Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Jack Monroe Has Begun Libel Proceedings Against Katie Hopkins For ‘Harmful Tweets’

Food blogger and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe is claiming damages from MailOnline columnist Katie Hopkins.
Monroe, whose father served in the F...

Read more: UK News, Twitter, Katie Hopkins, Jack Monroe, Falklands War, UK News

Monday, February 27, 2017

#BagelGate Is The Weirdest Thing To Ever Happen On A London Train

There were bagels, jeering, two women nearly had a fight and the police ended up intervening.
Oh, and it happened on a train out of London.
That’s a...

Read more: UK Comedy, London, Twitter, UK Comedy News

Corbyn's Media Team Provokes Dismay With Very Public Rebuke Of Former MP

Labour MPs have shared their exasperation after Jeremy Corbyn’s media team publicly rebuked claims made by a former colleague.
The party leader’s ...

Read more: UK News, Jeremy Corbyn, International News, UK Media, Twitter, Jamie Reed, UK News

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

6 Things You Wish You Didn't Know About Milo Yiannopoulos

Far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has created a career out of being offensive and was so successful at being spiteful that up until Monday he wa...

Read more: Twitter, Hate Speech, Milo Yiannopoulos, Cyberbullying, UK News

Monday, February 20, 2017

University Challenge Legend Eric Monkman Reveals What It's Like To Be A Social Media Icon

In the space of 30 minutes Eric Monkman went from academically gifted nobody to cult hero, and arguably even University Challenge’s greatest fan fav...

Read more: Twitter, United Kingdom, Arts and Entertainment, University Challenge, Cambridge, Huffington Post, Balliol College, Oxford, Emmanuel College, UK Universities & Education News

Alt-Right YouTuber's Offer Of Free Trip To Sweden Backfires Beautifully

Paul Joseph Watson, provocateur-in-chief at ‘alt-right’ and conspiracy site Infowars, has had his offer to pay journalists to experience the ‘cr...

Read more: Donald Trump, Twitter, Sweden, Alex Jones, Infowars, UK News

Thursday, February 9, 2017

You Might Love Twitter But It's Still Not Making A Penny And That's A Problem

With the year that we’ve just had it’s hard to imagine how it would have unfolded had we not had Twitter at our fingertips.
Yet despite its seemin...

Read more: Twitter, Social Networking, Mobile Advertising, Online Advertising, UK Tech News

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Twitter Has A New Weapon Against The Trolls

Twitter is cracking down on abuse, again.
Now this might sound like a broken record but add together all the features that the company has introduced ...

Read more: Twitter, Social Networking, UK Tech News

Monday, February 6, 2017

KCL Lecturer Sparks Racism Row By Arguing Trump's Travel Ban 'Makes Sense'

A top university professor has apologised for saying Donald Trump’s travel ban “makes sense in human capital terms” after hundreds of students s...

Read more: Donald Trump, Twitter, King's College London, UK Universities & Education News

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Twitter's Staff Donate Over £1m To Fight Trump's Muslim Ban

Twitter’s staff have donated more than £1m to the American Civil Liberties Union in an act of defiance against Donald Trump’s Muslim ban.
The ACL...

Read more: Donald Trump, Twitter, Social Networking, Muslim World, American Civil Liberties Union, UK Tech News

Twitter, Facebook Facing New Legal Curbs On Online Abuse

Facebook and Twitter could be legally forced to tackle abusive online trolls under a fresh crackdown considered by Parliament.
The two US internet gia...

Read more: Twitter, Facebook, Online Privacy, Hate Speech, Psychology, Social Networking, Cyberbullying, Luciana Berger, Mobile Advertising, Online Advertising, Internet Marketing, Digital Economy Act 2010, UK Politics News