet is "sick" and needs treatment.
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How in the world is Twitter still not making any money?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Oct 25, 2017
The social network has struggled to overcome a few challenges, including online harassment.
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What you need to know about Twitter, Facebook and election interference

by Jana Kasperkevic
Sep 29, 2017
Tech companies are in the hot seat over ads linked to foreign accounts.
This week Twitter announced it removed more than a 200 accounts that violated its policies.
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Trump's jobs tweet might have broken federal rules

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Aug 4, 2017
This isn't the first time the White House has tweeted prematurely about a jobs report.
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7 tips for solving your airline customer service problems

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 2, 2017
Travel aficionado Mark Orlowski shares advice on how to make traveling just a bit more smooth.
Travelers wait in long lines to speak with airline ticket agents in the United terminal at San Francisco International Airport.
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